SOPHOMORE (2022 / Softball): Joined the team after the conclusion of the 2021-22 basketball campaign … made 34 starts in the outfield over the course of the season … did not have an official at bat in her collegiate debut, which came at Guilford (Feb. 26) … connected on her first collegiate hit in the first game of the series with Carolina University (March 5), finishing 1-for-2 with an RBI … enjoyed her first multi-hit performance of the season against Centenary (N.J.) at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Dreams Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on March 9th, finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored … had a two-hit performance, which resulted in a game-winning RBI single, as Salem completed a come-from-behind 6-5 win over Mary Baldwin (April 20) … ended her season on a three-game hitting streak, which began with a 1-for-3 outing against N.C. Wesleyan (April 23) … capped off the 5-3 win over Carolina University (April 24) by finishing 3-for-4 with three RBI and a double for the Spirits … followed that by going 1-for-4 with two runs scored … ended the season with 15 hits, including two doubles and six RBI … emerged with 44 putouts and seven assists.

SOPHOMORE (2021-22 / Basketball): One of only three players (Dionne Sampson, Savanah Atkins) to play in all 24 games for Salem … among the top performers in multiple categories over the course of the season, ranking in the Top-5 in 3-point field goals made (29-1st), assists (53-1st), field goals made (64-2nd), steals (37-2nd), points (183-3rd), defensive rebounds (67-3rd), total rebounds (79-5th) … also an integral figure in USA South Conference play for the Spirits, closing in the Top-5 of 3-point field goals (22-1st), assists (45-1st), steals (27-2nd), points (150-3rd), free throw percentage (72.7-3rd), field goals (52-4th), total rebounds (54-t-4th) … debuted with two points at Randolph (Nov. 10) … followed that with eight points in a six-point win against Virginia Wesleyan (Nov. 13) … reached double figures for the first time in her Salem career against N.C. Wesleyan (Nov. 23), finishing with 13 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the floor and 6-of-8 at the free throw line, grabbing five rebounds in the process … posted 15 points and six rebounds, hitting six field goals and three 3-pointers in the process, against Methodist (Nov. 30) … extended her double-digit scoring streak to three games with a 12-point outing, by virtue of four field goals and two 3-pointers, while adding a single-game season-high seven rebounds at Mary Baldwin (Dec. 4) … had the first of five double figure performances in 2022 against William Peace (Jan. 7), finishing with 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting as she posted five rebounds and dished out four assists … closed with 10 points, due in large part to a 4-of-4 outing at the free throw line, against Pfeiffer (Feb. 1) … tallied a single-game season-high 18 points in a 74-61 win over Averett (Feb. 5), hitting 7-of-8 field goals and 2-of-3 3-pointers, all while handing out four assists … emerged with 13 points at Greensboro (Feb. 6), knocking down 5-of-9 from the floor … reached double figures for the final time in the season against Averett (Feb. 10), after hitting 4-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-5 from beyond the arc … registered at least five rebounds in eight games in 2021-22 … had 13 contests with at least two steals, establishing her single-game season-high (four) in a clash with Methodist (Nov. 30) … responsible for multiple assists on 15 occasions … was the catalyst for the Salem offense with a single-game season-high eight assists against Mary Baldwin (Feb. 9) … ended her season with a five-assist performance at Southern Virginia (Feb. 16).

MONTREAT COLLEGE (2020-21/Basketball): Spent the 2020-21 season on the Montreat jayvee basketball roster … she played in nine contests during the course of the jayvee season.

PREP: Graduated from Maiden High School in 2020 … a two-sport athlete for the Blue Devils, competing in basketball (three years) and soccer (two) … received All-Conference honors as a freshman, sophomore and senior in basketball.

PERSONAL: Cree Bass … daughter of Holly McConnell and Mike Borntruger … born on November 25, 2001 … has two siblings, Presley and Michael.