Karissa Hamilton

If your goals don't scare you, they are not big enough.

I love to swim, go kayaking, coach little kids, giving hitting lessons.

University of Kentucky

I wanted to play in the SEC for the longest time. The Coaching staff and players are amazing. One of the first times I went to a UK softball camp, I knew this is where I wanted to go. UK offers a great Agricultural school which I am studying Agricultural marketing and management. Everything that Kentucky offers is what I want and I am super excited to bleed blue!

There really isn’t an athlete I try to model my game after, but one athlete that stands out to me is Johnny Bench. He was an outstanding Catcher for the Reds and a stud. When I was little, my dad and I used to watch clips of him and watching him play is amazing.

My mother ran Track at Ball State University, my dad was a 1,000 point + career scorer in high school Basketball in Indiana. I swam in the IHSAA state finals with my sister in the 200 medley relay in 2019.

The legacy I want to leave is; That the younger generations see that hard work and a respect for the game can make dreams come true.

I have a love hate relationship for swimming. I started swimming in 5th grade and stuck with it so I could swim with my older sister. My Freshman year my sister and I broke the 200 freestyle relay record and 200 medley relay record and also qualified for state in the 200 medley relay. My sister is now a senior at Butler University. I finished my swimming career with 6 records, 3 individual (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke) and 3 relays (200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay 400 freestyle relay), and I am a 4 time IHSAA state qualifier.
For softball, I tied the IHSAA single season home run record with 22 home runs in 2021.