2026 Softball Roster

Jeff Helsel
Nate Kurtz
Jeff Helsel
Nate Kurtz
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference

Mikayla Linkous

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-2
  • Year Senior
  • B/T L/R
  • Hometown Mount Gilead, Ohio
  • High School Cardington-Lincoln

Biography

AWARDS/HONORS
• CSC Academic All-District – 2024
• NFCA Scholar-Athlete – 2023
• D2ADA Academic Achievement Award – 2024
• PSAC Scholar-Athlete – 2023, 2024
• AD Honor Roll – Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

2024 | SOPHOMORE
Named to CSC Academic All-District Team … appeared in 39 games with 34 starts (all at right field) … finished with a .309 average / .452 on-base percentage / .383 slugging percentage with four doubles, 19 RBI and 18 runs scored … hit at a .406 clip at home … posted a .338 average / .473 on-base percentage / .423 slugging percentage in conference play … registered a .392 average with runners on base, including a .394 mark with runners in scoring position … hit at .a 400 clip with two outs … collected three hits, one RBI and one run scored in Game 2 of doubleheader against Mercyhurst … drew two walks and scored two runs in Game 1 of twinbill at IUP … recorded three hits, three RBI, one run scored and one steal in Game 2 of doubleheader versus Slippery Rock … finished with two hits and one run scored in Game 2 of twinbill against Gannon … tallied three hits, four RBI, one run scored, two walks and one steal in doubleheader at Pitt-Johnstown … collected three hits, three RBI and two runs scored in twinbill versus Seton Hill … posted one hit, two runs scored and one walk in Game 1 of doubleheader at Mercyhurst … reached base three times (hit, walk, hit by pitch), drove in one run and stole one base in Game 1 of twinbill against IUP … registered two hits, two RBI, one run scored and one walk in Game 2 of doubleheader at Edinboro … finished with two hits, one run scored and one steal in Game 1 of twinbill at Seton Hill … totaled one hit, two RBI, one run scored and one walk in Game 1 of doubleheader versus Edinboro … earned D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24) … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete laurels (2023-24) … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

2023 | FRESHMAN
Appeared in 24 games with three starts (two at second base) … totaled 11 at-bats … scored four runs … named NFCA Scholar-Athlete (2022-23) … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete status (2022-23) … member of AD Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Cardington-Lincoln under head coach Tod Brininger … selected first-team all-state as a senior … named 2022 KMAC Player of the Year and earned first-team all-conference honors … tabbed Columbus Dispatch First-Team All-Metro in 2022 … posted a .586 average with 27 RBI and 51 runs scored as a senior … received second-team all-conference laurels as a junior … member of three-straight district championship teams and the state finalist team as a freshman in 2019 … also member of basketball and cross country teams … earned all-district honorable mention in basketball as a senior … member of three-straight conference championship teams in basketball … member of team qualifier for 2020 state championships in cross country … featured on Honor Roll … involved in FCA, FFA, National Honor Society, Science Club and Yearbook

PERSONAL
Daughter of Mike Linkous and Jodi Adams … has two brothers and one sister … sister Taylor played basketball at Defiance (Ohio) from 2020-22 … played for Ohio Classics ’04 … majoring in health sciences

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2023Freshman

    Utility
    5'2"
    6
  • 15

    2024Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2025Junior

    Outfield
    5'2"
    15
  • 2026Senior

    Outfield
    5'2"