2015: A second team All-SAC selection, Dean went 11-2 in the circle while also starting games at first as a utility player for C-N. She started 29 games between the two positions in her freshman season for the Eagles with C-N going 23-6 when she started. Dean carried a 2.43 ERA, tied with fellow freshman Danielle Kranz for the best on the team.  She worked a complete game on 10 occasions with three shutouts.  Dean pitched 89.1 innings, allowing slightly less than a hit an inning with 85 allowed on the season.  She struck out 53 and allowed opponents to hit .250 off her. Dean set her career high for strikeouts by striking out nine against Fort Valley State (2/19).  Offensively, Dean batted .205 with three round trippers and three doubles. She hit her home runs against Anderson (4/7), Newberry (4/11) and Tusculum (4/16). She drove in a career best four RBI against LMU (4/1).  She had six multi-hit days and five multi-RBI days. She was also named the SAC Pitcher of the Week after her effort against Fort Valley State. 

High School: A 5-9 pitcher out of Eastside High School, Dean tallied 343 strikeouts for coach Suzi Atwood.  Her sophomore year she boasted a 0.395 ERA with an 18-4 record in the circle.  Her high water mark for an ERA came in her freshman year at a gaudy 1.251.   Dean allowed 42 earned runs in the first three seasons of her high school career.  She went 47-10 through her career. Offensively, she's been equally impressive.  She hit .513 her junior year and .529 in her senior season with a combined 64 RBI between the two seasons.  Dean's a two-time All-District pick and pitcher of the year, the 2013 region pitcher of the year and the Bristol Herald's selection for player of the year in 2013.  She's also earned all-state honors.  While at Eastside High, Dean helped guide the Spartans to district championships in all four years of her high school career.  The Spartans were played in the region championship game her freshman and sophomore seasons with a victory in 2012.  Her team made the state semis in 2012 and 2013.  Dean also played volleyball for the Spartans; she was an all-district selection. 

Personal: Dean is the daughter of Patricia and Johnny Dean.  Her mother played basketball and softball at UVA-Wise (then Clinch Valley College of UVA).  In high school, Dean was a member of the National Honor Society. She plans to study physical therapy at Carson-Newman