A prolific offensive threat in the batter's box, Amanda Carroll-Dingess established herself as a reliable and powerful softball player at Capital from 2001-04. The third baseman showed a keen batter's eye at the plate, rarely missing her pitch and often making opposing pitchers pay for their mistakes.
As a freshman in 2001, Carroll-Dingess played in 42 games, hitting .391 (52-133) with six doubles and two home runs. She batted in 31 of her teammates as the Crusaders finished the year 24-17-1 overall and 11-7 in the OAC.
Her 2001 season was just a primer for things to come and in 2002, she forced her name into the conversation for best player in the OAC. Carroll-Dingess again recorded 52 hits but did so in 125 at-bats, bumping her average to .416. She also hit twice as many doubles than the year before with 12 and she elevated her RBI total to 39. Carroll-Dingess also exhibited her increased power by mashing 11 home runs, then a program record for most home runs in a single season. Her 13 career home runs after her sophomore season put her on the list for the most career homers in program history. She went on to become the second softball player at Capital to be named an All-American with a third team selection. She also earned a place on the All-OAC First Team as the Crusaders posted a 30-10-1 overall record and 16-2 conference record en route to the OAC regular season championship and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance.
As an encore to her record-breaking season, Carroll-Dingess set a career-high with 56 hits, a .421 batting average and 48 runs batted in, a school record at the time. She came back to blast nine home runs that season, but again she hit her way onto the All-OAC First Team and the Crusaders went 27-14 overall.
Carroll-Dingess capped off her career in 2004 with a .378 batting average, 45 hits, five home runs and 31 doubles. At the time of her graduation in 2004, Carroll-Dingess was the career leader in home runs with 27 and currently ranks fourth. She was second on the all-time program lists in hits (205) and runs batted in (149) and third in batting average (.402), at-bats (510) and doubles (35). The Crusaders went 104-58-2 overall in Carroll-Dingess' four years and 48-24 in the OAC.
