Whether it’s a battle of the brains or a battle of brawn, Virginia Union University’s Taylor Hamilton is a home run hitter.

Her favorite letters are As and Bs, which she earns in the classroom, and RBIs, the runs batted in that she collects on the softball field.

The marketing major with a 3.7 grade-point average was one of four VUU scholars selected for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge — an academic competition among historically black colleges and universities.

Her athletic credentials deserve equal billing.

Answering to “TH,” Hamilton led the NCAA Division II in RBIs in 2015, and the explosive 5-foot-5 Willingboro, N.J., native is back for much more as a senior.

“Taylor is a hitting machine,” said VUU coach Sharika Joynes.

Hamilton’s 33-inch, 23-ounce DeMarini bat is her magic wand. She swings forcefully and, voilà, runs appear on the scoreboard and frowns on the faces of the Panthers’ opponents.

A year ago, Hamilton produced 40 RBIs in 27 games (1.48 per game), earning All-CIAA and All-CIAA Tournament honors.

To her surprise, she received a handsome plaque in the mail following the season for her statistical title.

“I didn’t even know there was such a thing,” she said of the NCAA award. “I was very happy to receive it. It’s about the best thing I ever won.”

She hasn’t eased up on the gas.

After 21 games, the slugging left fielder was hitting .500 with 32 RBIs (1.52 per game).

“She’s very scientific about it,” said Coach Joynes of TH’s hitting. “Taylor tweaks her stance and approaches almost every at bat to suit the occasion.”

The powerful, cleanup hitter launched her fifth home run last Saturday in VUU’s close 9-8 win over visiting Virginia State University (VSU won the second game of the double-header 5-4.)

Despite taking a mighty cut, she has struck out just four times in 62 plate appearances. No slow poke, she also has swiped three bases on four tries.

There is a history of speed in Hamilton’s family and, especially, at her alma mater, Willingboro High School.

Her older sister, Channel Hamilton, became a scholarship sprinter at the University of Vermont.

The most renowned Willingboro High alumnus is track icon Carl Lewis, who won nine Olympic gold medals.

“Mr. Lewis came back to Willingboro from time to time to volunteer with the track team as a coach,” said Hamilton. “He worked with my sister some and I got him a couple of times.”

Hamilton was a member of the National Honor Society at Willingboro High while playing soccer, track (shot put) and softball.

“My mother played softball and my father played baseball,” she recalled. “As soon as I was old enough, they signed me up for softball.”

She was an All-Garden State standout at Willingboro and polished her craft at Burlington County, N.J., Community College before enrolling at VUU.

Hamilton discovered VUU during a weeklong bus tour of HBCUs that she participated in as a Willingboro High senior.

It helped that she was preceded at VUU by Willingboro alum Quincy Lewis, no relation to Carl Lewis, who was the Panthers’ primary pitcher in 2014 and 2015.

Lewis left VUU as the program’s all-time leader in victories, 28, and strikeouts, 205.

While Lewis specialized in preventing runs with her lively arm, Hamilton is more into producing them with her DeMarini.

Away from the softball diamond and the classroom, she enjoys reading, poetry and movies.

In fact, it was in the category “movies” that she racked up points at the Campus All-Star Challenge Regional competition at Hampton University.

As graduation nears, she’s on a job search.

She would seem an ideal employment prospect. She promises to bring a strong academic credentials and her DeMarini bat to play on the company softball team.