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24 Kayla Kirkpatrick

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Civic Memorial
  • Hometown Bethalto, Ill.

Biography

SENIOR (2015): Appeared in 21 games making 16 starts... Finished the year with seven wins... Struck out a career-high five batters against Omaha on May 3... Recorded five complete games... Struck out 35 batters... Recorded one shutout... Threw 91.1 innings.

JUNIOR (2014): 2013-14 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar... Made 22 appearances in the circle with 14 starts... Finished the year with a team-best 4.42 ERA... Led the team with seven wins... Finished second on the team in innings pitched (99.2), complete games (8) and walks (20)... Ended the year ranked nationally in walks allowed per seven innings... Picked up a win in her first start as a Leatherneck against Eastern Illinois (2/9)... Struck out a career-high five batters against Loyola on 2/14... Appeared in nine contests in which she did not walk a single batter.

AT LAKE LAND COLLEGE
2013: Earned Second Team All-American honors after the 2013 season, finishing the year with a 27-3 record and 1.32 ERA... added a pair of saves... totalled an impressive 27 complete games in 35 appearances... struck out 135 batters while allowing less than a hit per inning... guided Lake Land to a NJCAA District P Championship and a 3-2 record at the NJCAA Division I National Championship before being knocked out in the semifinals... team finished with a 52-7 overall record... hurled a complete game four-hitter in the fourth round (quarterfinals) against Weatherford.

2012: Finished the season with an impressive 20-1 record and stellar 0.74 ERA, fourth-best in the NJCAA... allowed just 65 hits and 22 walks in 123.0 innings pitched... fanned 106 batters... guided Lake Land to a NJCAA District P Championship... squad finished the year with a 53-6 record after being eliminated in the third round of the NJCAA Division I National Championship... earned All-Region honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Kirkpatrick helped Civic Memorial High School to Conference, Regional, Sectional and Super Sectional titles and a fourth-place finish at State as a senior... garnered All-State, First Team All-Conference, All-Metro, and Belleville News Democrat First Team recognition after compiling a 20-4 record, 1.30 earned run average and fanning 212, while hitting at a .415 clip... Named Alton Telegraph Player of the Year, Post Dispatch Player of the Week and team most valuable player for the third consecutive year... played travel softball for the Black Widows (18U), Alton Flames (14U-16U) and Bluff City Storm (12U).

MAJOR: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Statistics

Season:
2015

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Junior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    24
  • 24

    2015Senior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    24