Biography
Honors & Awards
Empire 8 President's List (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023)
Lowman Award (2024)
Empire 8 Third Team All-Conference (2023)
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
Booster Club Player of the Year (2023)
2024 Season
Appeared in and started 32 games at shortstop for the Soaring Eagles…finished the season with a .221 batting average, collecting 19 hits, 13 walks, 14 RBI, 16 runs scored, two doubles, three triples, and a home run…posted a .921 fielding percentage, recording 39 putouts and 78 assists…went 3-for-4 against Pfeiffer (3/10) with a run scored and a double…tallied a pair of triples against Hilbert (4/1), scoring once and driving in three…logged another multi-hit performance against SUNY Cobleskill (4/16), going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored while going 3-for-3 on the basepaths…picked up two hits and three runs scored in a win vs. Keuka (4/21)…turned a pair of double plays in a contest against Alfred (4/28).
2023 Season
Appeared in all 39 games for the Soaring Eagles during her junior season where she anchored the Elmira infield, making starts in each game at shortstop…finished the year batting .322 with 38 hits, 31 runs scored, 24 RBIs, ten doubles, three home runs, and a triple while slugging .500 with a .434 on-base percentage…on defense, made 61 putouts with 106 assists for a fielding percentage of .965 while making just six errors on her way to an Empire 8 Third Team All-Conference nod…her ten doubles during the season rank T-5th in the single season program record book, along with her 24 RBI (8th), 24 walks (2nd), 31 runs scored (2nd), and a on-base percentage (9th)...posted 13 multi-hit games during the season, including six three-hit outings…collected eight hits over a four-game stretch from April 17-18…finished 2-for-4 against Hilbert (Mar. 28) with a home run, two runs scored, and four RBIs…earned VanGorden Player of the Year honors and College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors.
2022 Season
Appeared in all 31 games for the Soaring Eagles, making 29 starts at shortstop during her sophomore campaign...finished the year hitting .299, recording 29 hits, 15 runs scored, and 15 RBI om the season with a slugging percentage of .403 and an OBP of .414…recorded the first hit of her collegiate career against Marywood (G2; 3/21), a double…put together a 3-for-4 outing against Gwynedd Mercy (3/26) where she drove in four RBI on a double and a triple…finished the season with hits in eight of her last ten games, including a 4-for-5 performance against Keuka (5/2) in the season-finale to increase her batting average by 17 points…defensively, finished with 39 putouts and 95 assists for a fielding percentage of .918.
2021 Season
Appeared in all 24 games for the Soaring Eagles during her freshman season, making 23 starts for Randie Torgalksi primarily in the flex spot…finished the season with just four at-bats while not recording a hit…finished the season with a .929 fielding percentage on defense.
Before Elmira
Was a four-year varsity letter winner on the softball team at Carmel High School in Carmel, New York...Voted co-captain of the team and Senior Booster Club Award...Played travel ball for the Empire State Huskies for five years.
Personal
Kaitlyn is a Nursing major.
