2017 Softball Roster
Alderink, Kaitlyn
Jersey Number 21
Kaitlyn Alderink
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Keller
- Hometown:
- Keller, Texas
Bio
- 2017 NFCA All-South Region Second Team
- 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team
2018 (JUNIOR): Started all 62 games at 2B … Hit .270 with 37 runs scored, nine doubles, a triple, two home runs and 20 RBI … Drew 3 walks … Recorded a .970 fielding percentage with 131 putouts and 95 assists … Hit a walk-off single against Kentucky to clinch the series (4/14) … Went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple and a stolen base as the Aggies defeated Incarnate Word (3/7) … Drove in five against Louisiana Tech (3/4), matching her career high.
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Started every game at second base for the Aggies leading the team in hits (59) … Named to the NFCA All-South Region Second Team … Hit .317 on the season and stole 15 bases … Scored 36 runs and drove in 24 … Delivered the decisive two-run single against Lamar (2/12) … Hit the go-ahead home run in the Aggies upset victory over No. 1 Florida State (2/23) … Hit 3-for-4 against Georgetown driving in one with a double (3/3) … Registered a 3-for-3 day in the series finale against Ole Miss (3/19) … Doubled and recorded three hits at South Carolina (4/1) … Stroked her team-leading second triple of the season in a 3-for-4 day against No. 17 Louisiana (4/19) … Scored twice in the opener of the NCAA Tournament against Texas Southern (5/19) … In game two of the Regional against Texas State (5/20) hit 2-for-3 with an RBI and a double as the Aggies moved on to the Regional Final … Started the Aggies fifth-inning rally from a three-run deficit with a single in the Super Regional in Knoxville (5/27).
2016 (FRESHMAN): Started in all 59 games at 2B … Voted to the SEC All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches … Posted a .364 batting average with five home runs and 41 RBI … Scored 58 runs, which ranks third all-time in program history … Was 13-of-15 in stolen base attempts … Went 2-for-4 including a walk-off double and three RBI against Wichita State on February 12 … Drove in a season-high five runs against Georgia Southern … Hit a home run in the Aggies’ upset victory over No. 1 Florida … Drove in three runs against UL-Lafayette at the NCAA Regional … Recorded a 13-game hitting streak, the longest by any Aggie during the season.
Previous Athletic Backround: Began her career at Faith Christian High School in Grapevine, Texas helping the squad win the TAPPS 4A State Championship, while being named All-Tournament at the State Championships … Played at Keller High School as a sophomore and junior starting both seasons … As a sophomore, helped the squad reach the Region 1 semifinals as area champions and was named TGCA 5A All-State and was the District 4-5A Newcomer of the Year and earned District 4-5A Academic All-District honors as well as being named second-team infielder in the Dallas Morning News All-Area squad … As a junior, lead the team to the Region 1 quarterfinals as area champions and was named the Offensive MVP at Keller … Earned First Team All-District honors in District 4-5A as well as earning Academic All-District accolades … Named to the Dallas/Ft. Worth Fastpitch All-Metroplex Team as an infielder, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Softball Super Team as an infielder and was tabbed second-team All-Area infielder by the Dallas Morning News … In 2014, batted .487 which is fourth all-time in Keller High School history and hit .471 as a sophomore which placed her sixth on the all-time list … Ranked No. 20 in the Full Count Softball “Hot 100 2015 Softball Recruits” … Ranked in the top three percent of her graduating class and was a Class of 2015 National Merit Commended Award winner as well as a 2014 Advanced Placement Scholar Award … Has taken part in community projects with World Vision Artists Association volunteering her time to help obtain child sponsorships in third world countries at concert events and has participated in Kids Matter Around the Block—helping underprivileged families with children shop for clothing and with donations at Christmas.
Liberty Postgame: Texas A&M
Sunday, May 18
NCAA Regional Day 3: Liberty Postgame
Sunday, May 18
Highlights: Texas A&M 5, Liberty 6
Sunday, May 18
Highlights: Texas A&M 14, Liberty 7
Sunday, May 18
