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2017 Softball

24 Kaelin Jackson

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Franklin Regional
  • Hometown Export, Pa.

Biography

2017: Played in all 52 games for the Retrievers... Slugged .455, had 15 extra base hits, and 22 RBI... Ranked second on the team in home runs (6) and RBI, third in hits (42) and runs (28), and fourth in at bats (156)... Had 12 multi-hit games... Went 3-4 with a double and RBI against Belmont (Feb. 11)... Had two hits, three RBI a stolen base, and scored once in a win over Howard (March 8)... Went 3-4 with three runs scored, a triple, a home run, and four RBI in a win over Coppin State (March 23)... Had two hits, a run scored, a home run, and two RBI in a win against Stony Brook (April 9).

2016: Started every game at third base... Batted .281 on the season... Ranked first in the America East in doubles (14) and sixth in home runs (8)… Topped her career-best with 43 hits, 37 runs batted in, and a .542 slugging percentage… Posted 10 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple-RBI games… Second on the team in runs batted in (37) and walks (21)… Registered her 100th career hit against Coppin State (March 29)… Tallied three hits including a homer and six runs batted in during a 15-4 victory at Alabama St. (Feb 21)… Had four hits in four at bats with two home runs, three walks, and three runs batted in during a doubleheader versus Fairleigh Dickinson that earned her America East Player of the Week honors (March 8)… Went three-for-three from the dish with a double and two runs scored in a 5-3 victory against Brown (March 30)… Recorded two doubles and two runs batted in during a single game versus Binghamton (April 3)… Homered three times in three at bats with two walks, seven runs batted in, and five runs scored in a doubleheader against Maryland Eastern Shore (April 14)… Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2015: Named to the America East All-Academic Team… Tied for fifth in the league in doubles (10) and walks (25)… Posted 10 multiple-RBI games… Stated 48 games at third base… Ranked second on the team with a career-best 28 runs batted in… Also improved on her rookie numbers in batting average (.295), slugging percentage (.485) and on-base percentage (.416)… Tallied five home runs… Third on the team with 25 walks… Went two-for-three from the dish with two runs scored and two runs batted in versus Morehead State (Feb. 28)… Registered a pair of extra-base hits to drive in two runs versus Rhode Island (March 15)… Drove in three runs on a homer versus Lafayette (March 16)… Went two for three from the dish and reached base safely three times in the series finale against UMass Lowell (April 4) to finish with two doubles, two runs scored and two runs batted in… Registered three doubles in four plate appearances and drove in two runs during game one of a doubleheader versus Mount St. Mary’s (April 21)... Named to the America East Honor Roll.

2014: Started 46 contests… Appeared in 52 contests, with a majority of her action coming at third base… Batted .258… Drove in 11 runs… Led the team in triples (three) and ranked second in doubles (11)… Walked 19 times and posted a .377 on-base percentage, third on the team… A perfect three-for-three in stolen base attempts… Drove in three runs on two hits against UMES (March 8)… Drove in five runs versus Sacred Heart (March 22)… Doubled, singled and drove in a run in game two against Stony Brook (April 1)… Fell a triple shy of hitting the cycle in game one of a doubleheader against UMass Lowell (April 18)… Drove in three runs on a pair of doubles in game two versus La Salle (April 22)… Named to the America East Honor Roll.

BACKGROUND: Helped Franklin Regional to Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Section 2 AAAA Championships for three consecutive seasons… A two-time Westmoreland Sports All-WPIAL selection… A Pittsburgh Tribune All-East All-Star selection as a junior… A three-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Section 2 AAAA All-Section honoree… Earned Westmoreland Sports Athlete of the Week recognition during her junior and senior seasons… Franklin Regional’s Team MVP in 2011… Earned Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Week honors in 2011… Played summer ball for the Pittsburgh Power Gold where she hit .460 and tabbed a .981 fielding percentage… A high honors student… An only child of Karl and Christine Jackson… Karl played collegiate football at Lock Haven University… Major is biology, with a minor in psychology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2014Freshman

    C/UT
    5'8"
    25
  • 24

    2015Sophomore

    3B/1B
    5'8"
    24
  • 24

    2016Junior

    3B
    5'8"
    24
  • 24

    2017Senior

    3B
    5'8"
    24
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