2012 Softball Roster
Roster
Kaelene Curry
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Downers Grove South HS
- Hometown:
- Downers Grove, Ill.
2011 -- Started all 54 games… finished with a .378 batting average, a .407 slugging percentage and a .454 on-base percentage… scored 46 runs and drove in 14… collected 65 hits, including two triples and a double… walked 17 times and stole 18 bases… named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I all-Central Region Second Team… honored as a Capital One Second Team Academic All-American… named The Summit League Player of the Year and to the First Team all-Summit League... named a Distinguished Scholar on The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League Team and to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence… named an NFCA all-America Scholar Athlete… finished first in The Summit League in runs (46), second in hits (65), third in batting average (.378) and fourth in on-base percentage (.454)… ranked 74th in the NCAA in runs per game (0.85) and 88th in toughest to strikeout (14.3)… set the UMKC single season record for hits (65) and runs (46), while ranking third in on-base percentage (.454), fourth in batting average (.378) and stolen bases (18) and 10th in at-bats (172)… set UMKC career records in runs (109), while ranking second in on-base percentage (.447), third in batting average (.358), walks (53), stolen bases (41) and hits (161), sixth in assists (369) seventh in triples (5), eighth in at-bats (449) and 11th in RBIs (43)… finished with a team-high 16 multi-hit games, including four three hit games and two multi-RBI games… scored two or more runs in nine games, including three runs in back-to-back games against Central Florida (2/25) and North Florida (2/26)… stole three bases vs. Belmont (2/19)… had a team season long hit streak of 23 games.
2010 -- Played in 44 games with 44 starts recording a team-high .390 batting average... led the Summit League and finished 63rd in the NCAA in batting average, while finishing first in the league and 32nd in the nation with a .516 on-base percentage and first in the league and 32nd in the nation with .95 runs per game... 42 runs scored and .516 on-base percentage were the most in school history, while her .390 average was second and her 23 walks wand 15 stolen bases were fourth... moved into third all-time on the UMKC career batting list with a .347 average, while moving into seventh in runs with 63, eighth in walks with 36, ninth in steals with 23, and second in on-base percentage at .443... led team in batting average (.390), on-base percentage (.516), runs (42), walks (23), hit by pitches (9), steals (15), while finishing second on the team in hits (48) and third in doubles (8) and triples (1)... recorded 13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games... her 11-game hit streak from Apr. 11-May 7 was the second longest on the team... reached base safely in 39 of 44 games... notched a season-high three hits in contest against IUPUI (3/19) and North Dakota State (5/2)... went 2-for-2 with three runs, two stolen bases and a walk against Wichita State (3/10)... went 2-for-3 with three runs, a walk and a hit by pitch against IPFW (3/12)... went 1-for-1 with three runs, three walks and a stolen base against North Dakota State (4/11)... UMKC Scholar Athlete... named a Distinguished Scholar and to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2009 -- Started and appeared in 51 games at the shortstop position... batted .312 on the year, scoring 21 runs off of 48 hits including six doubles and two triples... recorded 13 RBIs on the year... finished with eight stolen bases... had 64 putouts and led UMKC with 123 assists... hit a career-high three singles at IUPUI (4/24)... recorded three RBIs at IPFW (4/4)... scored two runs in the 9-7 win over Centenary (3/24)... recorded four putouts against Southern Utah (5/2) and had a career-high six assists against South Dakota (4/10) in the Dakota’s Round Robin Tournament... UMKC Scholar Athlete honoree... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team.
High School -- A two-year letterwinner at Downers Grove South High School, where she helped the Mustangs to a fourth-place finish in Illinois’ Class 2A State Tournament in 2007... helped her squad to a 25-7 record in Class 4A in 2008, earning a first-place conference finish... posted a .448 batting average, collecting 10 RBI, four doubles and a triple as a senior... named first team all-conference and all-area as a senior, earning an academic all-state award as well... also played one year of volleyball (defensive specialist)... earned a spot on the 4.0 and above honor roll all four years of her high school career and was a member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior... also served as a peer leader and a D.A.R.E. student leader.
Personal -- Born June 15, 1990... daughter of Scott and Renie Curry... brother, Ryan, is a second baseman in the Florida Marlins farm system... majoring in psychology.
