2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Kelly Fischer
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Greenway HS
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Ariz.
2011 -- Started and appeared in 52 games… finished with a .290 batting average, a .316 slugging percentage and a .358 on-base percentage… scored 35 runs and drove in 13… collected 45 hits, including four doubles … walked 17 times and stole 24 bases… named to the all-Summit League Tournament Team… named to the First Team all-Summit League… named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League Team and to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence… led The Summit League in sacrifice bunts (12) and was second in stolen bases (24)… ranked 60th in the NCAA in steals (24)… set the UMKC single season record for stolen bases (24), while ranking third in UMCK single season history in runs (35) and fifth in sacrifices (13)… ranks second in UMKC career history in runs (90), fourth in hits (155), seventh in at-bats (483) and assists (21), ninth in batting average (.321), walks (36) and doubles (19) and 10th in RBIs (47)… recorded 11 multi-hit games and one three RBI game against Nicholls State (2/12)…had a season long five-game hit streak.
2010 -- First Team all-Summit League selection... played in 46 games with a team-high 46 starts
recording a .363 batting average... led team with 53 hits, 66 total bases, eight
sacrifices, 15 stolen bases and nine doubles and was second on the team with 27
runs and two triples... .363 batting average was fifth best in school history,
while 15 steals ranks fourth, 27 runs ranks fifth and 53 hits ranks eighth... moved
into seventh place all-time with a .335 career average, eighth all-time with
110 hits, ninth all-time with 55 runs and sixth all-time with 26 stolen bases... recorded
a team-high 15 multi-hit games... closed out the season on an 11-game hit streak,
the second longest on the team, after riding a nine-game hit streak from Feb.
14-27... finished 2-for-3 with two runs
scored and two stolen bases against Maine (2/20)... combined to go 5-for-9 with
five RBIs, four runs scored, a double and a steal in the series with IUPUI
(3/18-19)... tallied a season-high three hits at Southern Utah (4/17) and vs.
Oakland (5/7)... went 2-for-4 with two runs, and RBI and a triple in 6-5 win at
UNLV (4/20).
2009 -- Second Team all-Summit League honoree... Was the only UMKC player to start in all 54 games... led the team in scoring 28 runs off of 57 hits... recorded six doubles, one triple and one home run... finished with a .313 batting averageto go along with 16 RBIs and 11 walks... led the squad with 11 steals in 12 attempts... recorded 132 putouts and had 95 assists... scored a career-high three runs against Houston Baptist (2/21) at the UT-Arlington Tournament... posted three hits, including two doubles at IUPUI (4/24)... also recorded a career-high two steals in game three of the IUPUI series (4/25)... had a career-high seven putouts at IPFW (4/4) and six assists at Oakland (3/28).
2008 -- Medical redshirt.
High School -- Three-year softball letterwinner... high school coach was Ed McQuade.
Personal -- Born Jan. 14, 1989... daughter of Susan Lavin and Bill Fischer... cousins with former Kansas City Royals’ second baseman Mark Grudzielanek... majoring in middle school education.
