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Jersey Number 22
Kate Kobayashi
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Park Hill South
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Previous School/Club Team:
- Virginia Tech
- Custom1:
- R/R
CAREER ACCOLADES
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
2021 HIGHLIGHTS
PRIOR TO MIAMI (AT VIRGINIA TECH)
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- First-Team All-MAC (2024)
- Second-Team All-MAC (2022)
- First-Team All-Region (2024)
- Third-Team All-Region (2022)
- Ranks fourth in school history with 171 runs scored and is second in career walks (110)
- She ranks fifth in doubles (41), home runs (42) and RBI (132)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
- Played in and started all 58 games
- Hit .358 with 20 home runs and 56 RBI
- Added a .517 on-base percentage and an .828 slugging percentage
- First-Team All-MAC
- First-Team All-Region
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- Named National Player of the Week by the NFCA on April 16 after recording a .667 batting average to go along with four home runs, 10 RBI and a 2.111 slugging percentage over a four-game stretch
- Hit two home runs versus Ohio and Akron, both Miami wins
- Recorded four RBI four different times throughout the season
- Went 3-for-3 with two home runs in a win over Pittsburgh
- Added 49 walks on the season
- Committed just one error the entire season
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
- Played in 54 games, starting 49
- Academic All-MAC
- Finished the season with a .324 batting average, 28 runs, 39 hits, 2 home runs, 13 doubles, 3 triples, and 15 RBI.
- Went 11-for-12 in stolen base attempts
- Went 2-for-3 at the plate in five games
- Went 2-for-2 at the plate against Ohio on March 18 with two RBI and two doubles
- Went 4-for-8 in the MAC tournament
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
- Saw action in all 58 games, making 55 starts
- Second Team All-MAC
- Third Team NFCA All-Region
- Named MAC Player of the Week on March 29
- Finished season with a .317 batting average, 12 home runs and 35 RBI
- Added 48 runs scored, 11 doubles and three triples
- Was 16-of-17 on stolen base attempts on the year
- Drew 21 walks
- Committed just three errors all season while playing centerfield
- Had 17 multi-hit performances
- Recorded a season-high two home runs and added three RBI in the win over Louisville on March 2
- Had a season-high four RBI at NIU on March 25
- Added two home runs and three RBI at East Tennessee State on March 11
- Posted a home run and two RBI in the win over Bowling Green in the MAC Championship contest
- Had a diving catch in the outfield versus Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament
2021 HIGHLIGHTS
- Made 29 starts.
- Finished the year with a .357 batting average, eight home runs and 26 RBI
- Had eight multi-hit games
- Had a pinch-hit grand slam at Northern Illinois (May 14)
- Recorded three RBI versus Buffalo (April 17)
- Added six stolen bases
PRIOR TO MIAMI (AT VIRGINIA TECH)
- Played in 19 games, starting one in left field and one in right
- Hit her first career triple on a drive that hit the top of the fence and stayed in the park vs. Stony Brook (3/1)
- Made her first career start against North Carolina A&T (2/22) and had a hit and RBI
- Posted a single versus East Carolina (2/8)
- Turned in the first RBI and hit of her career against Campbell (2/8)
- In her first game at Tech, stole a base and scored a run at Coastal Carolina (2/7)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year letterwinner
- Coached by Joshua Walker at Park Hill South
- Played travel ball for the DeMarini Aces and was coached by Ryan Taylor
- Four-time all-conference and all-district picks … three-time first-team all-region
- Second-team all-state
- Two-time captain
- Owns four school records, including career singles (120), hits (162), stolen bases (87) and the single-season stolen base mark (28)
- Led the Aces to being ranked fourth in the nation, placing fifth at the 16U PGF Premier and first at 18U IFT Boulder
- Three-time academic all-state
- National Honors Society
PERSONAL
- Full Name -- Kate Ivaleen Kobayashi
- Sister of Quinn, Alyssa and Drew
- Daughter of Lisa and Todd. Her played baseball at Miami University
- Majoring in marketing
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