Kimberly Wert

NCAA SB: Mizzou Tigers vs. Texas A&M Aggies

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

Photo by: Grace Bradley

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

NCAA Softball: Mizzou Tigers vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers

Photo by: Zach Bland/Mizzou Athletics

Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Melfa, Va.
High School:
Nandua HS
Prev School:
Hofstra

2022 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
2022 NFCA Third Team All-Region
2022 All-SEC First Team
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-Region
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

FIFTH YEAR (2022)

Named All-SEC First Team and NFCA Third Team All-Region.
Started in all 60 games as third base or a designated player.
Led the team in home runs (17), RBI (52) and slugging percentage (.651).
Rounded out her career in the program history books with the most career home runs (56), seventh-most career RBI (164), the fifth-highest career slugging percentage (.617), and matched her previous year single-season home run record (17).
Smashed a home run and grand slam in back-to-back plate appearances against then-No.9 Kentucky, tallying seven RBI, the third-most in program history in a single game.
Went 3-for-3 against South Carolina (4/1/22) with a solo home run, breaking the record for most career home runs in program history.
Went 2-for-4 against Missouri State (5/20/22) in the opening round of the NCAA regional.
Recorded a .882 fielding percentage over 34 chances.

SENIOR (2021)

Started in all 57 appearances at third base and designated player.
Tied for the team lead with 17 home runs while batting a career high .299 - her 17 home runs are tied for third in Mizzou history for a single season.
Smashed two home runs at Florida Atlantic for her first multi-home run game since 2019 (Feb. 21).
Drove a three-run homer over the left field wall against Auburn to tie the game, eventually leading to the win (Mar. 27).
Go-ahead home run in NCAA Regional win over Northern Iowa (May 22).
Moved into seventh on the all-time Mizzou home runs list (39).

JUNIOR (2020)

2020 season was canceled after 26 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Appeared in all 26 games, making 25 starts – 17 at third base and eight at shortstop.
Batted .295 on the season, going 23-of-78 at the plate with a .513 slugging percentage.
Tied for the team lead with eight doubles on the season, while adding three home runs.
Homered in the sixth inning against South Alabama to give Mizzou an insurance run (Feb. 7).
Doubled in four-straight games (Feb. 9-14).
Fourth-inning double against Oregon State batted in two runs to start a Mizzou rally, as the Tigers scored five unanswered runs to overcome a 4-0 deficit (Feb. 21).
Homered in the seventh inning against Cal to break a 7-7 tie, batting in three runs on the hit. Ended the game 2-for-4 with two runs (Feb. 22).
Batted in three runs against Wichita State in the win (Feb. 29).

SOPHOMORE (2019)

One of just two Tigers to start all 60 of Mizzou’s games in 2019, as she was Mizzou’s everyday third baseman.
Wert hit 19 home runs in her first season in Columbia, the second-most ever in a single season by a Tiger. Amanda Renth is the only Mizzou player with more, as she had 20 back in 2008.
She led Mizzou in RBI (48) and total bases (112) in her first season in the Black & Gold.
Was a monster against Wichita State (April 3), hitting two home runs and bombing a career-high five RBI.
Homered in three straight games in the early part of the season, bombing balls out against Iowa (Feb. 16), Kansas (Feb.17) and BYU (Feb. 21).

FRESHMAN / HOFSTRA (2018)

Appeared in 32 games, typically as a pinch-hitter.
Her first three collegiate hits were all home runs, finishing with five homers and 13 RBIs in her debut season without being in the starting lineup.
Her first homer was the game-winning three-run shot in extra innings at North Florida on Feb. 20.
Her two-run blast against Massachusetts on March 17 also scored the game-deciding runs. • Hit homers in back-to-back games on April 21 and 26.
Had an .800 slugging percentage

HIGH SCHOOL

Played three years of softball at Nandua, missing her senior season due to injury.
Was a three-time district Player of the Year and two-time all-conference selection.
Helped her team to three consecutive district championships and a conference championship in 2016.
As a junior, posted a .585 batting average, 1.390 slugging percentage, 17 home runs and 49 RBIs to go with a .957 fielding percentage.
Also a four-time first-team all-district volleyball player and the 2016 Offensive Player of the Year.

PERSONAL

Majoring in Health Science.
Daughter of Bobbie and Jeremy Wert.
Outside of softball, Kim enjoys reading, swimming and watching MLB.
Her biggest 'Bucket List' item is to see a live baseball game in every ballpark in the country.
Hopes to become a physical therapist working with children or military members.