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2017 Softball Roster

27 Kirsten Mack

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Riverside, Calif.
  • High School Arlington

Biography

CAREER HONORS

  • 2017 NFCA Third Team Southeast All-Region
  • 2017 CoSIDA Division I Second Team Academic All-American
  • 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
  • 2017 SEC Community Service Team
  • 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR (2017)

  • Ended her fantastic Tigers career with a banner senior season, hitting .333 with 13 doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 38 RBI and nine stolen bases
  • Reset single-season career highs in average (.333), runs scored (36), hits (53), doubles (13), on-base percentage (.418), sacrifice flies (4), stolen bases (9), defensive assists (29)
  • Threw out an SEC-best 17 total baserunners, as well as conference-best 8 runners in SEC only action
  • 32 career home runs ranks T-7th all-time in Mizzou Softball history
  • 124 career RBI ranks T-10th all-time in program history
  • Only one-of-eight Tigers in history to record 1,000-plus putouts on defense
  • 87 career walks ranks 9th-most in Tigers history
  • 13 doubles ranked top 10 in the SEC
  • .597 slugging percentage ranked 9th in SEC
  • Led the Tigers with 18 multi-hit games and T-1st amongst Mizzou batters with 11 multi-RBI outings
  • Reached base safely in career-best 23 consecutive games earlier in the season, ranking T-8th longest streak in program history
  • Produced first career multi-home run game at No. 7 Auburn (April 14)
  • Hit exactly .333 (8-for-24) against LHP and .333 against RHP (45-for-135)
  • Dangerous with runners on base, batting .348 (31-for-89)
  • Clutch hitter all season long, hitting .300 (15-for-50) with RISP and .341 (14-for-41) with two outs
  • Four sacrifice flies ranked 6th in SEC and 51st in NCAA

JUNIOR (2016)

  • Produced once again in NCAA Postseason action, slamming her third career home run and 12th RBI in 12 career games played
  • Hit clutch three-run home run vs. Nebraska (May 21) in 2016 NCAA Columbia Regional
  • Had a big doubleheader vs. Wichita State (April 13), launching second and third home runs of the year
  • Tallied eight-game hitting streak early in the year, marking the 3rd-highest streak by a Tiger this season
  • Posted season-high three hits at Mississippi State (May 1)
  • Season-high three RBI against Nebraska (May 21)
  • Recorded six multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games
  • Hit a whopping .457 (16-for-35) when leading off an inning
  • Outstanding with a runner on 3rd and less than two outs, hitting .412 (7-for-17)
  • Tallied 10 two-out RBI, one of eight Tigers with double-digit two-out RBI

SOPHOMORE (2015)

  • Had a breakthrough campaign in her second year with the Tigers, posting a .294 AVG / 15 HR / 48 RBI slash line in 56 starts
  • Her 15 home runs led the team, and led to an impressive 1.046 OPS (.631 SLG%, .415 OBP)
  • Only one-of-three Tigers to post 100+ total bases (101), joining Amanda Sanchez (108) and Sami Fagan (120)
  • Was outstanding defensively behind the dish, committing just three errors on the season (.991 FLD%)
  • Smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five RBI in the Tigers’ Regional-clinching win over
    Kansas (May 17)
  • Helped Mizzou complete a run-rule victory with a walk-off 3-run home run in the opening round of the
    SEC Tournament vs. Mississippi State (May 6)
  • Recorded three hits in a game for the third time in 2015 vs. Illinois (March 25), collecting a double and HR
  • Hit two home runs in Mizzou’s victory over Longwood (March 14)
  • Lined a homer and matched her career-high with three RBI against N.C. State (March 15)
  • Had a solid debut at season-opening Dot Richardson Tournamenta (Feb. 13-15), as she knocked a home run, triple, slugged .615 and had an OBP of .412 in five starts
  • Successfully reached base in the first 10 games of the year

FRESHMAN (2014)

  • Made 32 starts for Mizzou at catcher during her first season of collegiate softball, batting .225 (18-for-80) with four doubles, one triple and three home runs
  • Five multi-RBI games tied for second-best among Mizzou's freshmen
  • Earned the starting nod in the Tigers' opening game of the 2014 season, an 8-1 victory vs. UAB at Baylor's Getterman Classic, in which she batted 1-for-3
  • Hit her first career home run, a two-run shot, in the March 8 game at No. 13 Texas A&M
  • Recorded a game-ending single up the middle to bring home a run and enact the run rule vs. Ball State in six innings, 11-3, on March 21
  • Hit a sharp liner down the left field line for a triple in the 6-0 win at Mississippi State (April 4)
  • Rocked a two-run home run over the left field wall during the second inning of the 6-3 win over Kansas (May 17) during the NCAA Regional at University Field

HIGH SCHOOL (ARLINGTON)

  • Earned All-California Interscholastic Federation Southern Region recognition as a senior in 2013 for Arlington High School and head coach Greg Brandt
  • Boasted a .421 batting average as a junior in 2012, hitting 15 home runs, a triple, 14 doubles and 37 singles
  • Batted .341 as a sophomore in 2011, recording 16 home runs, two triples, nine doubles and 40 singles
  • Was invited to participate in the Colorado Fireworks All-Star Game
  • Earned a 4.4 grade point average, ranking fourth in her class
  • Was given the President's Award for Academic Achievement
  • Member of the California Scholarship Federation
  • Played for California LITE club team

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Ross and Sarah Mack

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Junior

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