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2017 Softball

13 Christine Kiefer

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wantagh
  • Hometown Wantagh, NY

Biography

  • Four-year letter-winner who appeared in 120 games and started 98 times
  • Was a two-time All-Landmark Conference Second Team honoree
  • Posted a career batting average of .333 with 15 doubles, one triple, and seven home runs while scoring 69 runs and totaling 56 RBI
  • Also recorded a career slugging percentage of .446 and an on-base percentage of .333
  • Went 12-for-15 in stolen base attempts
  • Finished career ranked among Scranton's all-time leaders in: home runs (tied for 14th), hits (16th), at-bats (16th), batting average (tied for 17th), total bases (tied for 18th), runs scored (tied for 20th), and RBI (22nd)

Senior Year (2017)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in 32 contests including 30 as a starter and earned All-Landmark Conference Second Team honors
  • Batted .377 with 29 hits including two doubles, one triple, and one home run
  • Posted career-bests in on-base percentage (.448) and slugging percentage (.468) while leading the Royals in on-base percentage
  • Also drew nine walks and was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts
  • Recorded 12 putouts to finish the year with a .923 fielding percentage

Junior Year (2016)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Started in 19 games for the year before suffering an injury late in the season
  • Despite suffering the injury, she was still selected to the All-Landmark Conference team after batting .379 in 66 at-bats
  • Recorded 25 hits with eight RBI, with three doubles, a home run, and 16 runs scored
  • Had six multiple-hit games, including two games where she had three hits
  • First three-hit performance came on Mar. 24 against Oberlin, as she went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored
  • Second came against King's on Apr. 6, as she went 3-for-3 with three RBI, three runs scored and a double in a Scranton victory
  • Also hit her lone home run of the season in the King's game, as the three-run shot helped Scranton notch an 8-0 win in five innings
  • In 19 games played, she had a hit in 17 contests, ending her year on a 16-game hitting streak
  • Struck out just twice in 66 at-bats for the year
  • Defensively, has 12 putouts in 15 chances for an even .8000 fielding percentage in the Royals outfield

Sophomore Year (2015)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Saw action in 31 games, started 28 times, and finished third on the team with a .337 batting average that included seven doubles and four home runs
  • Scored 19 runs and drove in 19 runs--both career highs
  • All 28 of her starts were in the outfield, where she handled 29 chances defensively and committed only one error
  • Hit safely in 23 games and had eight multi-hit games
  • Hit safely in 12 of the final 13 games of the season and batted .352 (18 of 51) during this span
  • Belted home runs against Misericordia (second game, April 6), Juniata (first game, April 11), Moravian (first game, April 19), and Hunter (second game, April 24)
  • Finished third on the team in doubles and slugging percentage (.525) and fourth in runs scored
  • Tied Jacqueline DeSarro for the team-lead in home runs and finished fifth in this statistical category in the Landmark Conference
  • Was 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts

Freshman Year (2014)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Appeared in 25 games, started 21 times, and batted .290, with two doubles and a home run, and drove in 11 runs
  • Also recorded a slugging percentage of .371 and an on-base percentage of .323
  • Hit safely in 12 games and had five multi-hit games
  • Had two hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs in a 9-8 victory over King's College in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex on April 8
  • Drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single in a 5-3 loss to St. Norbert College on March 19 in Clermont, Florida
  • Went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in two runs in a 7-5 loss to Juniata College in the second game of a Landmark Conference doubleheader at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex on April 12
  • Made only two errors in 25 chances defensively from her outfield position to finish with a .920 field percentage
  • One of four players to lead the team in stolen bases with three (in four attempts)
  • One of eight players to score more than 10 runs

Awards & Honors

  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (2016, 2017)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (April 11, 2016)

Personal/High School

  • Richard and Judith Kiefer
  • Prepped at Wantagh High School, where she took part in softball, tennis and winter track
  • Was a three-time All-Conference selection (2010, 2012, 2013) and an All-Division selection in 2011

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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