Jaguar Softball Stats- Kvistad

Sports! Sports! Sports! Clearly, sports have a HUGE impact on my life. Not to be biased but softball is the best sport to watch and play. Today’s blog I am going to reflect and talk about the start of my college softball career leading up to where I am today. I am currently a junior at the University of South Alabama where I participate in NCAA division 1 softball. My freshman season (2018) I started 54 of the 55 games that I appeared in, making starts at designated player (26), first base (20) and catcher (8). I was 42-for-159 at the plate for a .264 batting average. I had 13 extra-base hits and scored 14 runs, while driving in 27 which was fourth-most on the club that year. My 13 extra-base hits were tied for second most on the roster and recorded a team-best 23 walks and had a .447 slugging percentage. I was tied for top honors on the roster with eight home runs, which were tied for ninth in the Sun Belt Conference. Seven of my eight home runs came during league play with 14 of my 27 RBI also coming during that time. I hit .315 against SBC competition and had 10 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games for the 2018 season. My first collegiate hit was an RBI double against Providence (2/10) at the Friends of Jaclyn Invitational. Two games later, I posted her first multi-hit performance with a 2-for-4 performance against Butler (2/11). I reached base all three of my plate appearances against nationally ranked Minnesota (2/23) at the Diamond 9 Citrus I Classic in Kissimmee, Fla., as I was 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI. My first career home run was a seventh inning, walk-off of game two against UTA (3/10) to lead the inning off. I led the Jaguars with five game-winning RBI and drove in a then season-best three runs on two hits against Western Kentucky (3/14). I was a perfect 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles and an RBI in game two of the Sun Belt series against Georgia State (3/24) as I made her first start at first base. I also had a home run and a pair of RBIs in the series finale a day later against Ga. State. In the three-game set against the Panthers, I was 7-for-8 (.875) with three extra-base hits, four RBI and a 1.500 slugging percentage. I was 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and a season-best four RBI against Southern Mississippi (4/3) as I had a three-run home run against the Golden Eagles, my first multi-run homer of the season. I became the first player in program history to hit three home runs in the same game as I did so in game two of an SBC road series at Coastal Carolina (4/28). I was 3-for-4 in that outing and tied a season high with four RBI. Hitting solo home runs in the second and fourth innings and then recorded a two-run blast in the sixth to help lead South to a 10-4 win and a five-home run performance on the day. I was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and an RBI in game one of a doubleheader against Troy (5/6) on the final day of the regular season. Going 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI against Georgia State (5/9) in the Sun Belt Conference Championship. I was named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List and selected as an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete. Following my freshman debut was my sophomore season (2019) as a jag. I started 46 of the 49 games in which I played, making my first 23 starts at third for the Jaguars before starting once at catcher and 22 times as the designated player. I ranked third on the team with a .325 batting average, while my 49 hits were second-most on the club. I recorded 14 extra-base hits, including six doubles and eight home runs, while also tallying 79 total bases. Scoring 20 runs and drove in 28 on the season. I had a .523 slugging percentage, walked 13 times, and was hit by pitch on three occasions. My 12 multi-hit games were third-most on the team, while my nine multi-RBI games were second most on the team. Of my 12 multi-hit games, half came against Sun Belt competition, while five of my multi-RBI outings also came in league play. Nine of my 14 extra-base hits came in SBC play. I set new highs for both hit streak (10) and reached base safely streak (12) and recorded at least one hit in seven of her first nine games to start the 2019 season. I went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI against Mercer (2/16) in a 12-8 victory over the Bears and also posted three-hit performances against Savannah State (3/2), at UT Arlington (3/9), at Georgia State (4/12) and versus McNeese State (3/24). I went 3-for-4 with three runs scored, three RBI and two home runs against Savannah State at the Diamond 9 Citrus II Classic. I am one of four players in program history to have multiple games of two home runs or more, joining former Jags Kaitlyn Griffith, Christin Crocker and Brittany Fowler. During my 10-game hit streak (3/2 – 3/19), I recorded 18 hits, had four multi-hit efforts and drove in nine runs. I tied a career high in hits during that same span as I was a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs driven in against Bradley (3/2). I also had an eight-game stretch (4/12 – 4/26) later in the season in which I was a combined 15-for-29 (.517) with nine RBI, six runs scored, three home runs and a pair of doubles. I homered in three-straight contests – the series final at Georgia State and the first two games of the ULM series, which tied for third-longest in program history. Overall, my first two seasons as a jag were full of memories and successes. Stay tuned for my junior and senior seasons stats. As always… GO JAGS!!