2014 Softball Roster
Caitie Kilbane
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- UTL
- Hometown:
- Westerville, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Westerville North
- High School:
- Westerville North
2014
• Appeared in 22 games, making 16 starts
• Collected four hits on the season, including three doubles
• Totaled five runs scored and six walks
• Academic All-MAC honorable mention
2013
• Hit game-tying double in second game of doubleheader at Miami (May 3) to help Kent State rally from 2-1 deficit in top of seventh inning and win, 3-2, to sweep the Redhawks and clinch first MAC East Division title since 2010
• Scored five runs on eight hits (one double, one home run)
• Posted .915 fielding percentage at third base
• Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC
• Received MAC Commissioner's Award for maintaining cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
• Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
2012
• Hit a home run in MAC Tournament win over Ohio
• Hit first career home run in win over Georgetown
• Received Karl Chestnutt Scholarship at Academic Honors Banquet
• Received the MAC Commissioners Award
• Doubled against Oklahoma's Keilani Ricketts, who was later named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
• Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
2011
• Earned Lou Holtz Scholarship for highest grade point average (4.0) with the most credit hours among all freshmen student-athletes.
• Appeared in eight games
• Singled and scored in win at Bethune-Cookman
• Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors
High School
• Recieved first team All-Ohio Capital Conference honors junior and senior year
• Earned second team all-district honors and Columbus Dispatch special mention in junior and senior years
• Recieved All-Ohio Capital Conference academic honors senior year
• Four-year letter winner in softball and three-year letterwinner in volleyball
• Coached by Joe Francisco
Personal
• Born March 29, 1992
• Daughter of Sean and Lisa Kilbane
• Has two younger siblings, Kelsey and Sammy
• Is majoring in physical and health education
• Hopes to teach physical education and coach high school softball
• Named 2013 Kent State Homecoming Queen
