8 Katlyn Kinman
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- Height:
- 5-1
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
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- High School:
- Bellevue East HS
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- Position:
- IF
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- Previous School(s):
- Bellevue East HS
2018 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in 50 of the team's 55 games ... Split time mainly at third base and as the team's designated player ... Batted .289 on the year with 11 doubles and 19 RBIs ... Registered nine multi-hit games including two games with three hits ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs in the Bruins' 6-4 win against Saint Mary (Kan.) on Mar. 14.
2017 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 55 games on the season … Slashed .270/.354/.369 over 162 plate appearances … Totaled 11 extra-base hits (nine doubles, one triple, and one home run) … Drove in 22 runs and scored 26 on the year … Hit her first collegiate home run against Mayville State (Feb. 24) … Recorded an .895 fielding percentage while seeing time at many positions on defense … Tallied nine multi-hit games on the year, including a pair of two-hit efforts.
High School: Played high school softball for Coach Horton at Bellevue East HS … Batted .267 with three doubles and 12 RBI as a senior … Also saw time in the circle going 3-2 with 15 strikeouts in 21.2 innings or work … Awarded the Emily Garcia Award by teammates and named team’s defensive player of the year … Co-captain at Bellevue East and for club team Keystone Cobras … Hit .389 for Keystone Cobras, coached by Don Rush, with 26 extra-base hits and .516 slugging percentage … Fifth place at 16U National Championship in 2014 … Qualified for 18U National Championship in 2015.
Personal: Daughter of K.C. and Starla Kinman … Born on Sept. 23 … Has four older siblings; Casie, Adam, Whitney, and Kyle … Sisters Casie and Whitney both played softball at Bellevue, brother Adam played baseball at Midland, and brother Kyle played baseball at Bellevue and is playing professionally in the Atlanta Braves organization … Undecided on a major.
