2023 Softball Roster
Roster
Packard, Kailyn
IF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballUT
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballUT/IF
/ SoftballP/1B
/ SoftballIF
/ Softball3B/C/UT
/ SoftballP/1B
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballUT/P
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballC/3B
/ SoftballUT
/ Softball1B/3B/C
/ SoftballIF/UT
/ SoftballOF/UT
/ SoftballUT/OF
/ SoftballC/1B
/ SoftballOF/C
/ SoftballP/IF
/ Softball
Jersey Number 4
Kailyn Packard
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Beloit Turner
- Hometown:
- Beloit, Wisc.
Bio
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023): Second Team All-MVC ... NFCA Third Team All-Region ... MVC Scholar-Athlete ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Board of the Directors' and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... MVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 28) ... Preseason All-MVC ... Appeared in 32 games with 21 starts, posting a 13-5 records and a 2.27 ERA with three saves, seven complete games pitched and 145 strikeouts in 120.1 innings pitched ... Top-40 in the nation in strikeouts per seven innings (8.4 per game) ... Threw a season-high 13 strikeouts against Bradley (April 2) ... .867 fielding percentage.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022): Played in 30 games with 29 starts... First Team All-MVC... MVC Championship Elite 17 Award winner... NFCA All-Region Third Team...CoSIDA Academic All-District Region 6 recipient... MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... MVC Pitcher of the Week (4/5/22)... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award... Recorded a career low 1.74 ERA in 30 appearances... led the team in innings pitched (172.2), shutouts (5), strikeouts (205), and WHIP (1.15)... Ended the season with a 20-6 record... Pitched a season high 8.1 innings against Evansville (3/27/22)... pitched a season high 13 strikeouts at Bradley (5/8/22).Â
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021): MVC Pitcher of the Year…MVC Newcomer of the Year…First Team All-MVC…MVC All-Tournament Team… finished the season with a 22-7 record in the circle with a 2.04 era…pitched 180.2 innings with 186 strikeouts… pitched a season high 9.2 innings at Samford (2/26)…recorded a season high 12 strikeouts against Evansville (4/2)…pitched all 7 innings with 9 strikeouts in the MVC semifinal win over Missouri State.
PRIOR TO UNI: Packard spent two years at UMKC...as a freshman Packard recorded a 2.76 ERA, which was eighth-best on the school single-season chart…collected nine wins and 12 losses… Appeared in 39 games and started 22 of them…threw 13 complete games....racked up four saves… had a team high 143 strikeouts, which ranked No. 7 on the school single-season list… faced a total of 730 batters... as a sophomore Packard appeared in 15 games, starting in 11 of them in the circle... As a pitcher, led the team in all major categories with a 5-9 record, 4.82 ERA, five complete games, 65.1 innings, 42 walks and a .293 opponent batting average.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Beloit Turner High School … All-State Pitcher 2016-2018 ... All-District in softball from 2015-2018 … All-Conference in softball from 2014-2018 … Selected to the All-Tournament team in 2017 and 2018 … Nominated for Wisconsin Softball Gatorade Player of the Year ... Named top Senior pitcher in Wisconsin in 2018…Honor Roll from 2015-2018.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Dori Hughes and Jim Packard … Has three sisters Laurin, Alison, and Keisle... Has two brothers Kaegan and Konner... Majoring in elementary education with a minor in math education.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022): Played in 30 games with 29 starts... First Team All-MVC... MVC Championship Elite 17 Award winner... NFCA All-Region Third Team...CoSIDA Academic All-District Region 6 recipient... MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... MVC Pitcher of the Week (4/5/22)... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award... Recorded a career low 1.74 ERA in 30 appearances... led the team in innings pitched (172.2), shutouts (5), strikeouts (205), and WHIP (1.15)... Ended the season with a 20-6 record... Pitched a season high 8.1 innings against Evansville (3/27/22)... pitched a season high 13 strikeouts at Bradley (5/8/22).Â
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021): MVC Pitcher of the Year…MVC Newcomer of the Year…First Team All-MVC…MVC All-Tournament Team… finished the season with a 22-7 record in the circle with a 2.04 era…pitched 180.2 innings with 186 strikeouts… pitched a season high 9.2 innings at Samford (2/26)…recorded a season high 12 strikeouts against Evansville (4/2)…pitched all 7 innings with 9 strikeouts in the MVC semifinal win over Missouri State.
PRIOR TO UNI: Packard spent two years at UMKC...as a freshman Packard recorded a 2.76 ERA, which was eighth-best on the school single-season chart…collected nine wins and 12 losses… Appeared in 39 games and started 22 of them…threw 13 complete games....racked up four saves… had a team high 143 strikeouts, which ranked No. 7 on the school single-season list… faced a total of 730 batters... as a sophomore Packard appeared in 15 games, starting in 11 of them in the circle... As a pitcher, led the team in all major categories with a 5-9 record, 4.82 ERA, five complete games, 65.1 innings, 42 walks and a .293 opponent batting average.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of Beloit Turner High School … All-State Pitcher 2016-2018 ... All-District in softball from 2015-2018 … All-Conference in softball from 2014-2018 … Selected to the All-Tournament team in 2017 and 2018 … Nominated for Wisconsin Softball Gatorade Player of the Year ... Named top Senior pitcher in Wisconsin in 2018…Honor Roll from 2015-2018.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Dori Hughes and Jim Packard … Has three sisters Laurin, Alison, and Keisle... Has two brothers Kaegan and Konner... Majoring in elementary education with a minor in math education.
UNI Panther Football: The Best Pod of your Day (Episode 4)
Wednesday, September 17
UNI Football Highlights vs. Eastern Washington (Sept. 13, 2025)
Tuesday, September 16
UNI volleyball tops Iowa State at home
Friday, September 12
UNI Panther Football: The Best Pod of your Day (Episode 3)
Wednesday, September 10
