2023 Softball Roster
Roster
Packard, Kailyn
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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.
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