Washburn University Athletics

At Washburn: Played in 106 games making 105 starts in two seasons … a two-time all-MIAA selection finishing with a .309 career batting average with 26 home runs, 101 hits and 70 runs scored while driving in 92.

In 2019: Led the MIAA with 13 home runs en route to first team all-MIAA honors at shortstop finishing the season with a .347 batting average … 61 hits were third on the team and 13 doubles was second and her 51 RBI led the team … batted .360 during MIAA season.

In 2018: Selected as a second team all-MIAA pick as a utility player as a junior after leading the Ichabods with 12 home runs recording 40 hits with 31 runs scored while batting .265 with a .543 slugging percentage … tied a Washburn record with 7 RBI against Lincoln with two three-run home runs … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.

Background: As a sophomore at Johnson County she was a first team all-district and all-conference pick after batting .326 (45-for-132 with 44 runs, seven doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 51 RBI … her 15 home runs tie the third best season total in team history … she ranked 13^th in the NJCAA and sixth in the conference in homers, and her 51 RBI was sixth among conference players … she had 11 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games .…  as a freshman she recorded a .296 batting average playing in 48 games collecting 40 hits with eight doubles, seven home runs and 33 RBI while stealing 14 bases … she appeared in 11 games going 5-1 in the circle with a 2.15 earned run average … in high school she was a four-year starter and a three-time Kansas Softball Coaches Association Class 3A all-state selection … was a first team selection her sophomore and senior seasons and a second team pick as a junior … a three-time first team all-league selection setting the single season records for hits, runs, batting average, doubles, home runs, RBI and strikeouts pitched … hit .587 with 41 hits, seven doubles, a triple and 10 home runs with 37 RBI as a junior … batted. 625 with 32 runs, 40 hits, 11 doubles, three triples, five home runs as a senior … finished career with 138 hits, 121 runs, 32 doubles, four triples, 26 home runs and 117 RBI … also lettered in volleyball and basketball … was a member of the National Honor Society and a four-time all-league all-academic selection.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Patti Kirk … her father played football at Butler Community College … she is one of three children … majoring in communications.