Kaila Balatgek

Class:
Junior
High School:
UMBC
Hometown:
Reading, Pa.

Career Statistics

2015: Game-by-Game Statistics

Was a part of the first-ever Pitt softball team to reach the ACC Championship Game and NCAA Regional Final...Stole one base against College of Charleston...Served as a pinch runner in a game against UC Santa Barbara...Appeared twice at the plate in a game at Texas State.

2014: Game-by-Game Statistics

Appeared in 36 games...Swiped a perfect four stolen bases in four attempts...Was 1-for-3 with her season's first home run and RBI against Wright State...Went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI against Butler...Reached base twice in three plate appearances with a double and a walk in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 7 Florida State...Went 1-for-3 with a home run against Ohio State...Went 1-for-2 with a double against Maryland in the season finale.

2013: Game-by-Game Statistics

Started all 48 games at shortstop...Tallied her first career RBI against No. 10 Texas A&M...Was 1-for-2 with a double against Valparaiso...Went 1-for-2 with one walk and two runs scored against Fordham...Hit her first career home run in a 1-for-3, three RBI game against Fairfield...Was 1-for-3 against George Mason and scored on run...Went 4-for-10 against St. John's with three doubles and three runs scored...Had a walk-off double in the eighth inning against the Red Storm in a 3-2 victory...Had a RBI double against DePaul in a 2-0 victory....Had a career-high three hits against Notre Dame and was 3-for-3...Was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer against Providence...In the season finale, she was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored twice.

High School:

A two-time all-division honoree...led Berks League in home runs (6) and extra-base hits (11) in 2009...named to the USSSA Fast Pitch World Series All-Tournament Team in 2007 and the Triple Crown World Series Showcase Team in 2009...also lettered in field hockey and track and field at Exeter Township...the 2011 Berks County champion in javelin who set the school record in the event (119.8 feet)...an honor roll student and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Award recipient.