2019 Softball

19 Kristen Wright

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Worth, Fla.

Biography

2019: Played in all 56 games of her senior season. She had 156 at bats with 41 hits earning her a .263 batting average for the season. She had 3 doubles, 14 RBI’s and 18 stolen bases. Wright’s best game of the season was a win against Furman 7-1. She had 4 at bats with 2 hits, that led to one RBI. She had 2 stolen bases. Team rankings, 4th in stolen bases and sac bunts, and 5th in runs scored. Finished the season ranked 10 in the Big South Conference for stolen bases (18).
            Games Played: 56
            Batting Average: .263
            Fielding Percentage: .982

2018:  Registered 54 starts in right field…Hit .326 in 175 at bats…Led the team with 57 hits and 40 runs scored…Added four doubles and three triples…Combined for a .383 slugging percentage and a .374 on base percentage…Had 16 multi-hit games and reached base in 14 straight games…Set a career high going 3-for-4 against Gardner-Webb, Delaware State, Western Carolina and Stetson…Went 5-for-8 with two RBI, a double and a triple in a doubleheader win versus Gardner-Webb…Scored a season-best three runs in the same series…Closed the season at the ASUN Softball Championship collecting seven hits, five runs and three RBI.

2017:  Played in 43 games and made 10 starts combining as a designated player and outfielder…Started nine games at designated player…Hit .294 with four RBI…Went 7-for-8 in stolen bases…Had a .370 average, second-best on the team, in ASUN play…Had one multi-hit and two multi-RBI games…Compiled an eight-game hitting streak and reached base in eight straight games…Drove in her first career RBI at Florida Gulf Coast…Posted two RBI games twice at Florida Gulf Coast and against Stetson…Tied her career-high of two hits at Florida Gulf Coast… Made a pinch-hitting appearance versus Longwood in the NCAA Regional.

2016:  Served as one of the primary pinch-runners…Appeared in 48 games with seven starts in both the outfield and designated player…Made her first collegiate start in right field at North Carolina…Hit .261 with 18 runs scored and was a perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases…Collected her first career hit at Gardner-Webb…Recorded a season-high two hits versus SIU Edwardsville.

High School/Travel Ball:  A standout second baseman for The King''s Academy squad…Received four letters in her career…A .500 career hitter…A three-time team most valuable player selection….Helped lead the Lions to the 4A region semifinals as a senior…Helped lead the Lions into the 4A region semifinals as a junior in 2014…Led the team to the 3A state semifinals as a freshman and sophomore…A three-time first team all-area selection by the Sun Sentinel and Palm Beach Post…Earned second team all-state honors as a junior…Helped lead the Florida Power Black travel team to a third-place finish at the 2014 Triple Crown Nationals…Also helped the team qualify for the ASA Nationals…A standout in the classroom…A member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.

Personal:  Born on August 2, 1997…Parents are John and Lesa Wright…Has a brother, Joseph.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2016Freshman

    OF/2B
    5'2"
    19
  • 19

    2017Sophomore

    OF
    5'2"
    19
  • 19

    2018Junior

    OF
    5'2"
    19
  • 19

    2019Senior

    OF
    5'2"
    19