2023 Softball Roster
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Pickens, Kallie
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Jersey Number 11
Kallie Pickens
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Tenn.
- High School:
- University School of Jackson
- Previous School:
- University School of Jackson
Bio
Awards and Honors
- Yearly Honors
- All-OVC second team (2022)
- Academic Honors
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020-21)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19, 2020-21)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- Career Accolades
- Ranks eighth in program history with 36 doubles
- Ranks ninth in program history with 104 runs scored
2022: Named to All-OVC second team…Played and started in all 53 games for the Skyhawks at third base…Notched a .329 batting average with 33 runs scored, 55 hits, 16 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 39 RBIs…Posted a .360 on-base percentage and .539 slugging percentage…Drew nine walks, including a pair against both IUPUI (March 5) and Eastern Illinois (Apr. 15)…Ranked fourth in the OVC with 16 doubles while sitting amongst league leaders during conference play in triples (two, second), batting average (.383, sixth), total bases (51, sixth), slugging percentage (.630, seventh) and hits (31, eighth)…Tallied 14 multi-hit games including a three-hit outing against Tennessee State (May 8) and a pair of four-hit performances against SIUE (Apr. 23) and Tennessee State (May 8)…Notched 11 multi-RBI performances with a trio of three-RBI games against Georgia Southern (Feb. 19), SIUE (Apr. 23) and Tennessee State (May 8) while driving in a career-high four RBIs against IUPUI (March 5)…Hit a grand slam against IUPUI (March 5)…Her 16 doubles ranked as the second-most in program history, sitting just two off the single-season record…Tallied a base hit in 36 games…Hit a pair of doubles against Indiana State (March 5), Memphis (March 6) and SIUE (Apr. 23)…Tallied home runs against Georgia Southern (Feb. 19), IUPUI (March 5), Murray State (March 26), Belmont (Apr. 3) and Southeast Missouri (Apr. 27)…Scored a season-high three runs against Austin Peay (Apr. 30)…Posted a .970 fielding percentage with 49 putouts, 80 assists and four putouts…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2021: Played in all 46 games for the Skyhawks while starting in 43 contests at third base…Notched a .319 batting average with 21 runs scored, 38 hits, nine doubles, one triple, two home runs and 14 RBIs…Posted a .352 on-base percentage and a .462 slugging percentage…Drew five walks, including a season-high two against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 27)…Stole three bases, coming against Jackson State (March 16), Tennessee State (Feb. 20) and Eastern Kentucky (March 26)…Tallied 10 multi-hit contests, including a pair of three-hit efforts against Jacksonville State (March 13) and Eastern Illinois (Apr. 12)…Posted back-to-back multi-RBI contests against SIUE (Apr. 2-3)…Hit home runs against Arkansas Pine Bluff (March 9) and SIUE (Apr. 3)…Laced a triple against Jacksonville State (March 13)…Posted a .916 fielding percentage with 31 putouts, 56 assists and eight errors…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters…Named to OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2020: Saw action in 20 games for the Skyhawks while earning 16 starts at third base in a COVID-19 abbreviated season…Notched a .261 batting average with eight runs scored, one double, one triple and six RBIs…Posted a .333 on-base percentage and .326 slugging percentage…Drew five walks, including a season-high two walks against Alcorn State (Feb. 29)…Tallied a pair of multi-hit outings against Grambling State (Feb. 9) and No. 20 Tennessee (Feb. 25)…Recorded a season-high three RBIs against Grambling State (Feb. 9)…Hit a triple against Alcorn State (Feb. 29)…Strung together a five-game hitting streak stretching from Feb. 25-March 1…Posted a .957 fielding percentage with 15 putouts, 29 assists and two errors...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2019: Saw action in 42 games for the Skyhawks while earning 37 starts at third bases…Notched a .270 batting average with 13 runs scored, 27 hits, four doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs…Posted a .336 on-base percentage and .370 slugging percentage…Drew nine walks…Tallied seven stolen bases in seven attempts…Tallied six multi-hit outings…Tallied one multi-RBI contest at Southern Illinois (March 27)…Strung together a four-game hitting streak and an 11-game on-base streak…Tallied home runs against Southern Illinois (March 27) and Austin Peay (May 3)…Drew a pair of walks against Eastern Kentucky (March 29)…Tallied two stolen bases against Tennessee Tech (Apr. 28)…Recorded 34 putouts, 56 infield assists and five errors for a .947 fielding percentage...Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: Prepped at University School of Jackson where she played for Brian Dunn…Tabbed a Jackson Sun All-West Tennessee standout performer after posting a .571 batting average with 18 doubles, seven home runs and 37 RBIs as a senior...Finished as the program’s all-time leader in home runs with 22…Played in the Billy Schrivner West Tennessee Softball All-Star Game…Tabbed to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association All-State A/DII team…Named to the All-West Tennessee softball first team after tallying a .506 batting average with 33 runs scored, 14 doubles and six home runs as a junior...For her career she has posted a .419 batting average with 15 home runs and 106 RBIs…Named the Division II-A West Region MVP after going 5-for-8 with three RBIs and five runs scored in the final two games of the tournament, lifting the Lady Bruins to their seven region title in eight years…Hit two home runs in the state tournament against King’s Academy in 2016…Named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and Tennessee Softball Coaches all-state teams.
Personal: Born on Nov. 8, 1999...Daughter of Chris and Cindy Pickens...Has two siblings, Kristen and Suzanna...Majoring in marketing.
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