2018 Softball Roster

Nick Monaghan
Allison Curry
Piper Hansen
Matt Pendleton
Tim Casey
Jim Burgess
Matt Brown
Aaron Albright
Tim Casey
Tim Casey

21 Kayli Kvistad

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake City, Fla.
  • Highschool Columbia

Biography

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders
 
Career Honors:
  • 2018 Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist
  • 2018 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • 2017 NFCA Third Team All-American
  • 2017 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
  • 2017 All-SEC First Team
  • 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team
  • 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC Player of the Week (4/25)
  • 2017 All-SEC Community Service Team
  • 2016 First Team Academic All-American
    • Became the ninth UF softball player to earn Academic All-America honors and first since Michelle Moultrie in 2012
  • 2016 Second Team All-American
  • 2016 First Team All-Southeast Region
  • 2016 First Team All-SEC
  • 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2015 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2015 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
 
UF Career Ranks:
  • On Base Percentage – .492 (Second)
  • RBI – 193 (Fifth)
  • Walks – 186 (First)
  • SAC Flies – 11 (Second)
  • Fielding Percentage – .991 (Tenth)

NCAA Career Ranks (2015-18):
  • Games Played – 255 (Third)
  • Walks – 186 (Second)

Career Highlights:
  • With two outs in the 7th inning and the score tied in UF's series opener at No. 3 Auburn in 2016, Kvistad hit a go-ahead three-run home run to propel the Gators to victory
  • One of nine Gators to record a perfect fielding percentage (minimum 50 chances) in a season
    • Did not make an error in 105 chances in 2015


Honors:
  • Senior CLASS Award Top 10 Finalist
  • Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District


Stats:
  • Played and started in 66 games for the Gators and hit .311 going 47-for-164 with six doubles, one triple and six home runs. Also, reached base via 58 walks and seven hit by pitches.
  • Registered eight multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games along with a six game hit streak and 21 game reached base safely streak.

NCAA Ranks:
  • Walks – 58 (Eighth)

SEC Ranks:
  • On Base Percentage – .481 (Eighth)
  • Walks – 58 (Second)
  • SAC Flies – 4 (Fourth)
  • Total Plate Appearances – 235 (Sixth)

UF Senior Records:
  • Walks – 58 (First)
  • SAC Flies – 4 (Fourth)
  • Putouts – 333 (Eighth)

UF Career Records:
  • On Base Percentage – .492 (Second)
  • RBI – 193 (Fifth)
  • Walks – 186 (First)
  • SAC Flies – 11 (Second)
  • Fielding Percentage – .991 (Tenth)

Notables:
  • Went 6-for-8 at the plate in the Women’s College World Series with three RBI, two runs scored, a pair of walks and a home run.
  • Hit her first walk-off of the season a 3-2 win over No. 23/22 Kentucky (3/10) with an RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh to score DeWitt from second.


As a Junior (2017):
 
  • Honors:
    • NFCA Third Team All-American
    • NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
    • All-SEC First Team
    • CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team
    • SEC Academic Honor Roll
    • SEC Player of the Week (4/25)
 
  • NCAA Ranks:
    • Hits – 64 (T-130th)
    • On Base Percentage – .554 (Eighth)
    • Slugging Percentage – .603 (168th)
    • Total Bases – 105 (109th)
    • Walks – 0.99 (Sixth)
 
  • SEC Ranks:
    • Batting Average – .368 (10th)
    • Doubles – 14 (T-Seventh)
    • Total Bases – 105 (11th)
    • Slugging Percentage – .603 (Seventh)
    • Hits – 64 (T-11th)
    • Walks – 67 (First)
    • On Base Percentage – .554 (Second)
    • RBI – 53 (Fifth)
    • Hit By Pitch – 8 (T-Eighth)
    • Total Plate Appearances – 251 (T-Fourth)
    • Chances – 325 (12th)
    • Putouts – 316 (11th)
 
  • UF Single Season Ranks:
    • On Base Percentage – .554 (First)
    • Walks – 67 (First)
 
  • UF Junior Ranks:
    • Walks – 67 (First)
    • On-Base Percentage – .554 (First)
    • Batting Average – .368 (Fifth)
    • Hits – 64 (T-Ninth)
    • Doubles – 14 (T-Eighth)
    • RBI – 53 (T-Sixth)
    • Putouts – 316 (10th)
    • Fielding Percentage – .994 (Fourth)
 
As a Sophomore (2016):
 
  • Honors:
    • 2016 First Team Academic All-American
    • Became the ninth UF softball player to earn Academic All-America honors and first since Michelle Moultrie in 2012
    • 2016 Second Team All-American
    • 2016 First Team All-Southeast Region
    • 2016 First Team All-SEC
    • 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
  • Stats:
    • Recorded a .370 batting average (54-for-146), including a team-high 11 home runs, six doubles and a team-best 60 RBI and .637 slugging percentage. In addition, Kvistad scored 25 runs and notched a .500 on-base percentage as she tallied 36 walks and six hit-by-pitches.
    • Did not play a defensive inning as she served as Florida's DP throughout the entire season
 
  • NCAA Ranks:
    • OBP – .500 (57th)
    • RBI – 60 (27th)
 
  • SEC Ranks:
    • OBP – .500 (12th)
    • RBI – 60 (T-13th)
    • Sacrifice Flies – 4 (Fifth)
 
  • UF Single Season Ranks:
    • OBP – .500 (Eighth)
 
  • UF Sophomore Records:
    • Batting Average – .370 (Third)
    • OBP – .500 (Second)
    • Home Runs – 11 (T-7th)
    • RBI – 60 (Fifth)
    • Slugging Percentage – .637 (6th)
    • Walks – 36 (Sixth)
    • Sacrifice Flies – 4 (Third)
 
  • Notables:
    • Recorded a five RBI performance in UF's series opener against Mississippi State
    • During that contest, she recorded her third-career and second multi-home run game of the season
    • With two outs in the 7th inning and the score tied in UF' series opener at No. 3 Auburn, she hit a go-ahead three-run home run to propel the Gators to victory
 
As a Freshman (2015):
 
  • Honors:
    • First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
    • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
 
  • Stats:
    • 60 games / 37 starts
    • Notched six multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests
    • Had the highest RBI total (36) and slugging percentage (.454) among her freshman class
    • Recorded a perfect fielding percentage (104 putouts, 1 assist)
 
  • UF Freshman Records:
    • Home Runs – 6 (T-8th)
    • RBI – 36 (Eighth)
 
  • Notables:
    • Smacked an RBI double in her first collegiate at-bat on February 6 against Hampton
    • Hit her first-career homerun on February 7 against Illinois State
    • Recorded her first career multi-homer game on Feb. 22 vs. Mercer in Game 2 of a doubleheader
    • Drove in a season-high four runs on three occasions (2/11 at Jacksonville; 2/22 vs. Mercer - Game 2; 3/28 at Mississippi State)
    • Notched three RBI in Game 1 of the Super Regional with a bases-clearing double
    • Went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Florida’s opening game of the WCWS against Tennessee
 
High School / Travel Ball:
  • 2014 graduate of Columbia High School in Lake City, Fla.
  • Played travel ball with the Gold Coast Hurricanes 18U Gold, coached by Marty Cooper
  • Gold Coast finished third in 2014 in the Colorado Fireworks Tournament and ninth at the PGF Nationals
  • Columbia won 104 games during her four years
  • Led Columbia to the FHSAA 6A State Championship in 2013 under coach Jimmy Williams
  • Four-time All-American after setting school records for batting average and home runs (44)
  • Three-time Gainesville Sun Big School Player of the Year (2012-14)
  • Two-time Florida Dairy Farmers 6A Player of the Year (2013-14)
  • No. 6 national recruit in the StudentSports.com 2014 Softball Top 100
  • A three-sport athlete who also played volleyball and soccer
  • Graduated eighth in her high school class of 350
  • Is the niece of Montez Wynn, a former UF student-athlete, who was a member of the Gator women’s basketball team from 1973-74 and softball team from 1974-75
  • Intends to pursue a career as a speech and language pathologist

Statistics

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2018

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2015Freshman

    UT
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2016Sophomore

    UT
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2017Junior

    1B
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2018Senior

    1B
    5'8"
    21

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