2015 Softball Roster

Jim Burgess
Tim Casey
Jim Burgess

6 Kathlyn Medina

  • Position SS
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Downey
  • Hometown Downey, Calif.

Biography

Major: Anthropology
 
Career Honors:
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
Career Highlights:
  • Made top 10 on 1 list: 15 sacrifice hits (3rd)
 
As a Senior (2015):
  • SEC All-Defensive Team
  • Has started all 61 games entering the Women’s College World Series
  • Has had a hand in 10 of the team’s 20 double plays
  • Recorded her first multi-hit game of the year on Feb. 21 vs. Kansas during the Aquafina Invitational
  • Hit her first home run of the season the following day against Mercer in Game 1 of a doubleheader
     
As a Junior (2014):
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 56 games / 51 starts
  • Florida was 46-5 with Medina in the starting lineup
  • Made just six errors in 162 chances
  • Four multi-hit games
  • Three multi-RBI games
  • Had a career-best three hits twice
  • Enjoyed a career day on April 19 at Texas A&M, when she went 3-for-3 with a personal-best three runs scored, a double and a grand slam to help the Gators secure a  road series victory
  • Was 3-for-3 with three runs scored and an RBI Feb. 15 vs. Ohio State
  • Her outburst in College Station started a three-game hit streak, which tied a career-high and carried over into the series finale against the Aggies and the midweek rout of USF
  • Was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI single in the Super Regional opener on May 24 vs. Washington
  • Was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI on March 2 vs. Maryland
  • Recorded her only stolen base of the season (fifth of her career) on Feb. 28 vs. No. 4 Oregon
  • Batted .278 in road games, which was 62 points above her season average
  • Posted a .267 clip during the day, representing a 51-point jump from her overall mark
  • Had a hand in 10 of the Gators’ school-record 28 double plays, including two of the team’s WCWS-record seven double plays in Oklahoma City
  • Tied her career high with six putouts Feb. 15 vs. Cal State Northridge in Las Vegas
 
As a Sophomore (2013):
  • 65 games / 57 starts
  • Paced the SEC and UF with 15 sacrifice bunts
  • Ranked 11th in the nation in sacrifice hits per game (0.23)
  • Walked Florida off against UAB in the 2013 NCAA Super Regional opener with an RBI single to left-center that plated the game-winning run
  • Hit her first career home run against Loyola Marymount in the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs Feb. 21
  • Helped turn five of Florida’s 24 double plays
  • Was a career-best 3-for-3 versus FAMU at UF’s home tournament March 2, including her second home run
  • Three multi-hit games
  • Walked a season-high three times against Mount St. Mary’s March 1
  • Had a career-best six at-bats in UF’s epic 15-inning thrilling victory against Nebraska at the Women’s College World Series
  • Had a career-best six putouts against Arizona in UF’s season-opening tournament at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.
 
As a Freshman (2012):
  • 60 games / 54 starts
  • Recorded 10 sacrifice bunts to rank third in the SEC and lead the league’s freshmen
  • Had nearly a third of UF’s sacrifice hits on the season (10 of 35)
  • Helped turn seven of Florida’s 17 double plays
  • Six multi-hit games
  • One multi-RBI game
  • Two-run double at Ole Miss on April 7 helped the Gators clinch the series against the Rebels
  • Had a career-best five assists against Florida State, LSU and Kentucky
  • First collegiate hit was against USF at UF’s season-opening tournament in Tampa
  • First RBI came on a triple against No. 5 Washington at the Cathedral City Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
  • Drew a season-high three walks, a third of her season total, against FIU April 20
 
High School / Travel Ball:
  • 2011 graduate of Downey High School
  • Played travel ball with the Worth Firecrackers
    • Finished third at 2009 ASA Nationals
    • Won back-to-back Canada Cup Championships (2009-10)
  • MaxPreps Player of the Week (March 20, 2011)
  • Three-time Long Beach Press Telegram Softball Dream Team selection (2008, 2010-11)
  • Two-time (2009 & 2011) First Team All-San Gabriel Valley League
  • 2010 Second Team All-San Gabriel Valley League
  • Hit .420 as a senior with 33 RBI 34 runs scored
  • Two-time Softball Scholar Athlete Award winner
  • Three-time Golden Glove Award winner
  • Owns a black belt in karate
  • A two-sport athlete in softball and tennis
  • As team captain, was undefeated in 33 doubles as a junior en route to the San Gabriel Valley League doubles title
  • Took second in doubles in 2009 in the league tourney, earning a Press Telegram Tennis Dream Team Honorable Mention accolade
 
Medina’s Career Statistics
Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so sb-att fld%
2012 .241 60-54 112 21 27 5 1 0 8 10 28 2-2 .963
2013 .194 65-57 98 15 19 3 0 2 12 18 28 2-2 .937
2014 .216 56-51 88 15 19 3 0 1 11 8 19 1-1 .963
2015 .200 67-67 50 11 10 1 0 1 3 4 9 1-1 .963
TOTAL .216 248-229 348 62 75 12 1 4 34 40 84 6-6 .957
 
Medina’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 1, 13 times
Triples: 1 [t-4th], vs Washington, Feb 23, 2012
Home runs: 1, 4 times
Total bases: 7, at Texas A&M, Apr 19, 2014
RBI: 4, at Texas A&M, Apr 19, 2014
Runs scored: 3, 4 times
Walks: 3, FIU, Apr 20, 2012; at Mount St. Mary's, Mar 01, 2013
Hit by pitch: 1, 6 times
Struck out: 2, 10 times
Sac bunts: 2 [t-1st], 6 times
At bats: 6, vs Nebraska, Jun 01, 2013
Stolen bases: 1, 7 times

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2012Freshman

    INF
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2013Sophomore

    SS
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2014Junior

    SS
    5'4"
    6
  • 6

    2015Senior

    SS
    5'4"
    6