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Full Name:
Kylee Lahners
Birthplace:
Age:
Resides:
Pro Experience:
Draftee
College Experience
Washington
Throws:
R
Bats:
R
Position:
UTL

At Washington

 

Career Firsts:
Hit: Feb. 10, 2012 vs. San Jose St. in Tempe, Arizona, 1B
Double: Feb. 11, 2012 vs. Idaho St. in Tempe, Arizona
Triple: March 25, 2015 at Portland State
Home run: Feb. 10, 2012 vs. San Jose St. in Tempe, Arizona
Stolen base: Feb. 12, 2012 vs. Texas State in Tempe, Arizona

 

Career Highs:
Hitting Streak
: 11, Feb. 6 – Feb. 16, 2015 (.562, 18×32, 13 R, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 9 BB)
At-Bats: 5 (4x), last: March 6, 2015 vs. Bakersfield
Runs Scored: 3 (5x), last: Feb. 6, 2015 vs. Bakersfield
Hits: 4 (3x), last: March 6, 2015 vs. Seattle U.
Doubles: 3, March 6, 2015 vs. Seattle U.
Home runs: 2 (2x), last: Feb. 16, 2015 vs. Grand Canyon
RBI: 7, March 6, 2015 vs. Seattle U.
Stolen Bases: 1 (9x), last: March 8, 2015 vs. Cal State Northridge
Walks: 3 (2x), last: Feb. 6, 2015 vs. Bakersfield
Strikeouts: 4, May 23, 2013 at Missouri (NCAA Super Regionals)
Hit By Pitch: 2, Feb. 28, 2015 vs. Santa Clara

 

2015 (Senior): Opened her senior season on an 11-game hitting streak, Feb. 6 – Feb. 16, 2015 (.562, 18×32, 13 R, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 9 BB) … Has had 18 multi-hit and 11 mult-RBI games … Second on the team with a .393 average (57-for-145 with 12 doubles, 14 home runs and 44 RBI) … Has shown great discipline, averaging .98 walks per game to rank 5th in the nation and her 50 walks this season leads the Pac-12 … Has reached base in all but four games this season and her .559 on-base percentage leads the Pac-12 and ranks 15th in the nation … Has started 51 games primarily in center field … Went 3-for-5 with a single, double and home run on Senior Day vs. Oregon State (May 3) … In the leadoff spot, matched her career-high with four hits and three runs scored, while tallying a career-best seven RBI and three doubles against Seattle University (March 6) … launched her sixth home run of the season vs. Seattle U. to move into third all-time in Husky softball history … In the next game against CSUN, hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to spark the team to a thrilling come-from-behind victory … Belted out two home runs as part of a 2-for-4, four-RBI effort vs. Grand Canyon (Feb. 16) … Hit 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI vs. Illinois State (Feb. 14) … Went 2-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI vs. Hawaii (Feb. 21).

 

2014 (Junior): Named third-team All-America by the NFCA … also an NFCA Division I All-Pacific Region first-team pick … earned first-team All-Pac-12 and Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention … finished the year ranked No. 14 in the nation in RBI with 1.17 per game … 61 runs batted in ranked No. 4 in the Pac-12 … 18th in the nation in home runs per game (0.33) and tied for 22nd in the NCAA with 17 homers … 17 HRs tied her for third-most in the Pac-12 … .745 slugging percentage ranked sixth in the Pac-12 … started all 52 of the Huskies’ games … made 34 starts at third base and 18 in right field … notched eight homers and 26 RBI in 22 Pac-12 games … opened the 2014 season on fire … 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and four total RBI in the season-opening win over Baylor … also hit a three-run homer later that same day in the win over San Diego … continued Feb. 8 by belting another three-run blast vs. Arkansas in game three, giving her 10 RBI over the opening three games … also 2-for-2 with three RBI in the final game in Vegas, a win over UC Davis on Feb. 9 … chosen as the ESPN.com/USA National Softball Player of the Week on Feb. 11, having gone 6-for-15 with three homers and 13 RBI during the first weekend of the year … continued her hot hitting the following weekend at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Ariz., helping the UW to five wins by going 9-for-14 with three homers and 13 more RBI … was the College Sports Madness Player of the Week on Feb. 17 … homered vs. Illinois State in the first game in Tempe … 4-for-4 with a homer and six RBI vs. Southern Illinois, when she notched an RBI in all five of her plate appearances … solo homer in the UW’s 3-1 win over defending NCAA champ Oklahoma Feb. 16 in the final game of the tournament … hit four home runs over a seven-game stretch March 2 through March 14 … in that March 14 game, the Huskies’ Pac-12 opener vs. Utah, hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the UW’s 5-2 win … had a good weekend at Stanford April 10-12, going 5-for-10 in the series … 2-for-2 with two homers and three RBI in the third of the three vs. the Cardinal, earning Pac-12 Player of the Week for Feb. 18 and again on April 14 … homered in both of the first two games at Oregon State, hit a grand slam and walked twice in the first before going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a homer and four RBI in the second … three-run homer May 4 (game one of doubleheader) vs. Arizona, an 8-0 Husky win … homered in each of the last two games of the regular season at Cal, going 1-for-3 with a two-run homer May 9 and 3-for-4 with a double, four RBI and a two-run blast May 10 … 2-for-2 with three runs and an RBI in the NCAA Regional victory over BYU … had hits in two of three games at Florida in the Super Regionals.

 

2013 (Sophomore): Named second-team All-Pacific Region…Named second-team All-Pac-12…Earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention academic honors…Appeared in 60 of the Huskies 62 games, including 59 starts…Homered in 3 consecutive games, from May 5-10, going a combined 4-for-11, with 5 runs scored, 3 home runs, 7 RBI, and 2 walks…Started in all six games of the Paradise Softball Classsic on opening weekend, five in CF and one at second base … drew a walk vs. SMC in the season-opener … was HBP, walked and scored a run vs. UAB … had two hits, two RBI and two runs, with one home run vs. Ole Miss … walked twice in game one vs. Hawai’i … had two hits and walked once vs. UAB in game two … drew two walks and had one hit in the championship game vs. Hawai’i…Appeared in four games of the Campbell/ Cartier Classic in San Diego, Calif., making three starts…pinch hit vs. No. 24/22 Kentucky … started in CF vs. No. 2/1 Oklahoma, Cal Poly and UC Riverside … had one run, two hits, one RBI and one walk vs. UC Riverside… Made the start in all four games of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. …had a hit vs. Virginia … walked once vs. No. 23/23 Florida State … hit a home run and had five RBI vs. Illinois … had two hits, one RBI and a run vs. No. 13/16 Georgia … hit a double, had an RBI, scored twice and drew a walk vs. Brown … had three hits, a run and an RBI vs. Bradley … also stole a base … had one hit vs. UNO … scored once at CSU … walked twice vs. Ohio … had an RBI, a run and a walk vs. Bradley … walked once and scored a run vs. Yale … had a home run, three RBI, two runs and a walk vs. Seattle … had a hit and an RBI vs. Michigan … had an RBI vs. DePaul … had one hit (a double), two RBI, scored once and drew a walk vs. Penn State … had two hits and an RBI Vs. Pacific … scored once and had a hit in game one at Arizona … had two hits and an RBI in game two at Arizona … had a hit and a run in game three at Arizona … walked once in game one vs. Oregon … had one hit in game two … hit a solo home run in game once at UCLA to win the game … had two hits, two RBI, a run, a walk and a sac hit in game two … had a home run, two RBI and a walk in game three … had two hits, a run and an RBI in game one vs. OSU … had a run and a hit in game two … Hit a double and scored a run in game one at ASU … had a solo home run in game two … drew a walk in game three … Made the start in CF in all three games vs. Stanford…Went 1-for-4, with 1 run scored, 1 double, and 2 RBI in game one…Went 1-for-3, with 1 run scored and 1 walk in game two…Made the start in CF in all three games at Utah…Went 1-for-3 in game one…Went 3-for-3, with 2 RBI and 2 walks in game two…Hit a three-run home run in game three, finished the day at the plate 1-for-2, with 3 runs scored, 3 RBI, and 2 walks…Made the start in all three games vs. Cal, two in CF and 1 as the DP…Went 2-for-4, with 1 run scored, 1 home run, and 1 RBI in game one…Hit a 3-run home run in the 1st inning of game two, her second in as many days and her third consecutive game with a home run, finished 1-for-5, with 1 run scored, 1 home run, and 3 RBI…Drove in the eventual game-winning run with a single in the 1stinning, finished 1-for-4, with 1 RBI…Made the start in CF in all three games of the NCAA Regionals…Went 1-for-2, with 1 run scored, 1 double, 1 RBI, and 1 walk in game two vs. Hawaii…Went 1-for-2, with 2 runs scored, 1 walk, and 1 stolen base in game three vs. Hawaii…Started in CF in both games of NCAA Super Regionals vs. Missouri…Robbed a home run in the 1st inning of game two, as the Huskies eventually won, 1-0, and advanced to the Women’s College World Series…Started in CF in all four games of the WCWS…Went 1-for-3, with 1 run scored, 1 2B, and 1 RBI in game three vs. Michigan…Hit her 10th home run of the season in game four vs. Oklahoma, finished 1-for-3, with 1 run scored, 1 home run, and 1 RBI.

 

2012 (Freshman): All Pac-12 Honorable Mention … Pac-12 All-Freshman Honorable Mention … led the team with 11 home runs on the year … Played in each of the team’s 58 games, starting all but two at second base … recorded the only four-hit game of the season for the Huskies against CSU Bakersfield, driving in four runs in a 15-4 Husky win (3/19) … had three RBI against both Northwestern (2/11) and DePaul (3/16) … hit .273 on the year and finished third on the team with a .526 slugging percentage and total bases with 81.

 

High School/Club
Attended Laguna Hills High and was a member of Worth Firecrackers club team … 2010 USA Jr. National Team Member … 2010 Gold Medal Pan-American Games … 2010 ESPN Rise All-American … 2010 Under Armour All-American … 2010 Under Armour All-American Game MVP … 2010 All-State … 2010 All-CIF Southern Section … 2010 All-County … 2010 All-League MVP … 2010 Team MVP … 2009 All-State … 2009 All-County … 2009 All-League MVP … 2009 Team MVP … 2008 All-CIF Southern Section … 2008 All-County, 2008 All-League.

 

Personal
Parents are Ken & JoAnn Lahners … has one sister, Sydney … born in Berkeley, Calif. … father, Ken, played baseball at USC … hobbies include snowboarding, surfing, and golf … favorite athlete is Michael Jordan “because of his tenacious desire to compete every time he stepped on the court, regardless if it was a practice or a game” … most admires her father because “he has been a positive influence in my life. He taught me to always appreciate everything I’ve been blessed with, and to always give your best effort and commitment to anything you do.”

 

Lahners on Why Washington:
“I chose UW because I wanted to compete at the highest level. The University of Washington provides me with a great education and the opportunity to play for the best softball program in the country. Equally important was the fact that Coach Tarr and her coaching staff are like an extended family to me.”

 

Getting to know Kylee

Pre-game routine/superstitions: spray perfume with Courtney, collect lucky pennies and always chew “Big League Chew”

If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: a professional surfer or snowboarder

Name your three favorite songs on your iPod: Fortunate Son by CCR, Wade in your Water by Common Kings, Do My Thang by Miley Cyrus

Describe coach Tarr in five words or less: she is a BOSS

What’s the best part about playing softball at UW: the environment is the best, from the coaches to the team and everybody who helps out, they are great people who make it fun.

Favorite food: Baskin Robins and crepes with Courtney

Favorite movie: Remember the Titans

Favorite TV show: Sportscenter

Favorite thing to do other than play softball: go to the beach with friends and just being outside