2023 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 5
Kailee Powell
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Canyon Country, California
- High School:
- Canyon
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 All-Big Ten Defensive Team |
| Three-Time All-Big Ten |
FIFTH YEAR - 2023
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 46 games, making 37 starts, primarily at first base
- Slashed .300/.400/.390 for the year
- Tallied 30 hits and eight runs
- Logged five doubles, one triple and one homer
- Posted eight RBI and earned 10 walks
- Logged three hits against Ohio State (4/15/23)
- Recorded a triple at South Florida (3/10/23)
- Notched a homer at Wisconsin (4/2/23)
- Scored a pair of runs against Ohio State (4/15/23)
- Posted two RBI against Michigan State (4/21/23)
- Logged her only stolen base at Wisconsin (4/2/23)
- Posted a .968 fielding percentage with 202 putouts, seven assists and seven errors
Senior - 2022
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 56 games for the Illini at first base
- Recorded career-high 50 hits and 15 doubles while driving in 23 RBI
- Slashed .309/.383/.451 across the season
- 12 multi-hit outings including a 3-for-4 performance at Rutgers
- Six multi-RBI efforts including three-RBI showings against Liberty and Rutgers
- Season-best seven-game hitting streak and nine-game reached base streak
- Connected for a walk-off home run vs. Central Arkansas (2/12/22)
- Owned a .964 fielding percentage with 291 putouts and seven assists while helping turn five double plays
Junior - 2021
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Big Ten All-Defensive Team
- Went 3-for-4 with a homerun, three RBI's and two runs scored against Rutgers on 2/26/21
- Knocked in three runners off of three singles in her 3-for-4 day against Michigan State on 3/11/21 (DH)
- Went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI's off of a triple and single against Michigan State on 3/11/21 (DH)
- Scored a run and collected 2 RBIs in a win against Northwestern on 5/1/21
Sophomore - 2020
- Played in 22 games as a sophomore, starting 20 of them, mainly at first base
- .161 BA, 9 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 5 R, 2 RBI, 12 TB, 7 BB, 1 SH
- .989 fielding % with 91 PO and only 1 E
- Knocked an RBI single in a win over No. 23 Auburn (2/9/20)
- Registered her first career triple against Louisville (3/6/20)
Freshman - 2019
- Played in 52 games this spring, starting in 37 of them
- Hit .259 with 13 R, 29 H, 6 2B, 3 HR, 24 RBI, 44 TB, 13 BB, 5 HBP
- Posted a 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run in a win at Nebraska (3/31/19)
- Knocked in the walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 6-5 win over No. 23 Wisconsin (3/24/19)
- Paced the team with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate with a run in a win over No. 23 Wisconsin (3/23/19)
- Tallied two hits, two RBI and a run in a win over IUPUI (3/19/19)
- Knocked a two-RBI pinch-hit double in a win over Cal Poly (3/17/19)
- Posted her first collegiate hit and RBI against No. 22 Oklahoma State (2/9/19)
- Notched a hit, a run and two RBI in a win over Boston College (2/16/19)
High School
- Three-time Santa Clarita Valley Signal All-Team First-Team honoree
- Four-time Santa Clarita Valley Signal All-Team Second-Team honoree
- Won Offensive Player of the Year award four-straight seasons and earned Team MVP accolades following the 2017 season
- Helped lead SoCal Choppers to a 2016 Colorado Sparkler championship
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