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2023 Softball Roster

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5 Kailee Powell

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Canyon Country, California
  • High School Canyon
  • Instagram kailee.powell
  • Twitter kailee_powelll

Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate
Big Ten Logo white All-Big Ten Defensive Team
Big Ten Logo white 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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2021Junior

    Utility
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2022Senior

    Utility
    5'8"
    5
  • 5

    2023Fifth Year

    Utility
    5'8"
    5