Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Christina Kirkpatrick is in her third year with the Cedarville University softball program.....started all 59 games she appeared in during the 2015 season including 56 at second base.....recorded a .287 batting mark.....tied for the team lead with 47 runs scored.....added a double, two triples and a home run.....swiped a second-best 21 bases in 26 attempts.....tied for a third-best 12 multiple hit games.....drove home a career-high four runs including an inside-the-park HR in a 10-0 non-conference win over visiting Salem International.....ranked second on the team with eight sacrifice hits.....tied for the team lead with 26 walks.....tied for third all-time at CU with 59 games played in a single season.....tied for fifth all-time with teammates Nicole Davis and Logan Eppich in runs scored during a single season (47).....rates seventh-best all-time with 181 at bats in one season.....National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Scholar-Athlete.....Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Academic Team.

2014 - One of six players to appear in all 54 games.....made 51 starts at second base.....posted a third-best .364 batting average.....ranked second in runs scored with 44 and fourth in base hits with 64.....added three doubles, a triple and a home run.....topped the squad with 58 singles - third-best in a single season at CU.....produced a second-best 20 stolen bases in 24 attempts.....recorded six sacrifice hits during the campaign.....ranked second with seven three-hit games.....drove home a season-high three runs and scored two runs in an 8-4 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) victory at Alderson Broaddus.....tied school records with six hit-by-pitches in a season including twice in a single game - versus visiting Ashland in mid-March.....also listed in single-season Top Ten for games played, at bats (176), runs and hits..... NCCAA Midwest Region Team.....G-MAC First Team.

High School - Four-year letter winner at Heritage Christian High School.....member of sectional championship squad in 2012.....all-district player.....three-year member of the NCSAA Super Regional Team.....four-year Marion County Girls Coaches Association All-City Team honoree.....four-year Indianapolis Star All-City First Teamer.....two-time Most Valuable Player and four-time team Offensive Player of the Year.....led prep squad in batting average and stolen bases all four seasons of softball.....holds school career record for most stolen bases.....stole 51 bases during the 2012 season - second-highest in state of Indiana.....earned one letter in soccer.....National Honor Society student.

Personal - Dean’s Honor List student as a business management and pre-law major at Cedarville University.....born 5/4/95 in Indianapolis, IN.....daughter of Steve and Tammy Kirkpatrick....has one younger brother.