Kaitlyn Gibson

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
LaSalle-Peru
Hometown:
Peru, Ill.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2025 SEASON
• 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• 2023 Academic All-MAC
• Played in 83 of a possible 164 games over her career, earning 14 career starts, with one at first pace and 13 as the designated player
• Scored one game-winning run and driven in one game-winning RBI over her Ball State career

2024 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State … named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … played in 17 games, earning one start at first base … appeared as a pinch hitter in 15 games, collecting three pinch-hit singles; at North Florida (Feb. 10), versus Jacksonville State (Feb. 17) and in the opener at Buffalo (April 6) … her pinch hit RBI single in the fourth inning at JSU tied the score at 4-4, setting up a game-winning sac fly … added a sac fly of her own in the 6-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne (March 2) … also drew a pair of walks on the season and was hit by a pitch once for a .333 on base percentage.

2023 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State … named Academic All-MAC … played in 38 games, earning 10 starts as the designated player … boasted a .204 batting average with 10 hits in 49 at bats … collected two doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored … registered her first collegiate double and first collegiate RBI as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning of Ball State’s 6-4 win over Loyola (Feb. 26) … smashed her first career home run in a sixth-inning pinch hit appearance in the 14-8 loss at No. 18 Georgia (March 3) … drove in what proved to be the game-winning RBI with a two-run single down the right field line in the fifth inning of BSU’s 8-4 win over Bowling Green (April 22) … also singled in the first inning of the game for her first career multi-hit and multi-RBI game … her final hit of the season was a pinch hit solo home run in the seventh at Akron (April 29), helping the Cardinals post a single game record six home runs in the 6-1 victory … finished the season with a .259 on base percentage, drawing two walks and being hit by a pitch twice to go along with her 10 hits … also stole one base on the year, in the series-opening 8-0 (5) win over BGSU (April 22).

2022 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in 28 games, earning three starts as the designated player … mainly saw action as a pinch runner … scored her first collegiate run in a pinch running situation versus Western Carolina (Feb. 19) in which she also stole her first career base … finished the season with three stole bases and nine runs scored as a pinch runner … followed with her first collegiate hit, a seventh inning single, at Winthrop (Feb. 20) … scored what proved to be the game-winning run in the second game of the doubleheader at Toledo (April 16) … started all three games as the designated player in the series at Miami (May 4-5), and was hit by a pitch for the first time in her career in the series finale.

HIGH SCHOOL: Entered her senior season as a three-year letterwinner for coach Randy Huebbe at LaSalle-Peru … reigning team captain for the Cavaliers … earned First Team Northern Big 12 All-Conference and Second Team 3A Illinois ICA All-State as a freshman and sophomore … also First Team All-Area as a freshman and sophomore … played in all 31 games as a sophomore, producing a .514 batting average with 55 hits in 107 at bats … collected 10 doubles, a triple and seven home runs, while scoring 29 runs and driving in 60 RBI … also owned a 4.51 ERA in the circle, throwing 63.2 innings and striking out 45 batters … played in all 28 games as a freshman, registering a .525 batting average with 42 hits … credited with five doubles, four triples and two home runs, while scoring 12 run and driving in 21 RBI … also owned a 3.12 ERA in the circle, throwing 24.2 innings and striking out 13 batters … also played two years of volleyball and one year of basketball for the Cavaliers … outside athletics, earned First Team Northern Big 12 All-Academic (freshman, sophomore), Interstate 8 First Team All-Academic (junior), and High Scholarship all four years.

CLUB: Played for the Nationals Premier for five years under coach Larry Brzezinski … helped lead team to be 2020 Louisville Slugger Summer Swing Champions.

WHY BALL STATE: I chose Ball State because of the atmosphere and feeling of home I got as I stepped on campus. When meeting the athletic advisors, they made me feel like I was about to be a part of a family that would take care of me. The coaches and players made me feel like this is my second home.