Kaitlyn Bath

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mattoon
Hometown:
Mattoon, Ill.

Bath's Statistics
CAREER | 2016 GBG

2016 (So.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in 15 games, earning five starts as the designated player … finished the season with a .118 batting average, logging two hits in 17 at bats … her first hit at Ball State was a pinch hit two-run home run in the second game versus Buffalo (April 8) … drove in her first career RBI with a fielder’s choice in a 14-1 win over Stony Brook (March 5) … went 1-for-3 in her first start at Ball State with a RBI single and a walk in a 5-4 win in the first game of a twinbill versus Western Michigan (April 29) … also drove in a RBI in the series finale versus WMU (April 30) after being hit by a pitch with bases loaded … collected her first career stolen base at Toledo (May 7).

AT LAKE LAND COLLEGE
2015 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Lake Land College … played in 40 games, splitting time at catcher … helped guide the Lakers to a 53-10 overall record, including a 28-2 mark in conference play to win the Great Rivers Athletic Conference Championship … team finished the year at the NJCAA Region 24 Runner-Up … finished the season with a .261 batting average … of her 24 hits on the season, five were doubles and one was a home run … also drew four walks and was hit by a pitch five times for a .320 on base percentage … scored 22 runs while tallying 18 RBI … logged her first career hit in the team’s 14-4 victory in game one at Calhoun Community College (Feb. 7) … her first career double came in the team’s 10-0 second game victory at Columbia State Community College (March 2) … her first career multi-hit game was a 3-for-3 effort in the second game at Lincoln Trail College (March 21) … blasted her first career home run in another three-hit effort at Olney Central College (April 5).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball at Mattoon High School for coach Trent Duckett … set the program record for home runs in a season … hit .324 as a senior to help guide the Eagles to a 27-6 overall record, the Apollo Conference regular season championship and to the Illinois Class 3A Sectional Championship game … two-time Class 3A All-State selection … four-time All-Conference honoree … Decatur Herald All-Area Softball Team … named the school’s Outstanding Senior Female Athlete … also played basketball at Mattoon, earning all-Area and all-conference accolades.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rob and Kay Bath … has one brother, Derric, and one sister, Amie … born June 8, 1995 in Mattoon, Ill. … full name is Kaitlyn Elizabeth Bath … majoring in exercise science.