2025 Softball Roster
Gibson, Kaitlyn

Jersey Number 12
Kaitlyn Gibson
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- LaSalle-Peru
- Hometown:
- Peru, Ill.
Bio
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.
• 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.
Ball State Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses the NCAA vs. House Settlement
Tuesday, July 01
Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell discusses NCAA vs. House Settlement & Bill Richards Thank You
Friday, June 27
Sports Link: Katie Van Der Mark (Softball)
Wednesday, May 21
Sports Link: Kaitlyn Gibson (Softball)
Wednesday, May 07