2018 at Gardner-Webb: Was fourth on the team with a .341 (61-for-179) batting averaged ... Named a Second-Team All-Big South Conference member ... Also earned Second-Team North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) honors ... Was second on the team with 47 runs batted in and had two games with at least five RBI (North Carolina A&T and Charleston Southern) ... Batted in season-high six runs in an 18-9 victory over the CSU Bucs ... Had 24 extra base hits ... Was one of three Runnin' Bulldogs to collect 100 or more total bases ... Led the team with a .988 fielding percentage and just one error ... Was the only player to appear in all 58 contests ... In the Gardner-Webb record book, she is in the top-10 in eight career categories as she enters her senior season.
2017 at Gardner-Webb: Was third on the team with a .277 batting averge … Had 44 hits in 157 at bats … Played in 49 contests, all starts … Scored a team-high 27 runs and was second on the team with 27 RBIs … Collected 64 total bases … Walked 26 times … Had a .403 slugging percentage and a .382 on-base percentage … Had 64 putouts and three assists … Recorded only one error in 49 contests for a .985 fielding percentage.Â
2016 at Gardner-Webb: One of the team’s top bats as a true freshman … Started all 54 games … Batted .261 with 35 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triples and a home run … Drove in 15 runs … Swiped 15 bases in 15 attempts … Led the team in runs scored, doubles and stolen bases … Forged a .358 on base percentage … Ranked third on the team in base hits and fourth in total bases … Had an eight-game hit streak in mid-February … Started the season on fire, hitting .531 (17-of-32) over her first nine college games … Scored 14 runs during that same stretch … Had 14 games with at least two hits … Went 4-for-5 with four runs scored vs. Austin Peay (2/12) … Went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and a home run later that same day vs. the Governors (2/12) … Went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored vs. Hartford (2/20) … Was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles at George Washington (3/11) … Had six hits in three games in Washington, D.C. … Had a 3-for-4 game vs. Presbyterian (4/6) in the second half of a doubleheader … Closed the season with a 2-for-3 effort, one run and one steal vs. Winthrop in the Big South Tournament (5/11).
High School/Club: Four-year letterwinner and All-Conference selection at Crest High School…Three-time All-State selection…Voted Team MVP as a junior and senior…Offensive MVP as a sophomore…Recipient of the Cleveland County FCA softball award…Four-year scholar-athlete…finished high school career with nine home runs and only four strikeouts…Also plays for the Charlotte Starz Elite under head coach Steve Foster.
Personal: Born April 12, 1997 in Gastonia, North Carolina…Full name is Kaylee Brooke Wacaster…Has a younger sister Jenna…Daughter of David and Tonya Wacaster…Intends to major in education.
