2019 Softball Roster
Roster
Kaylee Wacaster
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Crest
- Hometown:
- Shelby, N.C.
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.
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.
