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#19 Kirsten Willmon
Position: Outfielder
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'6"
Year: Sophomore
City/State: Elk Grove, CA
High School: Pleasant Grove HS
College: Warren
Major: Commmunication
Experience: 1 Letter
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AS A JUNIOR IN 2013
Earned All-CCAA  Frist Team honors.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012
Started in 65 of her 67 appearances in the outfield for UC San Diego ... Went 23-for-25 (.920) on stolen-base attempts ... Had three runs off two hits and one RBI against Cal State Stanislaus (2/18) ... Had a .163 on-base percentage (34-for-209) ... Earned All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Honorable Mention honors.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011
Started seven of 37 games she played in as a freshman ... Secured her first-career hit against Notre Dame de Namur, going 1-for-3 in her collegiate debut (2/4) ... Scored the game-winning run on a squeeze play against Central Washington in the NCAA First Round in a 2-1 ballgame (5/13) ... Batted .158 (3-for-19) with six runs scored ... Recorded 11 putouts in the outfield.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove ... Earned All-Delta River League First Team honors in her senior year (2010) ... Made Second Team All-Metro CIF as a senior with the Eagles (2010) ... Selected to the Optimist Club All-Star Game during her senior year at PGHS (2010) ... Named to First Team All-Delta River League as a junior (2009) ... Member of All-Delta River League Second Team during both her freshman and sophomore years with the Eagles (2007-08) ... The Eagles were Sac-Joaquin Section Champions during her junior year (2009) ... Her team was the 2010 Delta River League Champion ... Had best batting average in a season with the Eagles during her senior year, in which she hit .367 in 2010 ... Coached by Bob Regpala in 2009-10 while playing for RR Gold 18 ... Helped RR Gold 18 to a runner-up finish in the 2010 Independent Fastpitch Association (IFA) National Championship in Beaumont, Texas ... Also played for the California Breeze (2007), Nor Cal Victory (2008) and California Grapettes (2009) ... Additionally, competed in basketball while at PGHS (2007-08).

PERSONAL
Born June 23, 1992 in Elk Grove ... Parents are Les and Dena Willmon ... Has a younger sister named Lindsey and a younger brother named Jordan ... Majoring in communication at Warren College ... Winning Nationals in Virginia as a freshman is her most memorable softball moment ... Favorite UCSD moment was during the Tritons' last homestand of the 2012 season when the stands were full of fellow UCSD student-athletes cheering them on ... Enjoys wakeboarding, 4x4 rock crawling, shopping, tanning, and watching baseball in her spare time ... Cheers for the San Francisco Giants ... Buster Posey is her favorite athlete ... "The Hunger Games" is her favorite film ... Has Maroon 5's "Overexposed" album and the song, "Fastest Girl in Town", by Miranda Lambert on her playlist ... Would eat only quesadillas for the rest of her life if given the opportunity ... Her grandparents have the greatest influence in her life ... Hopes to get a job as an event planner after graduating from UCSD.


CAREER HITTING STATISTICS

Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2011 .158 36-7 19 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 .158 1 0 7 0 .200 0 1 5-7 11 0 2 .846
2012 .301 67-65 209 34 63 2 3 0 15 71 .340 9 1 26 0 .333 0 13 23-25 87 3 5  
2013 .336 55-44 137 23 46 3 2 1 18 56 .409 6 3 9 0 .374 1 4 16-19 48 5 1 .981
Totals .265 158-116 365 63 112 5 5 1 33 130 .302 16 4 42 0 .302 1 18 44-51 146 8 8 .939
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