Courtesy: UCSD Release: 01/20/09
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#20 Kris Lesovsky
Position: Outfielder
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'5"
Year: Senior
City/State: Simi Valley, CA
High School: Royal High School
College: Muir College
Major: Biology
Experience: 3 Letters
AS A SENIOR IN 2011: Started all 58 games for the Tritons in center field while leading the team in at-bats (164), runs (46), hits (50), doubles (18), homeruns (6), total bases (86), slugging percentage (.524), on-base percentage (.463), walks (46) and fielding percentage (1.000)... Named Daktronics All-West Region Second Team, NFCA All-West Region First Team and All-CCAA First Team... Became UCSD's all-time career leader in walks (113) and doubles (51) while staying atop UCSD's career batting average list with a .388 career clip... Set a Triton single-season record for bases on balls... Had a team-high 15 multi-hit games and tied for second on the team with six mulitple-RBI contests... Primarily the leadoff hitter in 2011, UCSD was 40-12 when Lesovsky batted first and 5-1 when she batted third in the lineup... Hit .305 (50-for-164) with 26 RBI in 2011... Had multi-hit games in seven of 11 contests between March 12 and April 9... Led the team with 13 two-out RBI... Earned CCAA Player of the Week honors for the week of February 28 - March 6... Granted a fifth year of collegiate eligibility by the NCAA in June and will appear with the Tritons in 2012.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2010: Started all of UCSD's 50 games, recording the third highest batting average (.413) in Triton single-season history, a record that she set in 2009 with a .446 clip... Named Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Second Team after being named to the NFCA Division II All-West Region First Team for the second consecutive year... Named All-CCAA First Team after leading the conference in batting average, slugging percentage (.738), on base percentage (.486) and total bases (118)... Hit 10 home runs, the third-highest total in a single season by any UCSD player... Her 160 at-bats, 41 runs, 66 hits, 16 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 23 walks were all team-highs... Recorded 23 multi-hit games and had a streak of five consecutive multi-hit games between Feb. 27-March 5... Her .429 career batting average ranks best in UCSD program history and is 46 percentage points higher than second-place Kristin Schueler's (1994-97) .383 batting average.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009: Put together one of the most impressive seasons ever recorded by a hitter at UC San Diego en route to being named a Louisville Slugger/NFCA and Daktronics All-American... Started in all of the Tritons' 55 games and recorded a .446 batting average, the highest single season mark in the program history of UCSD softball, while hitting out of the leadoff spot... Also on the single season leaderboard are her walks (44 - first), hits (72 - second), home runs (8 - third), doubles (17 - third) and runs (42 - fifth)... Ranked fourth in the nation in walks per game (.80) and eighth in on-base percentage (.565)... Named the CCAA Newcomer of the Year and earned All-CCAA First Team honors... Hit .550 with runners in scoring position... Began the season with a 13-game hitting streak, a span that included 24 hits in 41 at bats and Worth/CCAA Player of the Week honors... Recorded 21 multi-games, including two four-hit performances against non-conference opponents Chaminade and the University of San Diego.

AT FLORIDA TECH:
Led team in hitting with a .409 average, collecting 18 hits in 44 at bats.

HIGH SCHOOL: 
A 2007 graduate from Royal High School in Simi Valley, Calif... Was an all-league selection in both 2005 and 2007... Named the All-County Offensive MVP in 2007.

PERSONAL:
  Born on Jan. 20, 1989...Parents are Troy and Leslie Lesovsky... Has three younger siblings named Lauryn, Lyndsey and Brynn Lesovsky...  Her grandfather Arthur Kinberg played football at UCLA.... Majoring in Biology in Muir College... Interests include reading, movies and the beach... Favorite pro sports team is the Los Angeles Dodgers... Favorite athletes are Manny Ramirez and Derek Jeter.

CAREER HITTING STATISTICS (through 2011 season)

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%
2009 .446 55-55 166 42 74 17 0 8 32 115 .693 44 3 17 0 .565 1 1 7-9 86 4 2 .978
2010 .413 50-50 160 41 66 16 3 10 32 118 .738 23 1 9 0 .486 1 1 4-5 61 7 0 1.000
2011 .305 58-58 164 46 50 18 0 6 26 86 .524 46 5 21 1 .463 3 2 5-5 59 3 0 1.000
2012                                            
Totals .388 163-163 490 129 190 51 3 24 90 319 .651 113 9 47 1 .506 5 4 16-19 206 14 2 .991

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