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Kylie Aldridge Season 2024
CPosition
5-11Height
SophomoreClass
Fayetteville, N.C.Hometown
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2024: Started in 38 games at catcher... Recorded 28 hits and produced 24 RBIs... Hit single against California (2/17)...Posted a two RBI home run in win against Illinois State (2/18)...Tallied RBI against No. 3 Georgia (2/24)...Delivered RBI double in win against Pitt (3/15)...Went 2-for-4 in win against Longwood including triple and RBI single (3/19)...Hit two home runs in win against Liberty (4/3)...Went yard in game one versus NC State (4/5)...Put up two-run home run versus NC State (4/5)...Went 2-for-3, including two RBIs against UVA (4/16)
2023: Appeared in 54 games for the Hokies, making 49 starts at catcher… Recorded 18 hits, scoring 17 runs… Finished with four doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI… Posted a .440 slugging percentage and .393 on base percentage, tied for the team-lead with 25 walks… Recorded only four errors behind the place with a .989 fielding percentage… Caught seven base runners stealing… Recorded first hit as a Hokie in career opener at UNCW with a double (2/9)… Hit a two-run home run against NC State (3/4)… Had three straight games with at least one RBI (3/4-3/7)… Tied the school record with most walks in a game with four against Chattanooga (3/24)… Posted three RBI in game three against Virginia with a home run (4/8)… Went 2-for-3 against Liberty with a home run and two RBI (5/3)… Hit a double and added three RBI against No. 25 Boston U. in the Athens Regional (5/20).
2024: Started in 38 games at catcher... Recorded 28 hits and produced 24 RBIs... Hit single against California (2/17)...Posted a two RBI home run in win against Illinois State (2/18)...Tallied RBI against No. 3 Georgia (2/24)...Delivered RBI double in win against Pitt (3/15)...Went 2-for-4 in win against Longwood including triple and RBI single (3/19)...Hit two home runs in win against Liberty (4/3)...Went yard in game one versus NC State (4/5)...Put up two-run home run versus NC State (4/5)...Went 2-for-3, including two RBIs against UVA (4/16)
2023: Appeared in 54 games for the Hokies, making 49 starts at catcher… Recorded 18 hits, scoring 17 runs… Finished with four doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI… Posted a .440 slugging percentage and .393 on base percentage, tied for the team-lead with 25 walks… Recorded only four errors behind the place with a .989 fielding percentage… Caught seven base runners stealing… Recorded first hit as a Hokie in career opener at UNCW with a double (2/9)… Hit a two-run home run against NC State (3/4)… Had three straight games with at least one RBI (3/4-3/7)… Tied the school record with most walks in a game with four against Chattanooga (3/24)… Posted three RBI in game three against Virginia with a home run (4/8)… Went 2-for-3 against Liberty with a home run and two RBI (5/3)… Hit a double and added three RBI against No. 25 Boston U. in the Athens Regional (5/20).
High School: Four-year letter winner out of Gray's Creek High School ... Named the Patriot Athletic Conference Player of the Year and NC Fastpitch Coaches Association 4A Region 4 District Player of the Year in 2022 ... 910 Preps Softball Player of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year ... 2022 Extra Innings Softball High School All-American ... Finished senior year with .520 batting average, 27 RBI, 34 hits, 14 extra base hits, a .630 OBP and 1.496 OPS ... Batted .700 during the 2021 season with 28 hits, 31 RBI and six home runs ... Led her team to the 3A Eastern Finals as well as earning the 2021 3A East State Player of the Year ... Awarded 2021 Conference Player of the Year, NCASA District 4 Player of the Year, the 910 Preps Female Athlete of the Year, and the High School OT Female State Player of the Year ... Named two-time First Team All-Conference, All-District and All-State as well as an Extra Innings High School All-American and to the Extra Innings 18U All-Summer Team.
Personal: Daughter of Vernon and Kellie Aldridge ... Has one sibling, Payton Aldridge ... Mother, Kellie, played softball at Pembroke State ... Father, Vernon, played tennis at Pemboke State ... Sister, Payton, played softball at Meredith College ... Plans to major in Biology with the goal of becoming a pediatric dermatologist.