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#20 Kara Kempski
Position: First Base
Height: 5-8
Class: Senior
Hometown: Pittsford, N.Y.
High School: Pittsford Mendon
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Quick Hits: Returning starter at first...One of the team’s best fielders with a career fielding percentage of .987...Has improved bat speed and will look to be more of a force at the plate this spring.
2009: Appeared in 24 games with 20 starts at first base...Posted just two errors in 146 chances (.986 fielding percentage)...Hit .111 (5-for-45) with three runs and three RBI...Tallied pair of base hits against St. Joseph’s...Scored two runs against Gordon.
2008: Started all 31 games at first base...Hit .210 with eight runs, four RBI, and a pair of doubles...Tied for second on the team with nine walks...Committed only one error in 211 chances (.995 fielding percentage)...Went 3-for-6 with two runs in back-to-back contests against Green Mountain and Philadelphia Biblical...Tied season high with two hits against Susquehanna and scored twice...Walked three times versus Neumann...Hit safely in seven of final 10 games of the season.
2007: Was one of only three players to start all 40 games...Hit .227 with six runs scored and 15 RBI...Committed just five errors in 246 chances (.980 fielding percentage)...Recorded first career multi-hit game with 2-for-4 effort against Sweet Briar...Went 8-for-16 with six RBI combined in doubleheaders with Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall...Posted first career double against Messiah.
High School: Wan an all-county honoree and MVP of Pittsford Mendon’s softball team...Set career records for batting average, RBI, and fielding percentage and also served as co-captain.
Personal: Born July 29, 1988...Daughter of Mark and Maureen Kempski...Mother, Maureen Kempski, played shortstop at Daemen College from 1975-78...Majoring in history.
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