2018 Softball Roster

Wyatt Eaton
Patrick Blain
Wyatt Eaton
David Sinclair
David Sinclair
David Sinclair
David Sinclair
David Sinclair

17 Kirstin Blass

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Catawissa, Pa.
  • Position Second Base/Shortstop
  • High School Southern Columbia
  • Height 5-3
  • Major Education
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

2018 // Graduate Student (Sr. Eligible)
- NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large.
- Landmark Conference Softball Senior Scholar Athlete.
- Landmark Conference Co-Player of the Year.
- Landmark Conference First Team Shortstop.
- Landmark Conference All-Sportsmanship Team.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2017 // Senior
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2016 // Junior
- NFCA Scholar Athlete.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015 // Sophomore
- All-Landmark Conference Second Team Shortstop.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.
 
2018 // Graduate Student (Sr. Eligible) // Game-by-Game Statistics
- One of five players to suit up and start all 31 games.
- Team's hits leader with career-high 45.
- Set career-highs in home runs (4) and RBIs (20).
- Also hit career-best .433, third-best in the Landmark Conference.
- 25 runs scored were a team-high and tied for first in doubles (9).
- Committed a career-low 2 errors at shortstop.
- Ended the season on an 11-game hit streak.
- Recorded her 100th career on March 19 against Dickinson.
- Finishes her career in the top 10 all-time in: at-bats (6th), runs (8th), hits (10th), triples (T7th), stolen bases (8th), and walks (9th).
- Named the Landmark Conference Co-Player of the Year with Moravian's Kat Spilman.
- Also earned All-Landmark First Team Shortstop.
- Chosen to the NFCA Division III Atlantic Region Third Team At-Large.
- Landmark Conference Sportsmanship Team for softball.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2017 // Senior //
- Missed season due to injury.

2016 // Junior // Game-by-Game Statistics
- Captain and starting infielder, mainly at short stop.
- Started every game she played in for the third consecutive season.
- Offensive numbers spiked.
- Set career-highs in batting average (.299), runs (24), hits (35), doubles (8), triples (2), home runs (2), RBIs (14), slugging percentage (.453), walks (14), and on-base percentage (.379).
- Led the team in homers and walks and tied for top mark in runs scored.
- Second on the squad in triples and total bases.
- Third in RBIs and tied for third in hits.
- Struck out fewer than ten times for the second season in a row.
- Also had fewer than ten errors (7) for the third straight year.
- Stole two bases.
- Season-high three hits (four at-bats) in a win over Ursinus on March 5 in Florida.
- Back-to-back games with two RBIs on February 28 and February 29.
- Went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles in a win over Franklin on Feb. 29.
- Both hits were doubles.
- Hit homers against DeSales (March 30) and Moravian (April 2) in consecutive doubleheaders.
- Hit safely in five of her final six games.
- NFCA Scholar Athlete.
- Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015 // Sophomore // Game-by-Game Statistics
- A starter in the infield for Elizabethtown in all 40 games.
- Set new career marks in batting average, at-bats, runs, hits, home runs, sacrifice hits, put outs, and fielding percentage.
- Committed only four errors playing primarily shortstop.
- Had 29 hits with two doubles and her first career homer, which came on March 25 at Dickinson.
- Was 2-for-5 at the plate with three RBIs and a run scored.
- Fourth on the team in runs scored (20) and home runs, tied for third in walks (11), and led the Jays with 12 sacrifice bunts.
- Drove in ten runs for the second consecutive season.
- Earned all-conference honors as All-Landmark Second Team Shortstop.
- Seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games.
- Landmark Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2014 // Freshman // Game-by-Game Statistics
- Played and started in 36 of the Jays' 37 games.
- Made her first career start on March 2 against Muhlenberg.
- Recorded her first career hit as a Blue Jay on March 3 against Widener, going 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
- Knocked in her first career RBI on March 20 at Lebanon Valley (2-for-3).
- Had five multi-hit games during the season.
- Season high three RBIs on April 5 at Scranton.
- Led the team in stolen bases with eight.
- Her three hits (in four at-bats) at Drew on April 18 were a season-best.
- Finished with 20 hits, 17 runs scored, four doubles, a triple, and ten RBIs.
- Ended the season defensively with a .960 fielding percentage as the team's primary second baseman.

High School
- Excelled in softball and basketball at Southern Columbia Area High School in Catawissa, Pa.
- Awarded eight varsity letters between the two sports (four in each).
- Piled up numbers and awards during her time with the Tigers' softball team, hitting better than .320 in each of her four seasons.
- Cranked out 20 extra base hits (10 doubles, five triples and five home runs) as a sophomore in 2011 when she finished the year with a career-best .540 batting average, 16 runs batted in and 37 runs scored on her way to Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference (PHAC) First Team All-Star, PIAA Class A Honorable Mention and Shamokin News-Item Player of the Year honors.
- All-state Class A First Team choice as a junior (2012), before being named Honorable Mention for the second time following her senior season (2013).
- PHAC First Team All-Star all four years.
- Daily-Item First Team pick from 2011-13.
- Hit .500 as a junior and scored both runs in Southern Columbia's 2-0 victory over Minersville in the first round of the PIAA Class A Tournament.
- Two-year captain for coach Al Cihocki.
- Started all four seasons at shortstop as the Tigers won three PHAC division titles (2010-12) and were District 4 Class A and PIAA Class A runners-up in 2012.
- As a four-year member –and two year starter– with the basketball team, Blass scored more than 150 points, grabbed more than 200 rebounds and blocked nearly 70 shots.
- Team was a playoff qualifier all four years.
- Led team to a District 4 runner-up finish and a berth in the PIAA Tournament as a senior.
- National Honor Society member that graduated with distinguished honors.
- Member of the school's diversity club.
- Volunteered at EOS Therapeutic Riding Center and the Shamokin soup kitchen.

Personal
- Daughter of Jeffrey and Becky Blass.
- Has an older brother, Davis, and an older sister, JoEllen.
- Majoring in early childhood education.

Statistics

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2018

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2014Freshman

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2015Sophomore

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    17
  • 17
    C

    2016Junior

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    17
    C
  • 17

    2017Senior

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    17
  • 17

    2018Graduate Student

    Second Base/Shortstop
    5'3"
    17