Completed Event: Softball versus No. 7 Seed UCF on May 7, 2025 , Loss , 5, to, 7
Final Score
Softball
5
vs No. 7 Seed UCF
7
2024 Softball Roster
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Nelsen, Kaylah
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Jersey Number 55
Kaylah Nelsen
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Custom1:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Corona, Calif.
- High School:
- Santiago HS
- Prev School:
- Oregon State
Bio
2024: All-Pac-12 Second-Team...Pac-12 All-Tournament Team...one of only four Utes to start all 57 games...ended the year second in the Pac-12 in doubles with 16...also finished in the Pac-12's top 10 in hits (67), RBIs (41) and batting average (.370)...her 41 RBIs were also a team-high...finished the year as the eighth-toughest player in the nation to strike out, averaging one strikeout every 36.2 at-bats...her two sacrifice flies tied for second-most on the roster...scored 15 runs and was successful in both stolen base attempts...her 14 multi-RBI games were a team-best...Logged a 26-game on-base streak from March 20 - May 10...hit safely in 11 straight games from April 17 - May 10...led the Utes with 183 putouts and comitted only two errors in nearly 200 chances at first base...smacked two hits, including a double, and two RBIs in a Feb. 23 victory over CSUN...picked up three RBIs on March 2 vs. Wisconsin...Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored on March 3 against Wisconsin...tallied three more RBIs on March 15 vs. Oregon and added three hits one day later...hit safely three times, including two doubles and drove in a run in an April 7 matchup with Arizona...totaled three more RBIs on three hits and came in to score twice during an April triumph at Arizona...blasted a solo homer against Idaho State on April 21...smacked three hits and added two RBIs in a win over Baylor on April 24...drove in multiple runs in both of Utah's Pac-12 Tournament victories.
2023: Played in 38 games, starting 23 times...piled up 17 hits, including five doubles, knocked in 16 runs and scored four times...tallied five RBIs in a win over Texas Tech on 2/24...cracked a game-tying two-run double in the fourth inning of the Pac-12 Tournament championships game vs. UCLA.
Prior to Utah: Started all 50 games she played in during her freshman year at Oregon State...helped the Beavers reach the Women's College World Series for the first times since 2006...hit .295 with two homers and 23 RBIs and her eight doubles were tied for third-most on the squad...her .762 OPS was also OSU's third-best mark and she struck out just 14 times, the fewest on the roster among players with at least 100 at-bats....doubled, homered and tallied three RBI vs. UC Riverside...recorded two hits including a home run against Portland State...hit a triple and drove in three runs against Utah...hit a double and drove in a run against Tennessee in the Knoxville regional
High School: Named the Rookie Player of the Year as a freshman...selected as the Player of the Year as a senior...was a four-year letterman...graduated with honors...played club ball for the Bat Busters for six years and Athletics Mercado for two...won the National Championship two years in a row...the team finished with every played ranked in the top-100 every year
Personal:Â Daughter of Diana and Kevin Nelsen...has two siblings: Dominick and Kendra....majoring in nursing to become a nurse practitioner...enjoys singing, coaching little kids, camping and dirt bike riding.
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