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2020 Softball Roster

Dave Jahnke
Kevin Chavez
Austin Kaiser
Joseph Yusuf
Joseph Yusuf

16 Bailey Kleespies

  • Position 3B
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Longmont, Colo.
  • High School Niwot

Biography

Career Honors
  • 2x Honorable Mention All-RMAC (2018-19)
  • 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District 6
  • 3x RMAC All-Academic
    • First Team (2020)
    • Honor Roll (2018, 2019)
2020 (Senior): Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 and First Team RMAC All-Academic squads... Played in all 22 games before the COVID-19 pandemic... Made 21 starts at third base... Hit .310 (22-71) at the plate... Led the team with eight doubles... Was tied for fifth in the RMAC statistics with that total... Also had three home runs, including two grand-slams, while driving in 24 runs to rank second on the team and tied for seventh in the conference... Hit both of her grand-slams on the same day on Feb. 8 against St. Mary's and Hawai'i-Hilo... The second against the Vulcans was a walk-off blast... Had 11 RBIs on that day alone, recording six in the win over. St. Mary's... Finished with 5.49 slugging and 3.64 on-base percentages... Walked five times and stole one base while scoring nine runs... Made just two errors defensively.

2019 (Junior): Picked up Honorable Mention All-RMAC plaudits for the second straight season... Played in 40 games, making 37 starts, including 29 at third base... Also started eight times as the designated player...  Hit .300 (30-100) at the plate... Had seven doubles and five home runs while recording 27 RBIs... Scored 22 runs... Had .520 slugging and .393 on-base percentages... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll selection.

2018 (Sophomore): Earned Honorable Mention All-RMAC honors... Played in 36 games, making 20 starts at third base and as a designated player... Hit .349 (22-63) at the plate... Drove in 16 runs while scoring 18... Had five doubles and three home runs... Had four 2-hit games, including three in the Adams State series (Mar. 2-3), which saw her go 6-for-11 with two doubles, four RBIs and six runs scored... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 25 games, starting 17...Hit .327 with 16 hits, three home runs and 22 RBIs...Recorded three multi-hit games, including a season-high three twice...Drove in a season-high five runs in season-opening win against Nebraska-Kearney, hitting the first of now three career grand slams.

Prep: Played for Niwot HS.

Personal: Is majoring in finance and information systems with aspirations of obtaining a job working for a corporation's financial team... Enjoys playing Guitar Hero.

Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU because of the location and campus."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2017Freshman

    Infield
    5'5"
    16
  • 16

    2018Sophomore

    Infield
    5'5"
    16
  • 16

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'5"
    16
  • 16

    2020Senior

    Third Base
    5'4"
    16