St. John's University Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Kaitlyn Wilkens
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Moorpark
- Hometown:
- Moorpark, Calif.
As a senior in 2017: Saw action in 28 games with 13 starts in her final season … Recorded a .175 batting average … In nine at bats, tallied seven hits and drove in seven RBIs … Hit a three-run homerun in the first game of the season (Feb. 11) against Delaware to help the Johnnies to a 12-8 victory and their first win of the season … Defensively threw out 4 runners trying to steal … Recorded 104 put-outs for the third most on the team, also assisted with eight outs on the season with a fielding percentage of .991 … Named to BIG EAST weekly honor roll (Feb. 13).
As a junior in 2016: Played in 45 games with 39 starts ... recorded a .321 batting average in BIG EAST play with 11 RBIs and six runs scored ... finished the season with two home runs, 17 RBIs and 14 runs scored ... threw out 15 runners trying to steal, which was the second best mark in the BIG EAST ... led the conference with two pick-offs ... earned first-career BIG EAST Player of the Week honor on March 21 after hitting .545 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs ... first-career home run came during a 2-for-3 performance against Stony Brook ... went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and scored a run in a win at Georgetown (March 26) ... smashed a home run and drove in three runs against Villanova (April 2) to match a career-high for RBIs in a game ... named to the 2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.As a sophomore in 2015: Appeared in 17 games, starting in eight … tallied seven hits in 22 at bats for a .318 batting average … registered four RBIs and one run … drew three walks and one hit-by-pitch … recorded 31 putouts and seven assists with a 1.000 fielding percentage … went a perfect 3-3 with a career-high three RBIs in a win over Rhode Island (March 8) … notched a go-ahead pinch-hit RBIs single that proved to be the difference maker in a win over Butler (March 28) … member of the 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... recognized as a 2014-15 NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
As a freshman in 2014: Played in 26 games, starting in 15 ... earned first career double in her first start against Northern Illinois on Feb. 8 ... picked up her first collegiate stolen base on the road against Iona (March 27) where she went 3-for-5 with a RBIs ... finished the season with seven RBIs, five walks, two sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly ... named to the 2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team... named a 2013-14 NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
Before St. John's: Four year varsity member of the softball team at Moorpark High School ... named two-time All-League Second Team member ... also played on the Firecrackers.
Personal: Parents are Tom and Anita Wilkens ... brother James serves for the U.S. Navy ... majoring in childhood education.
Career Highs:
At Bats: 5, two times, last at Georgetown (3/25/16)
Runs: 2, vs. Green Bay (3/4/16)
Hits: 3, two times, last vs. Rhode Island (3/8/15)
RBI: 3, three times, last at Villanova (4/2/16)
Wilkens Up Close...
Favorite ballpark: Citi Field
Age when you started playing softball: 7.
Favorite softball player: Stacie Newman.
Most memorable hit: My first high school homerun.
Most memorable catch: When I dove for a bunt, then picked off the girl at first
Best piece of softball advice you ever received: "Mistakes are going to happen. It's how you respond to them that really matters" - Mackenzie Vandergeest
Most influential person in your athletic career: My dad. He has never given up on me and always pushes me to do better.