2016 Softball Roster
Gardner, Kali
Jersey Number 6
Kali Gardner
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- High School:
- Klein Oak
Bio
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
2015 BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team
2016 (Senior Season):
- Appeared in 36 games this season, starting 18
- Recorded 15 hits, three runs, three doubles, a triple and homer and seven RBI
- Went 2-for-3 at the plate against Abilene Christian (2/12)
- Hit two RBI at the Rebel Classic against Utah State (3/12)
- Tallied first career triple in the second game of the series against Butler (4/16)
- Recorded first home run of the season against Creighton (5/7).
2015 (Junior Season):
- Had team-best four game-winning hits
- Tallied five multi-hit games
- Recorded four games with multiple RBI
- Went 2-for-2 with a double and RBI in semfinal matchup with Seton Hall (5/8)
- Drilled pinch-hit home run versus Creighton
- Game-winning two-run homer at Georgetown (4/12)
- Totaled season-high three hits at Seton Hall (3/24)
- Smacked two hits versus Charleston Southern (3/13)
- Hit two-run shot against Idaho State (2/28)
- Laced RBI single in a duel with UNI (2/13)
- Made 42 appearances with 27 starts.
2014 (Sophomore Season):
- Pinch hit RBI double in 5-0 win over Jacksonville on (2/8)
- Pinch-hit walk with bases loaded at Cal State Fullerton in 5-2 win (3/15)
- BIG EAST Honor Roll (3/24) after two HR, seven RBI doubleheader vs. St. John's.
2013 (Freshman Season):
- Hit first collegiate home run at Syracuse
- Had first college hit, double, run, RBI against UNLV
- First collegiate stolen base vs. Cal State Northridge
- Had two RBIs against UNLV and Syracuse.
High School:
- Four-year, All-District and holds the career home run record at Klein Oak
- Played in the Houston All-Star Game and was rated among the top 40 players in Houston Vype Magazine
- Batted .418 as a senior with five home runs and 37 RBIs
- Hit .493 as a junior with 11 home runs and 46 RBIs
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Played at the same high school as Blue Demon senior Bree Brown.
Personal:
- Daughter of Steve and Sandra Gardner
- Has one brother, Cody
- Majoring in Health Science with a minor in applies psychology.
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