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Kristen McDonnell

Catcher

5-4 • Junior • R/R

Keizer, Ore.

McNary High School

Kristen McDonnell


Career Notes
Entering her third season with the Penguins... Has played center field, second base, third base, designated player and catcher... Ranks fourth all-time with 16 career home runs... Just the second player in school history to hit 10 home runs in a season (2006).

2007 Sophomore Season

Played in 33 games with 32 starts... Made 22 starts behind the plate, four at second base, two at third base, two in center field and two at the designated player... Ranked second on the team with seven multi-RBI games... Posted 23 RBIs, which was second on the team... Recorded five multi-hit games... Pelted a two-run home run against Morgan State (3/11)... Connected on a solo home run against Robert Morris (3/28)... Went 2-for-4 with a grand slam against UIC (4/1)... Became just the eighth player in school history to hit a bases-loaded home run... Blasted a walk-off, solo home run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in a 3-2 win over UW-Green Bay (4/14)... Hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against Toledo (4/18)... Hit a two-run homer against Butler (4/21).

 

2006 Freshman Season
Named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team... Named Great Lakes All-Region Second-Team... Recorded 13 multi-hit games and led the Penguins with 10 multi-RBI games... Finished with a .316 batting average and a .586 slugging percentage... Threw out 16-of-31 or 51.6 percent of base stealers... Tied the YSU single-season home run record with 10 (Liz Holt, 2003)... Led the team with 31 runs batted in... Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from 4/2 through 4/14... Batted .337 with runners on base... Batted .385 with two doubles and a run batted in during the Horizon League Tournament... Posted a .317 batting average against Horizon League opponents with five home runs and 13 runs batted in... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles in a 3-2 win over Illinois-Chicago in winner’s bracket final (5/12)... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 7-3 loss to Loyola (5/6)... Drilled a home run and a double with two runs batted in against Akron (5/3)... Went 4-for-7 with two home runs and five runs batted in during a doubleheader split against UW-Green Bay (4/29)... Belted a home run and drove in two runs in a 2-for-2 performance against Illinois-Chicago (4/15)... Blasted home runs in back-to-back games against Robert Morris (4/10)... Went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in a 7-6 win over Butler (4/8)... Turned in a 3-for-3 outing with a double, two runs scored and drove in two others in an 11-1 win over Robert Morris (3/19)... Hit her first career home run against Kent State (3/18).

High School
Was a three-year letterwinner letterwinner at McNary High School... Named second-team all-state and first team all-region... Led McNary to the Valley League Championship as a senior.

Personal
Daughter of Mike and Sandy McDonnell... Has one sister and two brothers... Major is biology... Born 5/28/87.

Team Information
Horizon League Championship
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