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Guilford College Quakers

2020 Softball

2 Kayli Blankenship

  • Height 5-3
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Pittsboro, N.C.
  • High School Northwood
  • Major Elementary Education
  • Position OF

Biography

Career 
  • finished her career with a .350 batting average
  • stands fourth at Guilford with 37 career stolen bases and her .902 stolen-base percentage stands third in school history
2020 
  • had a .341 batting average in 12 games
  • had 15 hits, 13 runs, one RBI, and a team-high two triples
  • best game came in a 5-3 loss to Pfeiffer University when she went 3-for-4 at the plate with two triples and an RBI
  • named to the 2020 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) NCAA Division III Academic All-District V Team
2019
  • appeared in 33 games, including 10 starts
  • had a .280 batting average, seven hits, five RBI and one double during the season
  • best performance was against Salem St. University (3/10) where she had three hits and an RBI 
2018
  • appeared in 39 games with 26 as a starter
  • hit .253 and was a perfect 9-of-9 on stolen bases
  • tied a career-best with three RBI vs. Shenandoah (4/14)

2017

  • named First Team All-State (College Division) by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association
  • earned National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association (NFCA) Second Team All-Atlantic Region honors
  • First Team All-ODAC selection
  • led the ODAC and ranked 28th nationally with a .466 batting average, the third-highest batting average in school history, in 37 games (28 starts)
  • her .505 on-base percentage ranked fourth in the league and fifth in school history
  • her 14 stolen bases in 16 attempts stood among the ODAC’s best and fifth-best all-time at Guilford
  • scored 38 runs, which stood second on the team and ranks seventh in school history
  • had two or more hits in 12 different games, including four-hit showings in Quakers’ wins over Sweet Briar College and Westminster (Mo.) College
  • posted an 11-game hitting streak, Guilford’s third-longest of the year

Personal

  • team captain in 2019-20
  • three-time Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
  • four-time ODAC All-Academic Team member
  • eight-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • eight-time dean's list student
  • active with the Guilford Christian Ministry
  • member of SAAC
  • planned a positive behavior celebration at Guilford Elementary for SAAC
  • works as a football manager for Guilford
  • lettered four years at Northwood High School under coach Butch Edenfield
  • earned all-state honors twice and all-district three times from the N.C. Softball Coaches Association
  • one of 25 students named to the News & Observer's All-Metro Team
  • two-time All-Big 8 Conference honoree
  • four-time Academic All-Big 8 Conference recognition
  • helped Northwood go 40-5 and win two conference championships in 2015 and 2016
  • named to National Science Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the National Honor Society for Dance Arts
  • competed for the NC Thunder for four years
  • daughter of Etta and Gary Blankenship

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2017Freshman

    OF
    5'3"
    2
  • 2

    2018Sophomore

    OF
    5'3"
    2
  • 2

    2019Junior

    OF
    5'3"
    2
  • 2

    2020Senior

    OF
    5'3"
    2