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#23 Kellie Hirst
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Class: Senior
Position: P
Bats/Throws: R/R
Hometown: Kalamazoo, Mich.
High School: Mattawan

Personal: Born December 10, 1988...Parents are Brian and Sherry...Is a Biology Major.

2010: Started nine games, and had 18 total appearances as a pitcher...The only senior on the 2011 Charger softball team...Won two of her last three starts of the season, beating Findlay and Lake Erie College...Had six games of five or more strikeouts, with a season-best of seven twice, against Eckerd and Wayne State...At the plate, had three multi-hit games in her first five games of the season...Hit her only home run of the season March 7 against West Virginia State.

2009: Won a career-high six games as a starting pitcher, improving in nearly every statistical category over her first season...Won her last three consecutive decisions, over Albion (April 23), and two over Lake Erie College on April 25...The last of those three wins came in a four-inning relief appearance...Had a 17-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in her last four appearances of the season...Fanned a season-high nine batters in an 8-1 win over Lake Erie College April 25...At the plate, finished the season with 19 hits and 11 runs scored...Hit her only home run of the season vs. Albion on April 23...Had base hits in four of her last five games of the season...Notched a season-high three hits at Charleston March 7 and vs. Tiffin April 1.

2008: Named All-Conference Honorable Mention after freshman campaign in 2007...Made a total of 18 starts on the mound for the Chargers and picked up first collegiate win against Charleston on March 3...Led the team in innings pitched (105) and strikeouts (66)...Pitched back-to-back shutouts against Ashland and Findlay...Also had a strong presence at the plate finishing second on the team in home runs (5) and total bases (63)...Finished third in hits (42), batting average (.296) and slugging percentage (.444). Hit two homeruns against UM-Dearborn on April 4...Went 3-for-5 with five RBIs and two runs scored against Northwood on April 27...Finished with eight hits in the last five games of the season.

High School: Two-time team MVP for the Wildcats of Mattawan...Played on the varsity team for four years...Named All-Conference four times, All-District three times and All-Region twice...During senior year, was named honorable mention All-State...Finished her high school career with 972 strikeouts on the mound and seven home runs at the plate...In 2007, compiled an earned-run average of 0.44 and struck out 275 batters in 191 innings...Completed her four years at Mattawan with a 4.07 grade point average and was a member of the academic honor roll...Voted the most athletic student in her class.

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