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05/16/2012 Arizona Begins NCAA Play at HillenbrandThe Wildcats' quest for National Championship No. 9 begins in Tucson as Arizona hosts North Dakota State, Hawai'i and Notre Dame for an NCAA Regional 05/09/2012 Cats and Beavers Square off on Senior WeekendAs seniors Kristen Arriola, Nicole Bryan, Karissa Buchanan, Lini Koria and Jessica Spigner play their final regular-season series in Hillenbrand Stadium, the Wildcats host Oregon State with postseason seeding and hosting duties potentially on the line. 05/02/2012 Cats Meet Bruins in Key Conference SeriesArizona and UCLA, both 9-9 in the Pac-12, meet for three games in Los Angeles 04/11/2012 Wildcats Visit Nation's BestArizona travels to California for a three-game series with the top-ranked Bears 04/10/2012 Arizona Hosts Utah for Midweek SeriesNo. 13 Arizona Softball takes on Utah in the two clubs' first ever Pac-12 meeting General: A batter with power who has struggled to hit for average in her first two seasons ... Has shown outbursts of potential and a new season could lead to the manifestation of such ... Very solid defensively. 2011: Started 35 games, 33 at first base and two as the designated player ... Hit four home runs on the season ... Notched 18 RBI on 17 hits ... Batted .185 for the season ... Notched her biggest hit of the season, and possibly her career, with a game-tying RBI with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to extend the game in Arizona's 10-inning win vs. California (5/12) ... Hit a grand slam vs. Cal State Northridge (3/27) ... Clubbed a three-run home run vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/20) ... Notched three doubles on the season ... Possesses a solid glove at first base, compiling an impressive .984 fielding percentage ... Went 5-for-7 with a double, a grand slam and six RBI in a three-game stretch (3/25-4/1) ... Had four multi-RBI games ... Saw time in the circle during Kenzie Fowler's absence due to injury ... Was the most successful of the three position players that pitched (along with Victoria Kemp and Brittany Lastrapes) ... Did not allow a run in her first three innings pitched while allowing just three hits ... Tucson Regional: Hit a walk-off, two-run home run to run-rule Texas Tech and send Arizona to the Super Regional ... Drew three walks ... Tucson Super Regional: Started game one at first base where she tallied nine putouts. 2010: A Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention selection ... Struggled at the end of the season after a hot start ... Started 59 games at first base ... Very reliable at first base, fielding .991 in 325 chances ... Hit seven home runs in her first 19 games ... Was hit by six pitches, second most on team ... Drove in all five runs in a 5-0 victory over Missouri on February 21 with two home runs ... Also went yard twice March 7 against St. Johns when she tallied three RBI, going 2-for-2 at the plate ... Tucson Regional: Hit safely vs. Cornell ... Had a season-high tying 11 putouts in the second matchup with Hofstra ... Tucson Super Regional: Had an RBI single in the second game of the series ... WCWS: Was hitless in six starts but did not record in error in 19 chances at first base. High School: Crescenta Valley High School, La Crescenta, Calif., 2009 ... Played four years of varsity softball under Dan Berry ... Was a 2009 first team All-American and National Player of the Year finalist ...2008 CIF Player of the Year, and 2006, 2008 and 2009 first team All-CIF selection ... Set the California home run record for freshman with 16 in her rookie campaign ... Became the California career HR record-holder with 53 bombs, breaking teammate Lini Koria's record in the process ... Is also the CIF all-time RBI leader with 191 ... Was the captain of her team as a senior ... Played travel ball with American Pastime KSA 16U for six years under her father Randy, then played for the Worth Firecrackers 18U for two years under Tony Rico ... Took home third place at the 18 gold nationals in 2009. Personal: Academic major is education ... Daughter of Randy and Sandy Kirker ... Father is a batting instructor ... Mother is an office manager ... Her hero and biggest fan is her great grandma, Mae ... Would like to become a special education teacher because it is a life changing experience and she wants to help people ... Lists hanging out with friends, shopping and going to the beach as her hobbies ... Decided to attend UA because "it's been a dream of mine to play for this school since I was 10 years old" ... Born Baillie Marie Kirker in Glendale, Calif. Career Stats: Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2010 .163 55 55 135 18 22 1 0 7 25 44 .326 23 6 45 1 .309 1 2 0 0 285 13 3 .990 2011 .185 39 35 92 9 17 3 0 4 18 32 .348 11 0 24 1 .272 0 4 1 2 178 3 3 .984 TOTAL .172 94 90 227 27 39 4 0 11 43 76 .335 34 6 69 2 .295 1 6 1 2 463 16 6 .988
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