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- Kristina Hilberth
UT
- Height
- 5' 6"
- CLASS
- Jr.
- Hometown
- Dunedin, Fla.
- School
- Palm Harbor University
Career Honors: SEC All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP in 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American First Team in 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III First Team in 2009 SEC Honor Roll in 2007, 2008 and 2009 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll in 2006
Career Highlights: Finished career with a .993 fielding percentage, third-best in Florida history Also ranked second all-time for catching 43 base runners stealing and third for six career pickoffs Finished fifth in UF record books for chances (1,368), fourth for putouts (1,273) and sixth for stolen-bases-against percentage (.616) Recorded the second-best batting average in Florida history in 2009 (.386) Career batting average of .294 ranked 12th all-time Turned in a .995 fielding percentage in 2007, good to tie for fifth for the single-season record, while 2009s .994 ranked eighth and 2009s .992 tied for 10th Caught 18 runners stealing in 2007, fourth-best total in school history Caught 14 in 2008, tied for eighth all-time Also ranks on single-season chances and putouts lists for totals in 2008 and 2009 Recorded 15 putouts in one game twice in career, which ties for the fourth-best total all-time One of only three Florida catchers to catch three runners stealing in a single game.
As a Senior (2009): Played in 63 games, starting 60, including 55 at catcher Led the team with a .386 batting average Second on team with 19 multi-hit games and a .994 fielding percentage, recording only three errors in 495 chances Tallied 66 hits, third-highest total on the team Recorded 20 RBIs, nearly equaling total from first three seasons at UF Fifth on the team with a .421 on-base percentage and 10 stolen bases One of 11 SEC players with a perfect fielding percentage in league games Caught 10 runners stealing, tied for eighth best in the league Led the SEC in chances (495) and putouts (469) Also picked off two runners Recorded three game-winning RBIs and four game-winning runs Tallied four multi-RBI games Put together a career-long nine game hit streak from May 2 to May 17, which included 15 hits, nine runs, a .536 average and two RBIs Also recorded an eight-game hit streak from March 1 to March 11, which included 11 hits, six RBI and a .524 batting average Batted .357 at the Womens College World Series with five hits, two runs, a sacrifice hit and a stolen base Went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base against Washington on June 2 Went 2-for-3 in the win over No. 4/3 Alabama on May 31 Led the team with six hits in the Gainesville Regional, recording two in each game and adding six runs, two doubles and a steal to the weekend total Went 1-for-3 and caught a runner stealing in SEC tournament championship against No. 3 Alabama One of four Gators to record a hit against Auburn in opening round of the SEC Tournament on May 7; also tallied a run Named to the All-Tournament team and earned Tournament MVP honors for stellar play and leadership on the field Led the team with a .857 batting average in the three-game series against Longwood, recording six hits, one RBI, one walk and one stolen base while tallying first three-hit game of the season in the final regular-season game on May 3 Went 3-for-6 with four runs scored and a double in the doubleheader win against Arkansas on April 15 Went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice hit and caught two runners stealing in the second game at Kentucky on April 11 Went 1-for-3 and caught a runner stealing in the extra-innings win over No. 21 Florida State on April 8 Led the team with a .500 average in the three-game series against Mississippi State with four hits and two runs scored; also caught a runner stealing in the final game on April 5 Tallied 15 putouts against No. 4 Alabama March 29 Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a walk in game one of the doubleheader against the Tide on March 28 ... Caught two Tide runners stealing and picked one off in the doubleheader Batted a team-high .500 in the entire series versus No. 6 Tennessee with four hits, an RBI, a stolen base and caught a runner stealing Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in series finale against the Lady Vols on March 22 Went 4-for-6 with three RBIs in the doubleheader against FIU on March 18 Recorded a team-high .625 average (5-for-8) in three-game series with South Carolina, tallying one RBI, two runs and one sacrifice hit Batted 2-for-3 against USF on March 1 with first triple of the season and two RBIs Went 2-for-3 with an RBI, two stolen bases and a run scored versus Illinois on Feb. 28 Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Georgia Tech on Feb. 15 Was a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs scored in win over FAU on Feb. 14.
As a Junior (2008): Played in 71 games, starting 69 at catcher Owned a .273 batting average with 51 hits and 13 RBIs Picked off three runners and caught 14 Only made four errors the entire season, recording a .992 fielding percentage Had 11 games with double-digit putouts, including a season-high 15 at Long Beach State on Feb. 27 Tallied 13 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games Scored six winning runs and drove in one Stole 14 bases in 19 attempts Had two hits in the WCWS, including one in the final game against Texas A&M on June 1 Had six hits in the entire NCAA Tournament Went 3-for-3 a double in the second of three games against UCF in the NCAA Regionals in Gainesville Batted .429 with three hits in the SEC Tournament Hit 2-for-2 against Ole Miss in the first game of the tournament Hit 4-for-6 with three RBIs, two runs and a triple in the series with Auburn Recorded a 2-for-3 performance with a run and two RBIs in the first game against Longwood on March 22 Hit 5-for-8 with three runs scored in the series with Ole Miss Stole three bases against East Tennessee State on Feb. 16 Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 8 Played for the Virginia Legends in the 23-and-Under Amateur Softball Association National Tournament in the summer of 2008 Helped lead the Legends to their third consecutive National title Named to the ASA All-American team.
As a Sophomore (2007): Saw action in 65 games with 61 starts Started the 2007 season on a five-game hitting streak Led the Gators with a .467 average (7-for-15) in NCAA Tournament play Led the team with five hits in the NCAA Super Regional series at Texas A&M, including a 2-for-2 performance with a walk and scoring two of Floridas three runs in the game two win Went 2-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run against Stetson in the opening game of NCAA Regionals Recorded a season-high 12 putouts in the second game at Kentucky on May 5 Had a 2-for-3 performance with 11 putouts against Longwood on April 22 Went 2-for-3 with a 10 putouts at Ole Miss on March 31 Hit first career triple and had two RBIs against FIU on March 21.
As a Freshman (2006): Played in 12 games, starting two, one at designated player and one at catcher Got a hit in first collegiate at bat versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Started as the designated player in the final game of the Ole Miss series Started the final game of the Mississippi State series at catcher.
High School: A 2005 graduate Palm Harbor University High School Coached by Chuck Poetter 2005 Class 5A State, Regional, District and Pinellas County Athletic Conference Champions 2004 Class 5A State and Regional Champions 2005 First-Team Class 5A All-State First-Team All-Pinellas County and First-Team All-Sun Coast in 2004 and 2005 2005 first-team all-conference 2003 second-team all-conference and all-county Led high school team to a 31-0 record in 2005 and a 28-3 record in 2004 Played travel ball for the Tampa Mustangs Coached by Sallie Scudder Graduated Summa Cum Laude Member of the National Honor French Honor Societies Received an International Baccalaureate Diploma Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Hilberths Career Statistics
|
YEAR |
AVG. |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB-ATT |
FLD% |
|
2006 |
.091 |
12-2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
1.000 |
|
2007 |
.236 |
68-64 |
165 |
18 |
39 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
11 |
23 |
5-8 |
.995 |
|
2008 |
.273 |
71-69 |
187 |
34 |
51 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
34 |
14-19 |
.992 |
|
2009 |
.386 |
63-60 |
171 |
36 |
66 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
24 |
10-14 |
.994 |
|
CAREER |
.294 |
214-195 |
534 |
89 |
157 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
42 |
29 |
82 |
29-41 |
.993 |
Hilberths Career Bests
|
AB |
5, 14 times; last vs. California (5/24/08) |
|
R |
4 vs. Gardiner-Webb (2/22/08) |
|
H |
3, three times; last vs. Longwood (5/3/09) |
|
Streak |
9 games (5/2/09 5/17/09) |
|
RBI |
3 vs. Auburn (4/27/08) |
|
2B |
1, eight times; last vs. Lehigh (5/17/09) |
|
3B |
1, three times; last vs. Illinois (3/1/09) |
|
BB |
2, five times; last at Auburn (4/1/09) |
|
SB |
3 vs. East Tennessee State (2/16/08) |
|
PO |
15, two times; last vs. Alabama (3/29/09) |
|
A |
3, three times; last vs. Long Beach State (2/27/08) |
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