Softball

2024 (Junior): Played and started in 42 of the team's 47 games ... recorded a .296 batting average with 13 doubles and four home runs among her 40 hits ... drove in 36 runs -- the second-most on the team -- while coming home to score 12 times ... drew 14 walks ... was 2-for-3 on stolen bases ... posted a .973 fielding percentage ... had four hits against Western Illinois (3/16/24), including three doubles and seven total bases ... collected four RBI at Eastern Illinois (4/21/24) and SIUE (4/27/24).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Kirby, who was born in Cookeville, played two seasons at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and put together tremendous numbers as the first baseman batted a combined .406 with 72 RBI, 48 runs scored, 12 home runs, a .496 on-base percentage and a .761 slugging percentage. This past season, Kirby ranked in the top 50 nationally in doubles (21, 36^th), on-base percentage (.558, 19^th), walks (31, 33^rd) and was 52^nd in batting average (.462). With a .993 fielding percentage at first base, she was selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as a Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner for the NJCAA Division I level and a West All-Region first-team pick. She was also a second-team all-conference selection by the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. In 2022, she helped led MCC to a NTJCAC championship, a Region V North championship and a NJCAA Division I runner-up finish. MCC was also selected as the 2022 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year. In both of her seasons at MCC, she was an Academic All-Conference selection and a NJCAA first-team Academic All-American. In her sophomore campaign in 2023, she was named to the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District. In high school at Cypress Woods High in Cypress, Texas, Kirby posted a career .399 batting average with 112 hits, 25 doubles, six triples, 10 stolen bases and 91 RBI. She had 43 RBI during her sophomore campaign.