University of Connecticut Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Kaitlyn Kibling
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School
- Hometown:
- LaFayette, N.Y.
2026: Played in all 60 games, starting in 59 games in center field...All-BIG EAST Second Team selection...Served as team captain...Surpassed the program record for career walks, finishing with 90...Posted career highs in batting average (.288), hits (42), doubles (7), triples (7), home runs (6), RBI (28), runs scored (45), slugging percentage (.555), and on-base percentage (.417)...Second on the roster with 31 walks...14-15 on stolen bases...Her two triples against Creighton (May 7) was a team high this season...Six multi-hit games...Reached base safely in 23 straight games...Six multi-RBI games...Had an outstanding BIG EAST Tournament, hitting .364 across four games...Named to BIG EAST Honor Roll for the first time in her career...Recorded a .983 fielding percentage.
2025: Started in all 54 games in center field...Tallied 24 hits, five doubles, one triple, one home run, with ten RBI, and 29 runs scored...Second on the team with 34 walks...14-15 on stolen bases...396 on-base percentage...Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 97 putouts...Two multi-hit games...Two-multi-RBI games...Has not committed an error in 119 games.
2024: Appeared in 54 games with 53 starts in center field...Recorded 26 hits, two home runs, three doubles, and 17 runs scored, with eight runs batted in...Tallied 12 stolen bases and held a .333 on base percentage...Had three multi-hit games...Went 65 straight games without committing an error dating back to 2023.
2023: Made appearances in 46 games with 27 starts...Had five hits, with two RBI's, and eight runs scored.
Before UConn: A four-year letter winner…Class D New York State Softball Player of the Year in 2021 & 2022…2021 New York State Section three Class D Champion…First-team All-CNY in 2021 & 2022…Three straight years first-team all-league…Second-team all-league in 2018…League Player of the Year in 2021 & 2022…Team Captain in 2021 & 2022…Four-year letter winner in basketball…Three-time sectional champion…Two time first-team all-league…League Co-Player of the year.
Personal: Daughter of Lew and Lynn Kibling…Has one brother and two sisters, Korey, Kayla, and Lewis.
