Biography
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2017, 2018, 2019 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
• 2017 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team
2019: Appeared in 22 games with 17 starts in the circle for the Aggies, going the distance in eight starts and posting four shutouts... Held opponents to a .247 average in 106 innings on the season, striking out 53... Struck out a season-high seven batters over 7.1 innings against Rider on March 15... Tossed three consecutive shutouts in victories over Fairleigh Dickinson (March 16), Marist (March 23), and CSUN (March 30), allowing just seven hits while striking out 13... Added a four-hit shutout against Cal Poly on April 13, striking out a pair... Ranked sixth in the Big West in batting average against, tied for seventh in wins, fifth in fewest hits allowed (97), eighth in fewest runs allowed (55), and ninth in fewest walks (37).
2018: Started 23 of her 24 appearances in the circle for the Aggies... Finished 11-10 with a 2.19 ERA, striking out 67 batters in 137.2 innings of work... Opponents hit just .230 against her on the year, which was the fifth-lowest in the program's Division I history at the end of the year... Her six shutouts matched her freshman year total and were tied for third on the school's Division I single-season list... At the end of the year, her 12 career shutouts were second only to Justine Vela (17 in 2012-16) in the program's Division I history... Her 2.19 ERA ranked sixth, her 11 wins were tied for ninth, and her 16 compete games were tied for fifth, on the program's single-season Division I chart... Ranked among the Big West Conference top 10 in wins (9th), complete games (4th), shutouts (2nd), innings pitched (9th), strikeouts (10th), batting average against (5th), and ERA (5th)... Struck out a career-high 10 batters against Northern Colorado on March 9... Tossed back-to-back complete-game one-hit shutouts against San Diego State (Feb. 25) and Saint Mary's (Feb. 28)... Also gave up two hits in a combined shutout against Santa Clara (March 18), and posted shutouts of league rivals CSUN (March 31), UC Santa Barbara (April 7), Cal Poly (April 14), and Hawai'i (May 12).
2017: Named the starting pitcher in 29 of 32 appearances as a true freshman... Her 15 wins led the team and ranks sixth among the Big West... She finished second in wins in conference games only against other Big West pitchers... Went five or more innings in 21 of her starts... Had the highest winning percentage of Aggie pitchers at .625 (15-9 record)... Also led the team with 16 complete games and six shutouts... Finished first among Aggies in opposing batting average (.259), batters struck out looking (18), innings per game average (5.19), strikeouts per game average (3.37) ... Her performance this season ranks her among the top pitchers in the conference: fifth in innings pitched (166.0), seventh in batters struck out (80), appearances (32), games started (29)... Went a career-high ten innings in her complete game against UMass on March 10... She allowed just five hits and struck out a career-high nine in the 3-2 victory... In her first career start, she pitched a complete game 2-0 shutout in the second game of a double header at Santa Clara (2/11), allowing just two hits across seven innings of work while walking just one and striking out four... Kept right-handed batters just a .218 average against her and induced a team-high 263 flyouts.
VACAVILLE HS '16: Four-year letter winner... Led Vacaville High to Monticello Empire League championships during her senior and sophomore seasons... Ended the 2015-16 season with 18 wins, 225 strikeouts and a 1.84 ERA... Those stats are key reasons why the MEL named Kibby as its Pitcher of the Year... Earned All-MEL first team honors all four seasons... Won 13 games, struck out 104 batters and posted a 1.25 ERA as a junior... Collected 29 wins, 233 strikeouts and held a miniscule 0.62 ERA as a sophomore... MEL Pitcher of the Year and MaxPreps All-America selection in 2014... Finished her freshman year with eight victories and 152 strikeouts.
PERSONAL: Oldest of Barbara and Tom Kibby's two children... Kelsey is her younger sibling... AASA Merrida 1 Gold (Woodland) is her club team... Competed for AASA Merrid from 2014-16... Her club team finished third at the PGF Nationals in 2014, seventh at the 18U Nationals in 2015 and fifth the following season... Not many people know that she bakes a dozen cookies on a frequent basis... Graduating high school with a 4.2 GPA is her proudest personal accomplishment... Former teammate Madilyn (Bubba) Nickles is the best athlete she has competed against... Winning a sectional title in her sophomore year is her career sports highlight... Would choose volleyball if she could play another sport at UC Davis... Binge watching on Netflix and baking are her hobbies... Chose UC Davis because she wanted to positively impact the softball program.
