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2018-19 USCI Softball

34 Kaitlyn Gaynor

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Eastern Regional
  • Hometown Berlin, NJ

Biography

Career Honors

USciences' All-Time Leader in Strikeouts (378)

CACC Pitcher of the Week (4/2/18)

3x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19)

2x NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019)

2019 CACC All-Academic Team

5x Dean's List Honors

 

Career-Highs

IP: 10 (vs. Chestnut Hill, 4/17/18)

Ks: 13 (vs. Chestnut Hill, 4/17/18)

Hits: 3 (at Felician, 4/10/16)

RBI: 3 (vs. Saint Anselm, 3/3/18)

Runs: 1 (10x)

TB: 3 (2x)

SB:

 

2019 (Game-by-Game): Gaynor led USciences in every statistical pitching category in 2019, breaking the program’s recorded single-season record (since 2005) with 19 complete games and tying the program’s recorded single-season record with two saves. Her 138.1 innings pitched were second in the program’s recorded single-season history, while her 25 appearances were tied for third, 108 strikeouts fourth, and seven wins and 2.73 ERA seventh. She ranked in the top-nine of the CACC in saves, complete games, shutouts, strikeouts, strikeouts per game, opposing batting average (.243) and ERA. Gaynor ends her career as the program’s all-time lead with 378 career strikeouts, and is also second all-time with 449.1 innings pitched, 84 appearances, 66 starts, a 5.89 K/7 and two saves, fourth with 48 complete games and five shutouts, seventh with 17 wins and eighth with a 3.88 ERA. 

  • Ended her time at USciences by throwing one final complete game in the nightcap at Caldwell. After two hits led to Caldwell's lone earned run in the first, she proceeded to limit the Cougars to just three hits in their final five at-bats (4/27)
  • Following her second save of the year, Gaynor then proceeded to shut out Holy Family in game two, surrendering just four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks to cap a doubleheader sweep (4/24)
  • Worked around two singles in the bottom of the seventh to strand a runner on third and earn her first career save in an 8-7 win at Chestnut Hill (4/18)
  • Shut down Felician in a game one shutout, surrendering just four hits while striking out seven against just one walk (3/30)
  • Outside of a two-run second, shut down Post in a complete-game effort in USciences' CACC opener. She allowed just those two runs on six hits in her seven innings of work, including retiring 10 of the final 11 batters she faced (3/24)
  • Surrendered two runs on just three hits in her seven innings of work against Quincy, striking out eight with just one walk (3/8)
  • Limited Franklin Pierce to just two earned on five hits, with five strikeouts, in a complete game effort for the Devils' first win of 2019 (3/6)
  • Tossed six innings in her season-opener, keeping Concordia-St. Paul scoreless through five frames, surrendering just the two earned on five hits while striking out seven against three walks (3/3)

2018 (Game-by-Game): Gaynor was USciences’ ace in 2018, leading the team in nearly every statistical category. She finished 7-10 with a 3.27 ERA in 124.0 innings pitched in 21 appearances, 18 of which were starts. She ranked third in the CACC with 7.11 K/7 and fourth with 126 strikeouts. She was also eighth with 13 complete games and 12th in ERA. She enters her senior season third in program history with 270 career strikeouts, tied for sixth with three shutouts, ninth with 29 complete games and 10th with 311.0 innings pitched. Her 6.08 K/7 ranks second. Gaynor also batted .220 with 13 hits, six RBI, four runs, a double and a walk in 59 at-bats.  

  • Threw her second complete-game victory in as many days, and her seventh of the season, to give USciences' a season-ending victory at Concordia. The shutout was her third of the year, as she allowed just thee hits and struck out eight, against just one walk (4/29)
  • Facing the third ranked team in the region, struck out 10 and limited Le Moyne to just one run (4/24)
  • Pitched all 10 innings and did not surrender an earned run, giving up just three hits and striking out a career-high 13, against Chestnut Hill (4/17)
  • Shutout Jerfferson over the final six frames to put a stamp on her fourth consecutive complete game, and earn USciences a doubleheader split (4/9)
  • Threw her second shutout in as many days to help the Devils split a doubleheader at Bloomfield. She out seven in her five innings of her work to become the sixth Devil in program history to surpass 200 career strikeouts (3/28)
  • No Goldey-Beacom runner reached scoring position as the junior tossed her first career shutout, and USciences' first since the 2016 season. Only three runners reached on two hits and a walk, while seven struck out (3/27)
  • Went the distance in a win over Saint Anselm, surrendering just one earned run on seven hits while she striking out four and not walking a batter (3/3)

2017 (Game-by-Game):

2016 (Game-by-Game):

Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2015-16Freshman

    P / 1B
    5'7"
    34
  • 34

    2016-17Sophomore

    P/1B
    5'7"
    34
  • 34

    2017-18Junior

    P/1B
    5'7"
    34
  • 34

    2018-19Senior

    P/INF
    5'7"
    34