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  Kelsi Hoopiiaina
Kelsi Hoopiiaina

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Riverton, Utah

High School:
Riverton HS

Height:
5-8

Position:
IF

Experience:
2L

B/T:
R/R

05/16/2012

Six Utah Softball Players Receive Pac-12 Honors

Utes earn postseason recognition after inaugural Pac-12 season.

05/12/2012

Utah Softball Suffers 12-9 Defeat to No. 15/17 Stanford

Holm hits two homers and drives in four on Senior Day.

05/12/2012

Utes to Honor Senior Class Today During Regular-Season Finale!

Utes to honor five seniors during post-game ceremony.

05/11/2012

Ute Softball Falls to No. 15/17 Stanford

Hoopiiaina turns in third straight two-hit game.

05/10/2012

Ute Softball Entertains No. 15/17 Stanford TODAY!

Utes take on Cardinal to open final Pac-12 series of the season.

Hoopiiaina's 2012 Game-by-Game Stats

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Hoopiiaina Notes: Has helped turn 15 double plays this season, which is tied with teammate Jackie Sweet for second in the Pac-12 ... in her third year as Utah starting shortstop, owns 155 career starts ... tied for fourth in the Pac-12 with 17 stolen bases on 17 attempts this season ... tied with Whitney Holm for team lead with 19 extra-base hits this year ... teams with second baseman Jackie Sweet as Utah's record-setting double-play combination ... is learning to take on more responsibility as an upperclassman ... added a lot of `pop' to her swing during offseason.

2012: Tied for second in the Pac-12 with 15 double plays turned this season ... ranks second on the team with a .320 batting average ... one of three Ute infielders to start all 49 games this season ... tied for fourth in the Pac-12 in stolen bases with 17 on 17 attempts ... tied for team lead with 19 extra-base hits (11 doubles, seven home runs and a triple) ... had hits in 10 of Utah's first 12 games ... leads team with 35 runs scored and 11 doubles this season ... ranks second on the club with 49 hits and is tied for second on the squad with seven home runs, which is her career single-season high ... 13 multi-hit efforts is also tied for the team lead ... scored a run in Utah's last five games and 27 of 49 overall ... hit a two-run home run that highlighted a 2-for-4 effort at the the plate against UC Santa Barbara (2/11) ... also went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and a stolen base against Portland State (2/12) ... hit a single in the opener against San Diego State (2/10) ... homered in back-to-back games at the UNC Greensboro Spartan Classic ... hit a three-run shot against Drexel (2/24) and a grand slam against Rider (2/25) ... went 4-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in the Drexel game ... hit her second grand slam of the season as part of a 2-for-3 effort at the plage against Howard (3/10) ... combined to go 5-for-8 at the plate with three home rusn, three RBI and five runs scored in doubleheader against Southern Utah (3/21) ... hit two round-trippers in the second game against the Thunderbirds (3/21) ... had a 2-for-3 effort with a double at the plate at No. 3/3 Washington (3/25) ... also went 2-for-3 in the finale of the series with No. 19/15 Oregon (4/15) ... connected for a double in the finale against No. 15/15 UCLA (4/22) ... was 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in the first game at Weber State (4/25) ... recorded her third two-steal game of the season in second game against WSU (4/25) ... had two hits in three at-bats with a run scored during series opener against Oregon State (4/27), which included a double in the third ... laid down a sacrifice bunt in middle game of OSU series (4/28) ... doubled and went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in series finale against the Beavers (4/29).

2011: All-Mountain West Conference Team selection ... started all 51 games at shortstop for Utah ... finished sixth among the MWC leaders with a .419 batting average in league games ... fourth on team with a .320 overall batting average ... also tied for ninth in the league with a .500 on-base percentage and had a .399 mark in all games ... had two or more hits in eight games and had six multi-RBI outings ... turned in a .941 fielding percentage with 79 putouts and 98 assists from her shortstop post in the Ute defense ... helped Utah defense turn 18 double plays ... did not commit an error during last six games of season ... turned in three, four-RBI performances ... ended season on season-long-tying four-game hit streak ... tagged four home runs ... hit a pair of grand slams: in second game of doubleheader against George Mason (3/22) and against Idaho State (4/1) ... registered a home run and double for four RBI against New Mexico (4/22) had a two-run single against No. 9/12 Hawaii (2/18) ... went 2-for-3 at the plate versus Nevada (2/27) ... hit an RBI single and stole a base against UC Santa Barbara (2/27) ... connected on a solo home run at Florida State (3/6) ... cracked two hits, including a double, during second game of doubleheader against Southern Utah.

2010: Started all 55 games at shortstop in her first season with the Utes ... posted a .924 fielding percentage ... hit for a .243 average, including 11 doubles and four home runs ... scored 29 runs ... drew 33 walks ... stole a pair of bases ... had 127 assists and 67 putouts ... totaled seven multi-hit performances ... hit by pitch three times during league play, which tied for second in the MWC ... tied for the single-game high in the conference-only stats with two sacrifice hits against BYU (4/9) ... hit by pitch twice against UNLV (5/6), which tied for the league's single-game high during league play ... was a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored against Cal State Fullerton (2/20) ... had two more 3-for-3 days at the plate: against South Dakota State, that included an RBI, a triple, and a run scored, as well as against Northern Iowa (3/14), to go with an RBI and two runs scored ... went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Oregon (2/25) ... stole a pair of bases against Idaho State (2/13) ... had a season-high eight assists at BYU (4/10) and also turned in a pair of sacrifices against the Cougars.

High School/Travel Ball: First-team all-state and 5A State All-Tournament team during sophomore and junior seasons ... hit .400 in five appearances at the ASA National Championships ... won five State Acceleration championships with the T-Birds ... had a two-run game in 2006 to help the T-Birds defeat the Devastation ... went 2-for-3 against the Chinese Olympic team last summer ... played with Victory USA last summer and hit over .400, striking out only five times ... has a 3.4 grade-point-average.

Personal: Majoring in sociology ... parents are Craig and Penny Hoopiiaina ... born Oct. 2, 1990 ... nickname is 'Hoop.'


Hoopiiaina's Career Statistics


Year     Avg  GP-GS    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD%
2010    .243  55-55    148   29   36  11  1   4   24    61  .412  13 5 	 21 1 	 .323  1   6   2-9      67   127 16 .924
2011    .320  51-51    122   26   39  5   1   4   26    58  .475  15 1 	 19 1    .399  0   3   3-4      79   98  11 .941
2012    .320  49-49    153   35   49  11  1   7   21    83  .542  17 2 	 20 2 	 .393  1   2   17-17    82   85  12 .933
TOTAL   .293  155-155  423   90   124 27  3   15  71    202 .478  45 8 	 60 4 	 .370  2   11  22-30    228  310 39 .932
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