STEPHENVILLE, Texas – After the additions of a pair of pitchers from the transfer portal, head coach Mark Cumpian announced the signing of class of 2025 Seattle U catcher, Kalyn Hill, on Friday.
 
Kalyn joins her sister Kelci in Stephenville, reuniting the pair for the first time since playing together at Murrieta Mesa High School in when Kelci was a senior and Kalyn was a junior in 2020.
 
Kalyn Hill spent her first two seasons of her collegiate career behind the dish for Seattle U. In two seasons, she hit .297 with eight round trippers and 57 RBI. She slugged .430 and reached base 35.8 percent of the time. She is 11 hits shy of reaching the 100-hit club.
 
Last year as a sophomore, Kalyn Hill averaged .319 which was more than 40 points higher than her mark as a freshman. She also increased her slugging percentage to .435 in 2023. In seven less games played, Hill had one less hit and drove in 24 runs while hitting three home runs.
 
In 2022, she started 55 games primarily behind the plate. She ranked third on the team with nine doubles. She drew 19 walks, the second most by a Redhawk on the season. Her 33 RBI tied for second on Seattle U.
 
Kalyn Hill graduated from Murrieta Mesa High School in 2021. She spent four years on the varsity squad and was named captain her last two seasons of her prep career. She was tabbed first team All-League her senior season. She was the recipient of the Team PRIDE Award awarded to student-athlete that exhibits school pride the most on and off the field.
 
The Murrietta, California, native, isn't moving closer to home with her transfer, but she is given the opportunity to play with her sister, the third pair of sisters to play together at Texan Softball and the first since 2020.
 
Hill intends to major in Kinesiology at Tarleton State University.