Tarleton State University Athletics

Junior (2019)
NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete…Helped Texans advance to Lone Star Conference Championship game and third round of NCAA Regional Tournament…Played in 36 games, earning 30 starts…Registered 10 runs and 16 hits…Also tallied 10 RBI and a .203 batting average…Scored two doubles and a triple…Had a season high two runs scored at UT Permian Basin.

Sophomore (2018)
Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete … LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Helped Tarleton win 50 games in a season for the first time in program history … Appeared in 13 games, earning three starts … Hit .333 with six RBI … Had three two-RBI performances in three consecutive games against St. Edward’s and MSU Texas from April 17-20.
 
Freshman (2017)
LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll … NCAA Tournament Qualifier … Played in 47 games, earning 44 starts as a true freshman … Hit .254 with 19 runs scored, two home runs and 25 RBI … Her first career hit was a grand slam to lift Tarleton to a win over Lubbock Christian on Feb. 10 … Recorded her first career walk-off base hit to deliver a series-ending win against Texas A&M-Commerce on Feb. 18.
 
Aledo High School
Lettered four years in softball and was a team captain for head coach Heather Oakes … Led her team to back-to-back state titles … Won the 4A State Championship in 2014 with a record of 47-2 and the 5A State Championship in 2015 with a record of 23-3 … Four-time all-district honoree … Named the District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Was selected to the All-Tournament team during the state championship runs … Academic All-American as a sophomore and junior … Four-time academic all-district … Played select ball for Aces Express from 2014-16 … Aces express finished third in the Colorado Firework Power Pull.
 
Personal
Is a 2016 graduate of Aledo High School … Full name is Kadyn Nicole Kirkpatrick … Daughter of Jennifer and Coby Kirkpatrick … Has a brother, Callaway … Brother, Callaway, was a pitcher for Tarleton in 2015 … Majoring in Pre-Physical Therapy … Born July 28.