Upcoming Event: Softball versus St. Johns River (10 Innings) on October 24, 2025 at 5 p.m.
5 p.m.
Softball
vs. St. Johns River (10 Innings)
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
Roster
Burke, Kaitlyn
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Jersey Number 5
Kaitlyn Burke
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Gainesville, Fla.
- High School:
- P. K. Yonge
- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
Career Accolades
- 2021 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2020 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2017 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Provided leadership as a fifth-year senior
- Led the squad with a .298 batting average after playing in 43 of the team's 47 games, starting in each
- Led the team with five homers, the first versus Missouri, the second versus South Dakota and she belted two versus Conference USA's Marshall and one versus FIU
- Added four doubles and was credited with three stolen bases
- Had 11 multi-hit games, including a 3-for-3 performance in both South Dakota contests and was 3-for-4 versus Missouri, a game she also had two doubles
- Tied for a team-high 39 hits and a team-high 16 RBI
- Defensively, she had season high 10 putouts in the second game of a doubleheader versus Marshall and recorded eight versus FIU, Charlotte and WKU
- Started in 20 of 22 games behind the plate for the Owls
- Led the team against North Florida (2/21) with four hits in five at bats bringing in two runners
- Went 3-4 against LIU (2/23) to lead the team recording two RBIs and a double
- Rallied against Charlotte (3/6) to earn two hits, two runs, an RBI, and a double leading the team for the first C-USA win of the season
- Hit second collegiate homerun against against Charlotte (3/7)
- Recorded 80 puts with 12 assists in 94 chances from behind the plate
- Ended the season with the teams highest batting average owning a .355
- Led the team in hits (22), RBIs (15), total bases (29) and tied for doubles with four
- One of 22 FAU softball players named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Drew a little over half of the team's starts behind the plate with 29 starts in 32 games played at catcher
- Hammered a base-clearing three-run double against Bethune-Cookman (2/10)
- Achieved a career-high four RBI off two doubles in the second game of FAU's doubleheader against Stetson (2/22), with one of those hits being a game-winning two-run double to cap off play in six innings
- Drew a sacrifice fly vs. UConn (2/23) to help the Owls walk away with a 3-2 victory
- Recorded a career-high seven putouts vs. FIU (4/6)
- Drew sacrifice flies against FIU (4/6) and Middle Tennessee (4/13)
- Tallied the fourth-most extra base hits on the team with seven doubles
- One of 20 FAU softball players named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Saw time at catcher, designated player and third base
- Drove in a run vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/9)
- Singled and scored in back-to-back games at Charlotte (3/17-18)
- Knocked a hit and scored at Middle Tennessee (4/21)
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member
- Saw time at catcher, designated player and third base
- Hit first career homerun against Savannah State (2/19)
- Doubled and scored against Ball State (3/9)
- Singled, doubled, walked and drove in a run at WKU (3/18)
- Went 2-for-3 vs. Marshall (4/9)
- Had an RBI double vs. Middle Tennessee (4/14)
- Walked, singled and drove in a run at North Texas (4/22)
- Had back-to-back two-hit games at New Mexico St. (5/5) and UTEP (5/6)
- Hit .296 in C-USA play
- Awarded to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Four-time first team all-state selection at PK Yonge High School
- Two-time offensive and defensive player of the year
- Made second team all-state as an 8th grader
- Graduated with high honors
- Born on September 15
- Daughter of Diane and Russell Burke
- Majoring in Exercise Science and Health Promotion
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