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KK McCrary Season 2024

#16

KK McCrary Season 2024

PositionOF
Height5-8
YearSenior
HometownMurfreesboro, Tenn.
Previous SchoolTennessee

HONORS & AWARDS
2024 Tiger Invite All-Tournament Team
2023 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team
2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
2024 | SENIOR SEASON
Started 50 games for the Tigers, playing mostly in left field, and was a staple at the top of the batting order … started 41 games in right field and nine as a designated player … finished second on the team with a .307 batting average … led the team with 43 hits and 31 runs scored … tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with 10 … totaled two doubles, one triple and finished second on the team with 11 home runs … finished 14th in the SEC in home runs per game (0.22) …  added 21 RBI … led the team with a 1.025 OPS … team leader in walks with 34 … finished seven in the SEC in walks per game (0.68) … added six hit by pitches to total a .454 on-base percentage … finished 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts … was perfect defensively with 43 putouts … led the team in SEC play with a.262 average, 16 hits and 11 runs scored … Tiger Invite All-Tournament Team … playing her former team, recorded a career high in hits and turned in her first multi-home run game of her career versus No. 4 Tennessee (3/30) … also slugged her first collegiate triple in the series with the Lady Vols (3/29) … went 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and set a career high with three runs scored versus Samford (4/3) … tied her career high in RBI with a three-run homer versus No. 14 Georgia (5/8) in the SEC Tournament … turned in multi-hit performances in three of Auburn’s four games in the Tallahassee Regional … went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a home run versus Chattanooga (5/18) … made a game-saving, diving catch in the eighth inning to keep Auburn’s marathon game versus UCF (5/18) alive
 
2023 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 54 games and made 42 starts in her debut season with the Tigers … primarily saw starts as Auburn’s designated player (17 games) while also seeing starting time in both right field (11 games) and left field (13 games) … totaled 32 hits, including nine doubles and a home run … added 19 RBI and 32 runs scored … was a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts … named to the Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team … drove in a career high three runs off a pair of hits, including a double, against Indiana (2/11) … slugged her first home run in Orange and Blue versus South Alabama (3/3) … turned in a second three-RBI performance versus Troy (4/12) … recorded her first multi-hit performance in conference action with a 2-for-4 outing versus LSU (4/16) … delivered a pair of hits, including a double, driving in three runs and scoring twice all in the fifth inning at South Carolina (4/30) … drove in a pair of runs off a single versus Cal State Fullerton (5/19) to open the Clemson Regional
 
2021 | AT TENNESSEE
Saw action in 19 games with 13 starts at third base or designated player … stepped to the plate for 30 total at-bats, logging five hits with two RBIs … scored two runs on the year … knocked a pinch-hit single in the regular season finale vs. Missouri (5/9) … hit 1-for-2 and reach on a walk as the Lady Vols defeated Tennessee State (4/14) … drew an RBI walk in UT's 6-0 victory vs. Liberty (3/30) … went 1-for-3 with an RBI single and scored a run in the win over Miami (Ohio) (2/21) … roped a single in her first AB of the season vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/14)
 
2020 | AT TENNESSEE
Started 12 games and made 17 overall appearances … finished with a .259 batting average and added two runs … tallied seven hits, including four extra-base hits (two doubles, two homers) … recorded nine RBIs in the heart of the lineup as a third baseman and designated player … recorded one RBI vs Arizona State on Feb. 10
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Finished as the 7AAA District Champions in 2019 … won the State Sectional Championship and finished as the state runner-up in 2019 … named the district MVP in 2019 … Recognized as Daily News Journal All-Area Player of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year her senior season … Honored as Tennessean Softball Player of the Year and Murfreesboro Post Player of the Year in 2019 … named All-Mid State Player of the Year as a senior … nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2019 … earned Siegel HS Slugger of the Year award … selected to 7AAA All-District, All-Tournament, All-Area teams in 2017 and 2018 and All-Mid State team in '18 … made the All-State First Team in 2018 … led district 7AAA in home runs, slugging percentage and RBI … helped Seigel to 7AAA regular season and district tournament championship in 2017 and 2018 … Daily News Journal Player of the Year nominee in 2017 … recognized as 7AAA District Defensive Player of the Year in 2017 and Siegel MVP … participated in the state championship game in 2016

PERSONAL
First name is Caitlyn … parents are Johnny and Holly McCrary … her sister, Hannah, was a gymnast at Missouri … also has two younger brothers, Dawson and Christian … majoring in human development and family science