HONORS AND AWARDS:
2018 NFCA Second Team All-Southeast Region
2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Fianlist
2018 Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team
2018 All-SEC Second Team
2018 SEC All-Defensive Team
2018 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2018 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List
2017 NFCA Third Team All-American
2017 NFCA Second Team All-Southeast Region
2017 First Team All-SEC
2017 SEC All-Defensive Team
2017 SEC All-Tournament Team
2017 Puerto Vallarta Challenge All-Tournament Team
2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Pitcher of the Week (May 8, 2017)
2017 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List
2016 SEC All-Tournament Team
2016 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2016 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2018 | SENIOR SEASON:
Made 35 appearances in the circle with 30 starts … posted a 1.37 ERA, good for fourth-lowest in program history … became the school’s all-time winningest pitcher with 67 wins … helped lead the Auburn pitching unit to a 1.37 ERA, the lowest in school history … limited opposing teams to just a .205 average … touted a 0.77 ERA and 14-3 record at home … allowed one run or less in 20-of-35 outings … tallied 121 strikeouts in 183.2 innings of work with just 33 walks allowed … touted a 1.86 ERA in conference play, good for seventh in the SEC … allowed just 1.26 walks per game, good for second-best in school history … struck out a season-high nine batters in the season opener vs. Marshall (2/8) … allowed one hit or fewer in six appearances … tossed a career-high 12.0 innings in 1-0 extra inning thriller over Kentucky (3/24) … tossed a complete game 3-hitter in the series clinching win against Alabama (3/18) … only allowed three or more runs five times in 35 appearances
2017 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Made 41 appearances and 33 starts in the circle ...tied the program record for wins in a season with 27 ... 27 wins led the SEC and ranked ninth in the nation ... touted the second-lowest ERA in single-season program history with a 1.36 mark ... hurled 21 complete games, good for fourth in Auburn history ... was part of eight shutouts, including six solo efforts ... tossed 206 and 1/3 innings and tallied 117 strikeouts ... limited the opposition to hit just .210, including .197 with runners on base ... went 12-3 with three saves and 57 strikeouts in SEC play ... allowed one earned run or fewer in 33 appearances in the circle, including 10 against in conference action ... struck out a season-high eight in a shutout victory versus James Madison (2/25) ... tossed second perfect game in program history against Ohio State (3/18) ... netted victory in 1-0 triumph over Florida (3/27) - Auburn's first win in Gainesville since 2006 ... threw all nine innings in a 3-0 extra-inning victory at Alabama (5/5) ... secured the win in postseason victories against Kentucky (5/11) and Cal (5/21)
2016 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Made 30 appearances and a team-high 22 starts in the circle for the Tigers ... produced a 19-2 record and tossed four complete-game shutouts ... won her first 13 decisions of the season ... threw a team-best 130 and 2/3 innings and tallied 71 strikeouts ... held opposing hitters to a .236 average and went the distance 10 times to pace the club on the mound ... scattered five or fewer hits in nine consecutive starts mid-season ... earned first save of the season after pitching the final 2.2 frames and adding a pair of send-downs in a duel with Boston College (2/25) ... improved her record to 5-0 with a complete-game shutout that featured seven strikeouts against Tennessee State (3/9) ... tossed a career-high 10.0 innings and totaled a personal-best mark of 12 strikeouts in an extra-inning triumph at Mississippi State (3/18) ... struck out five in a complete-game shutout versus South Carolina (3/25) ... did not allow an earned run and struck out two in 7.0 innings of work in the SEC Tournament versus Florida (5/13) ... earned the win in the Women's College World Series 10-3 triumph over UCLA (6/2) ... struck out five and got the win in the circle versus Florida State (6/5)
2015 | AT NORTH CAROLINA:
Became the most used pitcher on staff in her first season at Carolina, going 18-10 in 36 appearances ... struck out 121 batters while recording a 3.32 ERA ... threw 14 complete games ... pitched a one hit, one walk complete game in a victory over Dayton (2/20)
HIGH SCHOOL:
Starting pitcher for four years on the varsity team ... MaxPreps Freshman All-America Team in 2011, MaxPreps All-America Second Team in 2013, MaxPreps All-America First Team in 2014 ... ranked #17 in StudentSports.com's Top 100 Seniors ... led Pacifica to the 2014 CIF Southern Section Division 1 Championship ... named all-state and all-county four straight years ... tabbed Orange County Pitcher of the Year in 2013 ... named to All-Empire League first team four straight years ... helped team to Empire League title in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 ... named Empire League Pitcher of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2014 ... 2014 Pacifica High School Co-Female Athlete of the Year ... honor roll student, member of the Pink Ribbon Club and the National Society of High School Scholars
PERSONAL:
Daughter of Bill and Katey Carlson... has one sister ... enrolled in the College of Science and Mathematics
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Kaylee Carlson Season 2018
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Kaylee Carlson Season 2018
PositionRHP
Height5-10
YearSenior
HometownGarden Grove, Calif.
Previous SchoolNorth Carolina
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