2023 Softball Roster

2 Kayanna Perez

  • Ht./Wt. 5-5 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Highschool Paxton HS
  • Prev School Jacksonville University

Biography

2023 (Sr.): Made 20 starts in 31 games in final season with UWF... Hit .214 on the year with three doubles, 10 runs scored and five RBI's... Collected first double in 13-2 victory over West Georgia (4/6)...Scored two runs in series opening win at Valdosta State (4/28)...Tallied three-game hitting streak vs. Union and Delta State (2/25 & 3/4)...Finished the season with a perfect fielding percentage, grabbing 35 putouts and adding one outfield assist...

2022 (Sr.): Played in 31 games and made 26 starts in the outfield... Hit .258 (17-66) with five RBIs and 10 runs scored... Had a career-high 6 stolen bases... Had a three-hit day against Lee on 4/30, tying her single-game career high in hits... Went 6-for-11 in the Lee series with four runs scored, two RBIs, and a stolen base... Had four multi-hit games and a four-game hitting streak. 

2021 (Jr.): Made 28 starts and played 36 games as a left fielder and pinch-runner... Hit .278, with an OBP of .321... Tied for second on the team with 5 stolen bases and 7 sacrifice bunts... Named to NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team, after hitting .333 with 5 hits, an RBI, and two multi-hit games against Valdosta State and Auburn Montgomery in the tournament... Had first career multi-hit game on 3/20 against Christian Brothers, when she went 3-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI... Finished the season with 5 multi-hit games... Hit .302 in conference play, with a double and a triple... Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, with 65 putouts in the outfield.

2020 (Jacksonville): Appeared in 24 games while making 16 starts in the outfield... Maintained the third-highest number of runs on the team (9)... Recorded 8 hits with 1 double and one triples...Walked 8 times, successfully stole 6 bases off 6 attempts... Recorded 3 RBIs.

2019 (Jacksonville): Named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team... Started 48 of 50 games in the outfield for JU... Maintained the third-highest batting avg. on the team (.253)... Recorded 37 hits with four doubles... Walked 14 times and accounted for 11 RBIs... Batted in a career-high three RBIs vs Florida A&M (3/27).

High School: Started four years at short stop at the Paxton School for Advanced Studies... Won the district championship three of her four seasons at Paxton... Was named offensive MVP each season in high school... Also played on the Santa Fe Inferno club team for six years.

Personal: Daughter of Mario & Lisa... Has one sibling, Elyanna... Mother played at Florida State CC and her father played Minor League Baseball... Majoring in Art, and hopes to become an Art Therapist after graduation.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Junior

    OF
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2022Senior

    OF
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    OF
    5'5"
    2