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2024-25 Softball Roster

#7 Micaela Kastor 2023-24 Softball Roster

Pitcher/Utility


Class Junior
Hometown Simi Valley, Calif.
High School Oaks Christian
Height 5-6
B/T R/R
Micaela Kastor - Softball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Saw action in 31 games in the circle, starting 13 games
  • Won a team-best 10 games, recording a pair of saves
  • Thew two complete games
  • Struck out 72 hitters in 101.1 innings of work
  • Threw a complete game, holding then #20 Utah to one run, striking out three in a 7-1 victory at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 24)
  • Earned her first save of the season in a 3.0 inning relief appearance, without allowing a hit and striking out three in a shutout win of Liberty (Feb. 11)
  • Tallied a save in a 2.0 innings without allowing a run and striking out two against Indiana State (March 9)
  • Set a new career-best with 10 strikeouts as she threw a 7.0 inning shutout against UIC (April 24)
  • Earned her 10th win of the season after throwing 4.0 shutout innings in relief in the ACC Tournament against North Carolina (May 8)

AS A FRESHMAN (2023):

  • Appeared in 29 games in her first season in South Bend
  • Started 12 games in the circle
  • Logged 86.2 innings, striking out 78 hitters
  • Held opponents to a .224 average against as she earned a 2.67 ERA
  • Won seven games, throwing three complete games and earning a team-best three saves
  • Made her first collegiate appearance out of the bullpen, throwing an inning against #22 Arizona State in a 7-1 win (Feb. 10)
  • Started the first game of her career against Northern Illinois, throwing 5.0 innings, striking out five (Feb. 11)
  • Logged her first complete game in a 6.0 inning performance on the front end of the doubleheader at NC State (March 11) to even the series
  • Threw her first seven inning complete game against East Carolina (March 16), striking out a season-best nine hitters
  • Struck out eight hitters in wins over Ball State (April 4) and Boston College (April 22)
  • Threw 11.1 of 21 innings at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional
  • Logged 4.1 innings of relief against #19 Oregon (May 19), allowing just two hits and picking up two strikeouts
  • Threw the full 7.0 innings against #13 Arkansas (May 20), with four strikeouts and at one point retiring 14 of 15 hitters faced
  • Got her first collegiate at bat against the ACC Pitcher of the Year against Florida State (April 30)
  • Got two at bats in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional against Oregon (May 19)

Prep and personal

  • Earned four letters at Oaks Christian under head coach Peter Ackerman
  • Named a team captain her senior year
  • Four-time First Team All-Marmonte League
  • 2022 Daily News Girl Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time California Interscholastic Federation honoree
  • 2022 Gatorade Player of the Year
  • 2022 MaxPreps Player of the Year
  • 2022 Softball Live Co-Player of the Year
  • 2022 NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
  • SB Live Girls Southern Section Athlete of the Year
  • Ventura County Star Player of the Week
  • Four-time first team honors by Cal High Sports, Ventura County Star, Cal-Hi and Daily News All-Area
  • Career .472 hitter, ending her career hitting for a .522 average with a school record 11 home runs, eight doubles, eight triples, 39 RBI and scored 40 runs her senior season, leading Oaks Christian to a 34-1 record
  • Career 0.90 ERA and 520 career strikeouts
  • Earned a 0.51 ERA with 256 strikeouts in her final campaign
  • Team MVP as a junior and senior
  • Competed for Firecrackers Rico 18U under head coach Tony Rico
  • Led the Firecrackers to a 2021 7th place finish at Alliance Nationals
  • Added a third place finish at the Colorado Invitational and finished third at Alliance Nationals in 2022
  • Worked with James Storehouse in making care packages for children in foster care
  • Active participant in her local Fellowship of Christian Athletes association
  • Helped organize a special olympics event in 2019-20 and also organized a Christmas festival for children with special needs 2020-21
  • 2022 Film Department Student of the Year
  • 2020 Portrait of Graduate Visual Arts
  • 2019 Top Scholar Bible Student
  • 2019 NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
  • 2018 President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence
  • Daughter of Kirstin and Vaughan Kastor
  • Her mother, Kirstin, played collegiate tennis at Pepperdine before playing on the professional circuit
  • Her father, Vaughan, ran track at Cal State Northridge and ran the 800 meters at Nike International
  • Her aunt, Deena Kastor, qualified for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, winning a bronze medal in the marathon