#7 Micaela Kastor 2023-24 Softball Roster

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