#20 Kaia Cortes 2024-25 Softball Roster

AS A FRESHMAN (2025)

• Saw action in 46 games with 45 starts, all at first base
• Recorded 25 hits, eight of them for extra bases
• Drove in 16 and scored 11 times
• Was hit by a pitch 13 times, the most on the team and top-five in the ACC
• Notched her first career hit and an RBI in the 4-3 walk-off win over #15 Missouri (Feb. 8)
• Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the 4-2 win over Penn State (Feb. 9)
• Hit her first career home run, a no-doubter over the right-center field fence, at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 14)
• Hit two home runs in the ACC opening series at Louisville (March 7-9)
• Logged two hits, one being a home run, and drove in a pair at Northwestern (April 1)
• Notched first career triple against Valpo (April 23)
• Reached base three times (two singles, walk) against North Carolina (April 26)
• Had a base hit in the Opening Round of the ACC Softball Championship versus North Carolina (May 7)
• D100 Freshman Watch List
• Softball America Freshman Watch List

AS A PREP AND PERSONAL

• 2023-24 Hillsborough County Most Outstanding Softball Player
• 2024 Female Athlete of the Year at Berkeley Preparatory School
• 2023 FACA District 15, 3A Softball Player
• Hit .421 on 115 hits, 94 RBI, 18 home runs, 25 doubles and two triples in her high school career
• As a senior, tallied a .523 batting average, 46 hits, 41 RBI, eight home runs, 16 doubles and a 1.000 slugging percentage
• Served as team captain as a junior and senior
• Ranked 35th overall in the class of 2024 by Extra Innings Softball
• Listed as one of the top softball player in the state of Florida by Softball Live
• Daughter of Mike Cortes and Stacie Schaible
• Has one brother, Cade
• Major is Finance