The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Kacie Gaskin
- Position:
- C/OF
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- A&M Consolidated
- Hometown:
- College Station, Texas
· Career statistics
CAREER ACCOLADES
•2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Disrict Second Team
•2008 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
•2007 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Second Team
•Ranks seventh all-time at Texas with 18 home runs
AS A JUNIOR (2008)
•appeared in all 54 of Texas' games, while starting 53 contests
•ranked first on the team in sacrifice hits (nine), second in runs (31), third in hits (46) and fifth in RBI (16)
•opened the season with a six-game hitting streak from 2/9 (UTSA) to 2/15 (Michigan)
•went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI in a season-opening, 3-1 win over UTSA (2/9)
•went 3-for-4, including a triple, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in a 4-4 tie with Cal State Fullerton (2/17)
•blasted her first homer of the season, recorded two hits, two RBI and three runs scored in a 5-0 win over Hawaii (3/15)
•went 3-for-4 at the plate, scoring three runs, stealing a pair of bases and notching an RBI as UT downed Oklahoma State, 9-2 (4/6)
•hammered the second grand slam of her career and posted a career-best five RBI in a 10-1 win over Texas Tech (4/17)
•tallied Texas' lone run when she belted a home run in a 2-1 loss at Texas A&M (4/30)
•went 2-for-4, including a home run in a 10-2 victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (5/1)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007)
•started all 55 games, making 54 starts in rightfield and one behind the plate
•tied for first on the club with 32 RBI
•set new career bests and ranked second on the team with 11 home runs, 82 total bases, 12 stolen bases and a .519 slugging percentage
•those 11 homers ranked eighth overall among all Big 12 Conference players
•recorded seven multi-RBI games and seven multi-hit contests
•collected her first home run of the season with a three-run homer in UT's 7-6 win against Stanford (2/10)
•went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in a 5-0 victory over San Diego State (2/18)
•swatted her first career grand slam (a game-winner) to straightaway centerfield as Texas rallied past Nevada, 7-3 (2/24)
•recorded three hits, a career high three RBI and a two-run home run in 3-0 win over Notre Dame (3/17)
•blasted a three-run home run, her ninth of the season, in Texas' 5-4 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma (3/25)
•smashed her 10th home run and the game's final tally as Texas downed Texas State, 2-0 (4/4)
•posted a double and a stolen base at Nebraska to cap a career-high six-game hitting streak (4/14) ... streak ran from 4/1 at Missouri through 4/14 at Nebraska
•had two hits, including her 11th homer of the season, along with four RBI and two runs scored in the 11-1 run-rule victory over Texas Tech (4/26)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
•appeared in 47 games, making 30 starts (six as a catcher, 24 as designated player)
•started seven out of UT's eight NCAA Championships games as the designated player... hit .250 (3-for-12) in NCAA play, tallying one home run, one run and one RBI
•posted a perfect game at the plate with three hits in three at-bats, including her second career home run as Texas downed UT-San Antonio 3-0 in the opening game of the NCAA Austin Regional (5/19)
•caught the first four games of the season, calling the pitches for two of Cat Osterman's no-hitters (vs. Syracuse, 2/10 and vs. No. 15 Northwestern, 2/11) and Meagan Denny's one-hitter against Wisconsin (2/10)
•recorded a career-high 17 putouts against Northwestern in Osterman's no-hitter
NATIONALLY
Invited to the 2003 USA Softball Junior National Team tryouts ... played for Impact Gold out of Houston, under head coach Darren Gibson ... was a club teammate of current Longhorn Crystal Saenz and Kori Cook ... Impact Gold finished fourth at the 2005 Under-18 Gold Nationals after a third-place finish in 2004 ... the team also won the 2004 Colorado Fireworks Tournament.
BEFORE TEXAS
A four-year softball letterwinner at A&M Consolidated High School under head coach Shelley Batson ... a three-time all-state and all-district catcher ... shared Texas district 13-5A MVP honors with current Texas teammate Crystal Saenz (at Bryan HS) as a senior after earning team co-MVP honors at A&M Consolidated ... batted .430 as a senior after back-to-back .500 seasons as a sophomore and junior ... never batted lower than .425 in high school ... All-Brazos Valley as a junior and senior ... Brazos Valley Offensive Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ... helped the Tigers win a share of the 2005 Texas 13-5A championship after winning the title outright in 2004 ... 2005 Texas Girls Coaches Association Academic All-State ... member of the National Honor Society and A&M Consolidated's Hall of Fame.
PERSONAL
Full name is Casie "Kacie" Renea Gaskin ... born November 9, 1986 in Jacksonville, Texas ... oldest of Dena and David Gaskin's three children ... has a brother Callen (19) and a sister Emma (18) ... 2007 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... six-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection ... psychology major ... recipient of the UT Women's Athletics 2006-07 Betty L. McCormick Memorial Endowed Scholarship and the 2005-06 Judy Haralson Endowed Scholarship.
