2010 Softball Roster
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Smith, Ka'ili
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Jersey Number 7
Ka'ili Smith
- Position:
- OF/C
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Kapolei, HI
- High School:
- Kapolei HS
Bio
CAREER: Rewrote the Bulldog record books as one of the greatest offesnsive players in school history, ranking in the top 10 all-time at MSU in 12 different offensive categories: walks (3rd, 111), home runs (T-4th, 18), on-base percentage (5th, .440), RBIs (5th, 140), batting average (7th, .339), slugging percentage (7th, .502), runs (8th, 129), total bases (8th, 326), intentional walks (T-8th, 2), doubles (9th, 34), hits (9th, 220) and hit by pitches (T-9th, 11) . . . Also ranked fifth in career fielding percentage (.985) . . . Started in all 224 games the Maroon and White played in during her four years in Starkville, including a career-high 57 in 2012 during her senior season . . . Played in the 2009 and 2012 NCAA Tournament . . . Named to the 2012 NCAA All-Eugene Regional Team, becoming the fifth player ever at MSU to earn All-Regional honors . . . Earned NFCA All-South Region Honors as a freshman in 2009 and as a senior in 2012, becoming the sixth player in school history to earn multiple All-Region honors . . . Also named Second-Team All-SEC and All-SEC Freshman in 2009 . . . Named SEC Player of the Week on April 16, 2012 . . . Picked up SEC Freshman of the Week accolades on March 9 and May 4, 2009 . . . Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore in 2010 . . . Voted by teammates MSU Rookie of the Year in 2009 . . . Member of the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team in 2011 and 2012 . . . MVP of the 2010 MSU Bulldog Classic . . . Named to the 2009 Ma lihini Kipa Aloha All-Tournament Team.
2012 Highlights: Finished the 2012 regular season tied for fourth in the SEC in walks (41), sixth in on-base percentage (.498), 10th in batting average (.359), tied for 10th in hits (56) and tied for 12th in runs (37) . . . In SEC play only, Smith finished tied for fourth in walks (20), sixth in on-base percentage (.476), ninth in batting average (.341) and tied for ninth in hits (28) and stolen bases (7) . . . Became the fifth player in school history to be named to an NCAA All-Regional team, earning 2012 All-Eugene Regional honors after going 3-for-7 (.429) with two walks, a double, RBI and a run scored May 17-18 vs. BYU and Portland State . . . Named to the 2012 NFCA All-South Region First Team, becoming the sixth player in the history of MSU softball to earn multiple NFCA First-Team All-Region honors (2009) . . . Hit .575 on the season (23-for-40) with two outs, .432 (19-for-44) with RBI opportunities and .407 (24-for-59) with runners on base . . . Accounted for a team-best 15 percent of the team's hits, 15 percent of MSU's runs and 14 percent of the Bulldogs' home runs . . . Named SEC Player of the Week April 9-15 after raking with a .615 average (8-for-13). During that stretch, Smith knocked in six runs, scored six times, drew two walks, cranked out two doubles, tallied a triple, stole a base and registered a .923 slugging percentage . . . Finished 26th in the country in the regular season in walks per game . . . Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two walks in the season-opening win at South Alabama . . . Walked once in two at-bats against Lipscomb . . . Had one hit, one run and a walk in two plate appearances in the win vs. Jacksonville State . . . Went 1-for-3 with two runs and a walk in a 9-6 win against Memphis to close out the 2012 Mardi Gras Invitational . . . Scored a run and walked once on 1-of-3 hitting at Samford . . . Totaled two hits, two RBIs and a career-high tying two doubles in the home opener against SIU-Edwardsville . . . Tallied a hit, run and an RBI two days later in the Bulldog-Round Robin victory against SIU-E . . . Went 1-for-3 with the game-winning RBI against Mississippi Valley State to close out the 2012 Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Was named to the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team for her performance Feb. 17-19 . . . Finished a season-best 3-for-4 against No. 17 Louisiana, including her first home run since Feb. 25, 2011 . . . Tallied a single against South Florida . . . Walked once and scored a run in a 5-3 victory vs. No. 20 Georgia Tech . . . Went 1-for-3 with a double and a run against DePaul . . . Registered a single against No. 12 Michigan . . . Drove in one run on a sacrifice fly in an 11-2 win at Jackson State, while tying her career high with three walks . . . Scored a run off a walk in the first win vs. Columbia at the Bulldog Classic . . . Followed that up with two runs off two walks in the victory against Louisiana Tech . . . Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, two runs, two walks and a round-tripper in the second win over Columbia at the Classic . . . Had another two-hit outing in the win vs. Eastern Illinois, scoring twice, while knocking in one and hitting a double . . . Tallied two hits for the third-consecutive game in the home triumph against Samford, hitting another double and scoring yet again . . . As the table setter at the top of the MSU lineup, led all players at the Bulldog Classic with eight runs scored over a three-day, five-game stretch . . . Scored a team-high two runs in the second game of a doubleheader vs. No. 3/4 Florida, finishing 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk . . . Tied a career high with three walks to go along with a hit in the series-opening home victory against No. 7 Georgia . . . Went 2-for-4 with a career-best tying one stolen base vs. UGA in the second game of the three-game series . . . Tallied a pair of hits and runs to go along with a walk in the SEC road-opening win at South Carolina . . . Followed that up with a 1-for-3 performance with an RBI and a walk in the second game of the doubleheader sweep at the Gamecocks . . . Registered an RBI single and a run in the series opener at LSU . . . Notched two hits, a walk, run and stolen base in the second game of the series against the Tigers . . . Drew two walks in the series finale in Baton Rouge vs. LSU . . . Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run in the walk-off home win vs. UAB . . . Had the best series by a Bulldog against No. 12/11 Tennessee, starting with a hit, walk and stolen base in the series opener . . . Came back in the second game vs. the Lady Vols to record a walk, RBI double, stolen base and a run . . . Finished the three-game home series vs. UT with a single and another stolen base . . . Cranked out a double in the road win at Mississippi Valley State . . . Tallied a single and a walk in the series opener at home against No. 2 Alabama . . . Came back the next night to earn another free pass as well as an RBI single vs. the Crimson Tide . . . Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series finale against Alabama, matching the career-best eight-game hitting streak she had earlier in 2012 . . . In her first appearance in the three-hole all season, went 2-for-3 with a career-high tying three runs in the second game of a Good Friday doubleheader sweep at Arkansas . . . Also connected on her third home run of the season and drew a walk in the game against the Razorbacks . . . Went a perfect 3-for-3 in the run-rule win at home vs. Jackson State, driving in a season-high four teammates while scoring twice and cranking out her first triple of the season . . . Finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the series-opening win at in-state rival Ole Miss . . . Came back the next day against the Rebels and walked, stole a base and scored a run in the game-two win . . . Completed the series sweep at Ole Miss with a season-high tying three hits, two RBIs, two runs, a double and a walk in game three . . . Was named SEC Player of the Week (April 9-15) for the first time in her career after hitting .615 (8-for-13) and racking up six RBIs, six runs, two walks, two doubles, a triple, a stolen base and a .923 slugging percentage . . . Joined teammate Jessica Cooley (March 5) as a 2012 recipient of the weekly SEC award, marking the first time in over eight years that the Maroon and White have had two players pick up the nod in the same season . . . Reached base in every at bat in the series-opening win vs. Kentucky, going 2-for-2 with a run and a walk . . . Executed a sacrifice bunt to advance the game-winning run over to second base in the nationally-televised walk-off win against the Wildcats in game two . . . Hit a walk-off double of her own in the series-sweeping finale vs. UK . . . Drove in the game-winning run on a two-out, two-RBI single at home against Memphis . . . Belted out the game-winning home run at Southern Miss in the 1-0 victory . . . Tallied a career-high two stolen bases to go along with an RBI single and two walks in game one of the Senior Day doubleheader sweep vs. Tennessee Tech . . . Came back in game two against the Golden Eagles to walk twice again and score a run . . . Hit the game-winning two-run home run in the series opener at Auburn, while also earning a base on balls . . . Drew a walk in the SEC Tournament vs. No. 3 Alabama . . . Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, walk and a run scored in the opening-round game of the NCAA Eugene Regional vs. BYU . . . Finished 1-for-3 with a walk against Portland State in the NCAA Eugene Regional.
2011 Highlights: Hit a team-best .348 with 57 hits and 25 RBIs . . . Notched a hit and drove in a run against host UNLV at the Sportco Kick-Off Classic . . . Added a hit and RBI the next day against No. 11 Washington . . . Moved to the leadoff spot for the finale against Illinois-Chicago, collecting a hit and scoring a run in the 5-2 win . . . Named to the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team after going 5-for-8 at the plate with three runs scored, a double, a home run and five RBI . . . Collected three hits, including a double, in the first meeting with Southern Illinois . . . Drove in a run and scored twice, including the game winner on Sam Lenahan’s walk-off home run . . . Hit her first home run of the season as part of a two-hit, four-RBI effort against the Salukis in the championship game . . . Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the Bulldogs’ win against Southern Miss . . . Paced MSU at the plate in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial, hitting .533 (8-for-15) with her second home run of the season, two RBI and four runs scored . . . Collected two hits and scored once in State’s tournament-opening win against Bowling Green . . . Opened Saturday’s twinbill with a 3-for-4, two-RBI outing against Georgia State in which she homered . . . Notched two hits against Kennesaw State before wrapping the weekend with a hit against Purdue . . . Hit .400 and scored four runs as Mississippi State upset No. 22 Texas A&M and defeated Mississippi Valley State to win the Bulldog Classic . . . Scored two runs following a pair of hits against the Aggies . . . Walked twice and came around to score against the Delta Devilettes . . . Had the game-winning RBI single as State rallied to take the opening game of a midweek doubleheader against South Carolina . . . Went 2-for-2 in two games at the SEC/ACC Challenge . . . Also walked twice in both of MSU’s wins against Florida State . . . Went 3-for-3 and drove in all three of State’s runs in a series-opening win against Arkansas . . . Scored the winning run in Sunday’s series finale after leading off the inning with a base hit.
2010 Highlights: SEC Academic Honor Roll member who hit a then personal-best .329 . . . Hit the fifth-most home runs in a season (10) and drove in the sixth-most RBI (50) . . . Set sophomore records for home runs and RBI. Also added seven doubles and three triples . . . Tied Kellie Wilkerson for fifth all-time with 0.18 HR per game in a season . . . Ended 2010 tied for first in career RBI per game (0.77) and 10th in home runs (11) . . . Became the third Dawg to hit two grand slams in a season . . . Doubled, homered and drove in three runs vs. Stephen F. Austin in the Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Notched three hits and an RBI vs. Louisiana-Monroe at the Aggie Classic. Went 4-for-5 with a grand slam and a career-high five RBI against Oregon State the next day . . . Homered against N.C. State and Maryland at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. Capped the weekend with three RBI against Illinois State . . . Named Bulldog Classic MVP after hitting .600 with a double, triple, three RBI and seven runs . . . Had seven hits and 10 runs in an all-tournament effort at the CropScience Classic in Fresno, Calif . . . Tallied five RBI on a triple and grand slam against Georgetown . . . Homered in the next two games, tallying two RBI each vs. East Tennessee State and Cal State Northridge . . . Hit a three-run homer in the opener at Ole Miss . . . Belted the walk-off home run in the seventh inning to give State a 1-0 win over Kentucky . . . Hit her 10th HR of the season in game two at South Carolina. Drove in a run in the series finale.
2009 Highlights: Named All-SEC, earning second team honors and all-freshman accolades . . . Tabbed first team NFCA All-South Region after hitting .323 and leading MSU in doubles (11), triples (4) and RBI (35) . . . Went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs against Louisiana-Monroe at the Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Earned her first of two SEC Freshman of the Week honors after going 8-for-16 with four doubles and four RBI to earn all-tournament honors at the Kipa Aloha Tournament in her home state . . . Batted .327 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 24 RBI over the season’s final 36 games . . . Named league freshman of the week after hitting .429 in a sweep of Ole Miss . . . Tallied four hits and drove in five runs in a three-game series against LSU . . . Went 4-for-9 in three games at Florida, including a 3-for-3 effort in game two . . . Hit her first career home run, a three-run shot, to break a scoreless tie in the series opener with South Carolina.
High School/Club Highlights: Earned four first-team all-state honors playing for Tony Saffery at Kapolei High School . . . Named a first-team outfielder by both the Star Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser her sophomore, junior and senior campaigns . . . Selected to her fourth All-Oahu Interscholastic Association first team after hitting .592 with six doubles and eight triples as a senior . . . Hit .500 with 30 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 2007, helping KHS to sixth in state . . . Led Kapolei to third in state a year after the 2005 OIA championship squad finished runner-up . . . Made back-to-back Colorado Fireworks showings with Saffery’s Hawaii Pearls travel squad . . . Three-time All-OIA selection in volleyball.
Personal Information: Born Ka’ilihiwa Kalae Smith on July 10, 1990, in Kapiolani, Hawaii . . . Daughter of M. Kalani and Cindy Smith . . . Has three brothers, Kaulanakouinoa, Kuliaikanu’u and Kaleo, and a sister, Kanaiaupuni . . . Majoring in industrial technology.
CAREER HIGHS
ABÂ Â Â 5, 3x, last at UNLV, 2/11/11
RÂ Â Â 3, 3x, last at Arkansas, 4/6/12
HÂ Â Â 4, 2x, last vs. Oregon State, 2/20/10
RBIÂ Â Â 5, 2x, last vs. Georgetown, 3/13/10
2BÂ Â Â 2, 4x, last vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 2/17/12
3BÂ Â Â 1, 9x, last vs. Jackson State, 4/10
HRÂ Â Â 1, 18x, last at Auburn, 5/4/12
BBÂ Â Â 3, 3x, last vs. Georgia, 3/9/12
SBÂ Â Â 2 vs. Tennessee Tech, 4/28/12
2012 Highlights: Finished the 2012 regular season tied for fourth in the SEC in walks (41), sixth in on-base percentage (.498), 10th in batting average (.359), tied for 10th in hits (56) and tied for 12th in runs (37) . . . In SEC play only, Smith finished tied for fourth in walks (20), sixth in on-base percentage (.476), ninth in batting average (.341) and tied for ninth in hits (28) and stolen bases (7) . . . Became the fifth player in school history to be named to an NCAA All-Regional team, earning 2012 All-Eugene Regional honors after going 3-for-7 (.429) with two walks, a double, RBI and a run scored May 17-18 vs. BYU and Portland State . . . Named to the 2012 NFCA All-South Region First Team, becoming the sixth player in the history of MSU softball to earn multiple NFCA First-Team All-Region honors (2009) . . . Hit .575 on the season (23-for-40) with two outs, .432 (19-for-44) with RBI opportunities and .407 (24-for-59) with runners on base . . . Accounted for a team-best 15 percent of the team's hits, 15 percent of MSU's runs and 14 percent of the Bulldogs' home runs . . . Named SEC Player of the Week April 9-15 after raking with a .615 average (8-for-13). During that stretch, Smith knocked in six runs, scored six times, drew two walks, cranked out two doubles, tallied a triple, stole a base and registered a .923 slugging percentage . . . Finished 26th in the country in the regular season in walks per game . . . Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two walks in the season-opening win at South Alabama . . . Walked once in two at-bats against Lipscomb . . . Had one hit, one run and a walk in two plate appearances in the win vs. Jacksonville State . . . Went 1-for-3 with two runs and a walk in a 9-6 win against Memphis to close out the 2012 Mardi Gras Invitational . . . Scored a run and walked once on 1-of-3 hitting at Samford . . . Totaled two hits, two RBIs and a career-high tying two doubles in the home opener against SIU-Edwardsville . . . Tallied a hit, run and an RBI two days later in the Bulldog-Round Robin victory against SIU-E . . . Went 1-for-3 with the game-winning RBI against Mississippi Valley State to close out the 2012 Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Was named to the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team for her performance Feb. 17-19 . . . Finished a season-best 3-for-4 against No. 17 Louisiana, including her first home run since Feb. 25, 2011 . . . Tallied a single against South Florida . . . Walked once and scored a run in a 5-3 victory vs. No. 20 Georgia Tech . . . Went 1-for-3 with a double and a run against DePaul . . . Registered a single against No. 12 Michigan . . . Drove in one run on a sacrifice fly in an 11-2 win at Jackson State, while tying her career high with three walks . . . Scored a run off a walk in the first win vs. Columbia at the Bulldog Classic . . . Followed that up with two runs off two walks in the victory against Louisiana Tech . . . Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, two runs, two walks and a round-tripper in the second win over Columbia at the Classic . . . Had another two-hit outing in the win vs. Eastern Illinois, scoring twice, while knocking in one and hitting a double . . . Tallied two hits for the third-consecutive game in the home triumph against Samford, hitting another double and scoring yet again . . . As the table setter at the top of the MSU lineup, led all players at the Bulldog Classic with eight runs scored over a three-day, five-game stretch . . . Scored a team-high two runs in the second game of a doubleheader vs. No. 3/4 Florida, finishing 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk . . . Tied a career high with three walks to go along with a hit in the series-opening home victory against No. 7 Georgia . . . Went 2-for-4 with a career-best tying one stolen base vs. UGA in the second game of the three-game series . . . Tallied a pair of hits and runs to go along with a walk in the SEC road-opening win at South Carolina . . . Followed that up with a 1-for-3 performance with an RBI and a walk in the second game of the doubleheader sweep at the Gamecocks . . . Registered an RBI single and a run in the series opener at LSU . . . Notched two hits, a walk, run and stolen base in the second game of the series against the Tigers . . . Drew two walks in the series finale in Baton Rouge vs. LSU . . . Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run in the walk-off home win vs. UAB . . . Had the best series by a Bulldog against No. 12/11 Tennessee, starting with a hit, walk and stolen base in the series opener . . . Came back in the second game vs. the Lady Vols to record a walk, RBI double, stolen base and a run . . . Finished the three-game home series vs. UT with a single and another stolen base . . . Cranked out a double in the road win at Mississippi Valley State . . . Tallied a single and a walk in the series opener at home against No. 2 Alabama . . . Came back the next night to earn another free pass as well as an RBI single vs. the Crimson Tide . . . Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series finale against Alabama, matching the career-best eight-game hitting streak she had earlier in 2012 . . . In her first appearance in the three-hole all season, went 2-for-3 with a career-high tying three runs in the second game of a Good Friday doubleheader sweep at Arkansas . . . Also connected on her third home run of the season and drew a walk in the game against the Razorbacks . . . Went a perfect 3-for-3 in the run-rule win at home vs. Jackson State, driving in a season-high four teammates while scoring twice and cranking out her first triple of the season . . . Finished 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the series-opening win at in-state rival Ole Miss . . . Came back the next day against the Rebels and walked, stole a base and scored a run in the game-two win . . . Completed the series sweep at Ole Miss with a season-high tying three hits, two RBIs, two runs, a double and a walk in game three . . . Was named SEC Player of the Week (April 9-15) for the first time in her career after hitting .615 (8-for-13) and racking up six RBIs, six runs, two walks, two doubles, a triple, a stolen base and a .923 slugging percentage . . . Joined teammate Jessica Cooley (March 5) as a 2012 recipient of the weekly SEC award, marking the first time in over eight years that the Maroon and White have had two players pick up the nod in the same season . . . Reached base in every at bat in the series-opening win vs. Kentucky, going 2-for-2 with a run and a walk . . . Executed a sacrifice bunt to advance the game-winning run over to second base in the nationally-televised walk-off win against the Wildcats in game two . . . Hit a walk-off double of her own in the series-sweeping finale vs. UK . . . Drove in the game-winning run on a two-out, two-RBI single at home against Memphis . . . Belted out the game-winning home run at Southern Miss in the 1-0 victory . . . Tallied a career-high two stolen bases to go along with an RBI single and two walks in game one of the Senior Day doubleheader sweep vs. Tennessee Tech . . . Came back in game two against the Golden Eagles to walk twice again and score a run . . . Hit the game-winning two-run home run in the series opener at Auburn, while also earning a base on balls . . . Drew a walk in the SEC Tournament vs. No. 3 Alabama . . . Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, walk and a run scored in the opening-round game of the NCAA Eugene Regional vs. BYU . . . Finished 1-for-3 with a walk against Portland State in the NCAA Eugene Regional.
2011 Highlights: Hit a team-best .348 with 57 hits and 25 RBIs . . . Notched a hit and drove in a run against host UNLV at the Sportco Kick-Off Classic . . . Added a hit and RBI the next day against No. 11 Washington . . . Moved to the leadoff spot for the finale against Illinois-Chicago, collecting a hit and scoring a run in the 5-2 win . . . Named to the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team after going 5-for-8 at the plate with three runs scored, a double, a home run and five RBI . . . Collected three hits, including a double, in the first meeting with Southern Illinois . . . Drove in a run and scored twice, including the game winner on Sam Lenahan’s walk-off home run . . . Hit her first home run of the season as part of a two-hit, four-RBI effort against the Salukis in the championship game . . . Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the Bulldogs’ win against Southern Miss . . . Paced MSU at the plate in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial, hitting .533 (8-for-15) with her second home run of the season, two RBI and four runs scored . . . Collected two hits and scored once in State’s tournament-opening win against Bowling Green . . . Opened Saturday’s twinbill with a 3-for-4, two-RBI outing against Georgia State in which she homered . . . Notched two hits against Kennesaw State before wrapping the weekend with a hit against Purdue . . . Hit .400 and scored four runs as Mississippi State upset No. 22 Texas A&M and defeated Mississippi Valley State to win the Bulldog Classic . . . Scored two runs following a pair of hits against the Aggies . . . Walked twice and came around to score against the Delta Devilettes . . . Had the game-winning RBI single as State rallied to take the opening game of a midweek doubleheader against South Carolina . . . Went 2-for-2 in two games at the SEC/ACC Challenge . . . Also walked twice in both of MSU’s wins against Florida State . . . Went 3-for-3 and drove in all three of State’s runs in a series-opening win against Arkansas . . . Scored the winning run in Sunday’s series finale after leading off the inning with a base hit.
2010 Highlights: SEC Academic Honor Roll member who hit a then personal-best .329 . . . Hit the fifth-most home runs in a season (10) and drove in the sixth-most RBI (50) . . . Set sophomore records for home runs and RBI. Also added seven doubles and three triples . . . Tied Kellie Wilkerson for fifth all-time with 0.18 HR per game in a season . . . Ended 2010 tied for first in career RBI per game (0.77) and 10th in home runs (11) . . . Became the third Dawg to hit two grand slams in a season . . . Doubled, homered and drove in three runs vs. Stephen F. Austin in the Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Notched three hits and an RBI vs. Louisiana-Monroe at the Aggie Classic. Went 4-for-5 with a grand slam and a career-high five RBI against Oregon State the next day . . . Homered against N.C. State and Maryland at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. Capped the weekend with three RBI against Illinois State . . . Named Bulldog Classic MVP after hitting .600 with a double, triple, three RBI and seven runs . . . Had seven hits and 10 runs in an all-tournament effort at the CropScience Classic in Fresno, Calif . . . Tallied five RBI on a triple and grand slam against Georgetown . . . Homered in the next two games, tallying two RBI each vs. East Tennessee State and Cal State Northridge . . . Hit a three-run homer in the opener at Ole Miss . . . Belted the walk-off home run in the seventh inning to give State a 1-0 win over Kentucky . . . Hit her 10th HR of the season in game two at South Carolina. Drove in a run in the series finale.
2009 Highlights: Named All-SEC, earning second team honors and all-freshman accolades . . . Tabbed first team NFCA All-South Region after hitting .323 and leading MSU in doubles (11), triples (4) and RBI (35) . . . Went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs against Louisiana-Monroe at the Bulldog Round-Robin . . . Earned her first of two SEC Freshman of the Week honors after going 8-for-16 with four doubles and four RBI to earn all-tournament honors at the Kipa Aloha Tournament in her home state . . . Batted .327 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 24 RBI over the season’s final 36 games . . . Named league freshman of the week after hitting .429 in a sweep of Ole Miss . . . Tallied four hits and drove in five runs in a three-game series against LSU . . . Went 4-for-9 in three games at Florida, including a 3-for-3 effort in game two . . . Hit her first career home run, a three-run shot, to break a scoreless tie in the series opener with South Carolina.
High School/Club Highlights: Earned four first-team all-state honors playing for Tony Saffery at Kapolei High School . . . Named a first-team outfielder by both the Star Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser her sophomore, junior and senior campaigns . . . Selected to her fourth All-Oahu Interscholastic Association first team after hitting .592 with six doubles and eight triples as a senior . . . Hit .500 with 30 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 2007, helping KHS to sixth in state . . . Led Kapolei to third in state a year after the 2005 OIA championship squad finished runner-up . . . Made back-to-back Colorado Fireworks showings with Saffery’s Hawaii Pearls travel squad . . . Three-time All-OIA selection in volleyball.
Personal Information: Born Ka’ilihiwa Kalae Smith on July 10, 1990, in Kapiolani, Hawaii . . . Daughter of M. Kalani and Cindy Smith . . . Has three brothers, Kaulanakouinoa, Kuliaikanu’u and Kaleo, and a sister, Kanaiaupuni . . . Majoring in industrial technology.
CAREER HIGHS
ABÂ Â Â 5, 3x, last at UNLV, 2/11/11
RÂ Â Â 3, 3x, last at Arkansas, 4/6/12
HÂ Â Â 4, 2x, last vs. Oregon State, 2/20/10
RBIÂ Â Â 5, 2x, last vs. Georgetown, 3/13/10
2BÂ Â Â 2, 4x, last vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 2/17/12
3BÂ Â Â 1, 9x, last vs. Jackson State, 4/10
HRÂ Â Â 1, 18x, last at Auburn, 5/4/12
BBÂ Â Â 3, 3x, last vs. Georgia, 3/9/12
SBÂ Â Â 2 vs. Tennessee Tech, 4/28/12
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Raelin Chaffin ESPN2 Postgame Interview
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Friday, May 16
