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15  Kara Dill
Kara Dill

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
LaGrange, Ohio

High School:
Keystone High

Height:
5-10

Position:
Infield

Experience:
2VL

Bats/Throws:
R/L


05/19/2012

Five-Run Second Enough to Power Kentucky Past Valpo

Rachel Riley gets ninth win on season, Chanda Bell picks up fourth save

05/19/2012

Softball's Season Concludes in NCAA Tournament Thriller

Senior Rachel Riley works six scoreless innings in relief; Joiner hits two-run homer

05/18/2012

Kentucky Suffers Heartbreaking Walk-Off Loss in NCAA Opener

Wildcats rallied for the lead in the top of the seventh, before Michigan answered

05/09/2012

Three Named All-SEC, Cervantes a First-Team Selection

Trio earn All-Conference honors, Dill a repeat performer; Joiner All-Freshman team

05/06/2012

Bell's No Hitter Clinches Sweep of No. 22 LSU

Bell tosses fifth-career no hitter in sweep of Tigers, O'Brien drives in game-winning run

04/14/2012

SB highlights vs. Georgia

Cumbess' First-Career No-Hitter Clinches Series Over Georgia; Wildcats clinch series vs. UGA for just the second time in school history and first since 2000

02/15/2012

Dill on 2012 season

Kara Dill speaks at softball media day.

05/20/2012

SB vs. Louisville, 052012

Softball's Season Concludes in Tourney Thriller; Riley works six scoreless innings in relief; Joiner hits two-run homer

05/20/2012

SB vs. Valparaiso, 052012

Five-Run Second Enough to Power UK Past Valpo; Rachel Riley gets ninth win on season, Chanda Bell picks up fourth save

05/18/2012

SB vs. Michigan, NCAA Tournament, 051812

Kentucky Suffers Heartbreaking Walk-Off Loss in NCAA Opener; Wildcats rallied for the lead in the top of the seventh

05/06/2012

SB vs. LSU, 050612

Bell's No Hitter Clinches Sweep of No. 22 LSU; Bell tosses fifth-career no hitter, O'Brien drives in game-winning run

04/24/2012

SB vs. Morehead State, 042412

Softball Grabs Victory Behind Riley, O'Brien; O'Brien hits first homer of season in win

  • 2011 NFCA All-Region Second Team
  • 2011 All-SEC Second Team

Sophomore (2011): Started all 56 games for UK at shortstop ... Led the team with a .377 batting average and 20 stolen bases ... Posted a career-long 14-game hitting streak ... Had a hit in all but 10 games on the year ... Recorded 17 multi-hit outings ... Made her first career start at shortstop in the upset win over No. 22 Ohio State ... Singled and scored in that game ... Charted seven assists and added a single and a run scored in the win over FIU ... Drove in a run in the top of the seventh to force extra innings in the come-from-behind win against DePaul ... Plated a run in a loss to Memphis ... Lone UK player to record a hit in every contest of the FIU Combat Classic ... Scored twice in a win over Middle Tennessee State ... Matched a career high with two runs scored in a win over Georgia Southern ... Singled and scored in a win over Colorado State ... Had a then season-high two singles in the loss to Stanford ... Had two hits in a win over UC Davis ... Drew an RBI walk in a win over North Dakota State ... Charted career bests with three hits and three runs scored in a win over Southern Illinois ... Singled and drove in a run in a win over Purdue ... Posted an RBI single and scored in the upset of Tennessee ... Notched the walk-off RBI-single in the 10-inning series-clinching win over the Lady Vols ... Had hits and scored in both wins over Arkansas ... Singled and scored in the win over LSU ... Totaled a hit in every game of the sweep of Mississippi State, including a pair of multiple-hit outings ... Drove in a season-best two runs in the opening game of the Florida series ... Posted a hit and scored in both games of the Austin Peay series ... Registered a hit in every game of the Georgia series ... Extended her career-long hitting streak with three hits in the sweep of Marshall ... Had a bases-clearing double to record a single-game high with three RBI in a win over Tennessee Tech ... Was 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored in a win over EKU ... Matched career highs with three hits, runs scored and RBI in a win over Louisville ... Charted hits and runs scored in both wins of a doubleheader at South Carolina ... Had an RBI triple in a win over Auburn ... Matched a career-high with three hits against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament ... Went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored in the win over Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament ... Posted two hits in a win over Cal.

Freshman (2010): Named to the All-SEC Freshman Academic team ... Made 55 appearances and 44 starts in her first season ... Batted .238 with nine stolen bases on the year ... Charted a single and came home to score in a UK win over Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament ... Singled and scored in a loss to No. 2 Michigan ... Drove in two runs with a single in a loss to LSU ... Posted three hits and plated two scores in the series with Austin Peay ... Drove in a career-best two runs in UK's upset of No. 3 Florida ... Was 1-for-1 with a run scored in a win over WKU ... Reached base three times and tapped home once on a pair of hits and a walk in the South Carolina series ... Started the series at third base against Mississippi State ... Led the team with a hit in each game of the series - including her first career double ... Had a pair of hits in a win over Auburn ... Posted a hit in seven straight games including tallying a pair of singles and bringing in a run in a win over Evansville ... Charted a hit in every game of the Florida Atlantic Kickoff Classic, the only UK player to achieve that feat ... Made her first start at third base against Western Michigan ... Had a pair of singles in that victory and swiped a base.

High School: Claimed a state title with Keystone in 2006 ... Keystone finished first in the Ohio Coaches poll in both 2006 and 2009 ... High School ranked among the top 15 programs in the nation by USA Today in her senior season ... Was a four-year letterwinner ... Four-time first-team All-Ohio ... Three-time first-team Louisville Slugger All-Region team ... A first-team High School All-American as a senior after earning honorable mention honors in her junior season ... For her career she finished with a .545 batting average ... Broke the school records for career hits (218), hits in a season (59) and career batting average ... As a junior she batted .614 ... Tossed a consecutive no-hitter and then a perfect game in her sophomore season ... Was a member of the National Honor Society ... Ranked in the top five in her senior class ... Graduated high school with an associate of arts degree from Lorain Community College ... Father, Clay, was a letterwinner in both baseball and basketball at Baldwin-Wallace.

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