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2024 Softball Roster

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4 Kara Gunter

  • Position Outfield/Utility
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pataskala, Ohio
  • High School Granville
  • Prev School Eastern Kentucky

Biography

2024 (Senior)
• Sidelined due to injury
• Named a 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2023-24 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2023 (Junior)
• Earned the starting nod in 30 of 47 games played
• Led the team with three triples and had a total of eight extra-base hits
• Tallied three three-hit games
• Went 10-for-13 in stolen bases
• Equaled her career-high with a nine-game reached-base streak during the season
• Named a 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022 (Sophomore)
• Started in 28 of the 39 games she played in her first season as a Flyer
• Was second on the team with six doubles and one of only three Flyers to record a triple
• Closed out the season with a season-long nine-game reached-base season
• Went 9-for-11 in stolen bases
• Knocked out her first career home run, a grand slam, against Wichita State on Feb. 11
• Named a 2021-22 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2021-22 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to UD
• Played one season at Eastern Kentucky
• Saw action in 31 games for the Colonels who went 35-17 on the season and made an appearance in the 2021 NCAA Regional
• Graduated magna cum laude from Granville High School
• Two-time First Team All-State honoree
• Holds the Granville single-season record for hits (53), triples (7) and home runs (9)

Personal
• Full name: Kara Marie Gunter
• Parents: Lisa and Tony Gunter
• Sibling: Jessica
• Major: health science

Career Highs
Hits: 3, Three Times
Doubles: 2, Butler, 3-30-22
Triples: 1, Four Times
Home Runs: 1, Four Times
Total Bases: 6, Three Times
RBI: 4, vs Wichita State, 02-11-22
Runs Scored: 3, at IUPUI, 4-19-23
Walks: 1, Eight times
Sac flies: 1, vs Massachusetts 04-30-22; at George Washington 04-01-23
Sac bunts: 1, Three times, Last vs Morehead State 04-26-23
At Bats: 5, Twice; Last at Saint Joseph's, 4-29-23
Stolen Bases: 2, Three Times
Field Chances: 2, Five times
Putouts: 2, Four Times
Assists: 1, at Rhode Island, 4-15-23

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2022Sophomore

    Infielder/Utility
    5'4"
    4
  • 4

    2023Junior

    Outfield/Utility
    5'4"
    4
  • 4

    2024Senior

    Outfield/Utility
    5'4"
    4