Kristin Hommel

Kristin Hommel

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Prescott, Ariz.

High School:
Prescott High School

Height:
5-10

Position:
P

Birthdate:
04/06/1980

Experience:
3L

B/T:
R/R

2001 (Junior): Worked five complete games, including a 3-2 win over Cal State Northridge... Posted a 1-18 record on the season, with a 4.73 earned run average... Struck out 11 in six innings versus Washington on March 17... Threw 84.1 innings, with 19 starts.

As a Sophomore (2000): Played in 29 games for USU, starting 28... Worked a team-high 143.0 innings and struck out 104... Was fifth among Big West pitchers in starts and strikeouts... Had the seventh-best opposing batting average in the conference (.232)... Led the team in shutouts with six... Allowed just two hits and struck out nine batters in a complete-game win over Kansas... Earned wins in five of seven appearances and shut out four of those opponents in earlyApril... Allowed one hit and struck out seven against Southern Utah.

1999 (Freshman): Started just two games and appeared in five because of a shoulder injury that required surgery before the season began... Threw 13.2 innings and struck out 12 batters... Earned her first collegiate win with a four-hit shutout against Southern Utah, striking out four.

High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach Jim Bob Wells at Prescott High School... Received all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior and all-region merits five times, including her eighth-grade year... Was the 1997 and 1998 all-area player of the year... Voted team MVP all four seasons... Tallied an 18-7 record with an ERA of 0.47 and 260 strikeouts as a senior and hit .319... Had a 65-26 career record with an 0.77 ERA and 742 strikeouts... Career batting average was .286... Helped lead the Badgers to four consecutive Desert Sky Region titles and five straight state quarterfinal appearances and to the state semi-final game as a senior... Four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Major is early childhood education... Would like to work with infants or teach kindergarten... Enjoys reading, hiking and cooking... Said the best think about Utah State is the surrounding environment and the activities it offers... Her most memorable USU softball experience was beating Washington in the fall of her junior year... Chose Utah State because of the teaching program... Birthday is April 6, 1980... Daughter of Tom and Marcia Hommel... Full name is Kristin Nicole Hommel... Has one older sister, Andrea Wilhelm.

Hommel’s Career Stats
Year	W-L	ERA	G/GS	IP	CG	SV	Sho	H	R	ER	BB	K	WP	BK	HB
1999	1-1	6.15	5/2	13.2	1	0	1	12	16	12	13	12	12	0	6
2000	10-18	4.22	29/28	143.0	15	0	Star6	129	94	67	86	104	28	2	3
2001	1-18	4.73	21/19	84.1	8	0	0	85	74	57	82	67	20	2	7
Total	12-37	3.95	55/49	241.	24	0	7	226	184	136	181	183	60	4	16