Kailyn Bearpaw

Position:
OF
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kellyville HS
Hometown:
Sapulpa, Okla.
Prev School:
Tulsa
Pronounced:
R/R

ACCOLADES
Drafted by San Francisco in the inaugural 2025 Women’s Pro Baseball League Draft (Round 6, Pick 20)
2025 First Team All-American Conference
2023 American Conference Championship All-Tournament Team*
2022 American Conference All-Rookie Team*
American Conference Player of the Week (April 7, 2025)
2025 NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete
2024 NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete*
2024 American Conference All-Academic Team*
2023 American Conference All-Academic Team*
* Tulsa

2025 (Senior)
Named First Team All-American Conference selection … Honored as American Conference Player of the Week on April 7 … Earned American Conference weekly Honorable Mention nod on April 28 … Finished tied for fifth in UNT single-season history with 44 RBI … Tallied 29 RBI in American Conference play, tied for fourth in the league … Started in all 57 games for the Mean Green … Made 27 starts in right field, 18 at first base, 11 at designated player and one in left field … Registered a .300 batting average, .363 on-base percentage and career-best .524 slugging percentage … Accumulated a career high 51 hits, 44 RBI, 25 runs scored, 10 home runs and 89 total bases … Became the second player in UNT history to finish the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … Opened her Mean Green career with home runs in each of her first two games against Central Michigan and Tennessee State on Feb. 7 … Finished 2-for-3 with four RBI, one double and one home run versus Yale on Feb. 23 … Batted .700 with two home runs, five runs scored and five RBI against her former team, Tulsa, on March 28-30 … Tallied one home run, four RBI and three runs scored versus UTSA on April 7 … Tied American and UNT single-game record with five hits versus USF on April 27 … Honored as an NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete.

Prior to UNT
Played three seasons at Tulsa … Appeared in 151 games with 148 starts, primarily in right field … Recorded a .290 career batting average with 126 hits, 24 doubles and 10 home runs … Scored 41 runs and tallied 79 RBI … Posted 144 putouts with three defensive assists over 150 career chances … Named to the 2023 American Conference All-Tournament Team … Honored as a member of the 2022 American All-Rookie Team … Three-time American Conference weekly Honor Roll selection … Two-time AAC All-Academic Team honoree in 2023 and 2024 … Slashed .307/.367/.500 as a senior with career-high marks in runs, doubles, home runs and walks … Posted season-high mark of three hits and two doubles versus Southern Utah on Feb. 24, 2024 … Hit her first home run of the season against Seattle on March 2, 2024 … Matched her career high of three runs scored with three hits, four RBI and one home run versus Missouri State on April 3, 2024 … Started all 53 games of the 2023 season … Led the Golden Hurricane with 35 RBI as a sophomore … Collected only eight strikeouts over 151 at-bats, second-lowest strikeout rate in The American and top 50 in Division I … Established career-best mark of three runs versus Maine on March 4, 2023 … Tallied career-high five RBI against Sam Houston on March 12, 2023 … Recorded four RBI versus Memphis on March 31, 2023 … Collected a walk-off single in the first round of the AAC Tournament over Houston on May 11, 2023 … Registered career-high four hits in an upset win over No. 20 Wichita State in the semifinal of The American Championship on May 12, 2023 … Finished top five on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, hits and doubles as a freshman … Started in her first career collegiate game versus UNT on Feb. 11, 2022 … Collected a single for her first career hit at McNeese on Feb. 12, 2022 … Posted season-high three hits at Texas Tech on March 12, 2022 … Connected for a grand slam for her first career home run against East Carolina on May 8, 2022 … Four-year letterwinner at Kellyville High School … Named all-state as a senior by the Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (OHSFSCA) … Four-time all-region and all-district selection ... Earned all-conference honors in three seasons … Multi-sport athlete with four letters in basketball and one in track and field … Named Class 3A honorable mention all-state in basketball as a senior … Brother, Keland, appeared in FX’s “Reservation Dogs” as Danny Bighead.