2024 Softball Roster
Kalei Christensen
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- McKinney HS
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
- Pronounced:
- R/R
2023 (Junior)
Named Second Team All-Conference USA … Honored as a member of the CUSA All-Preseason Team … Awarded CUSA Player of the Week on March 20 … Appeared in 55 games for North Texas … Started 50 games at catcher and five at designated player … Tallied 40 hits for a .248 batting average … Ranked second on the team with 31 RBI and scored 23 runs … Ripped seven doubles and five home runs for a .385 slugging percentage and 62 total bases … Drew career-high 21 walks for a .349 on-base percentage and finished 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts … Recorded 273 putouts, 19 defensive assists and caught eight runners stealing … Opened the season with a 4-for-6 line with three RBI, two runs scored and one double versus UIC and Saint Francis (PA) on Feb. 10 … Collected career-best two caught stealings and three assists with a season-high 13 putouts against UIC on Feb. 10 … Matched her career high of two home runs with three hits and four RBI against Iowa State on March 3 … Collected career hit No. 100 with an RBI single on March 17 against UTSA … Posted a perfect 4-for-4 line with three RBI, two runs and one double in a win over UTSA on March 19 … Blasted her second career grand slam against Tarleton State on April 4 … CSC Academic All-District … CUSA All-Academic … CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal and Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree.
2022 (Sophomore)
Appeared in the starting lineup for all 53 games for North Texas … Started 37 games in left field, seven games in right field and nine at catcher … Drove in the third-most runs in program history with 48 RBI … Collected a .304 batting average with 51 hits … Entered the single-season top 10 with 12 doubles and 11 home runs … Reached a career-best .583 slugging percentage and 98 total bases … Ranked second on the team with 36 runs and 12 stolen bases … Accumulated a .376 on-base percentage with 14 walks … Made 95 putouts total and posted four caught stealings while behind the plate … Accumulated seven defensive assists and fielded at a .990 mark … Recorded her first career multi-homer game in the season opener against Tulsa on Feb. 11 … Set a career-high with five RBI against Texas Southern on Feb. 11 … Finished 2-for-4 with one home run against Texas on March 9 … Over 24 games in conference play, she finished with a .313 batting average, 26 hits, 16 runs, four doubles, one triple, four home runs and 20 RBI … Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team … Honored with the CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal and as a member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in 45 games for North Texas and made 39 starts … Hit .243 with 25 hits, six doubles and two home runs … Drove in 12 runs while scoring 28 … Slugged .379 with a .371 OBP … Drew 14 walks and was 13-for-13 on stolen base attempts … Made 68 putouts from the outfield and catcher while fielding at a .944 mark … Made her first career appearance and start at catcher for one of Hope Trautwein’s 21-strikeout, complete game performances at Southeastern Louisiana on Feb. 13 … Collected her first career hit and home run as she finished 3-for-3 with two RBI, two runs, one double and one stolen base against Lamar on Feb. 20 … Drove in three runs on three hits at UTEP on April 17 … Named to the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prior to North Texas
Four-year letter winner at McKinney HS … Senior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak … Three-time Academic All-District Selection … Three-time DFW Fastpitch All-Metroplex selection … Played six of nine positions in district play (minus LF, RF and 1B) … Earned McKinney HS Academic Excellence distinction … Member of the National Honor Society … Earned her Green Cord after completing more than 100 hours of volunteer service … Played travel ball for Texas Glory and head coach Kevin Shelton.
