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Kiana Sherlund

Position:
OF
Height:
5-6
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Fairfax, Va.
High School:
Fairfax

Career Honors:
» 2016 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2016 (Freshman): Saw action in 49 games as a freshman, used primarily as pinch runner but making 15 appearances in the outfield including nine starts • Hit .120 (3-for-25) with a double, a walk and 17 runs scored while going 6-for-11 in steals • Pinch ran and scored on a sac fly at South Carolina (2/17) to give UNC an early 1-0 lead • Doubled against IUPUI for her first career hit then stole third • Broke the scoreless tie with Syracuse (3/13) by scoring as a pinch runner in the bottom of the fourth • Pinch ran in the series finale against No. 11 Florida State (3/26) and scored all the way from first with aggressive base running on a stolen base that drew two throwing errors • Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two runs scored in game two vs. Louisville (4/3), drawing a leadoff walk and scoring the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh • Executed a double steal as a pinch runner against Campbell, setting up Brown to steal home.

Prep: 2014 USA Today First-Team All-American • 2014 First-Team All-Metropolitan Area • 2014 first-team all-state • 2014 first-team all-region • 2014 first-team all-conference • 2014 team MVP • 2015 US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award • No. 24 on the list of Full Count Softball/Flo Softball “Hot 100 2015s” • Batted .630 with five home runs, 26 stolen bases and 39 runs scored as a junior at Fairfax High School • Missed her senior season due to surgery for a torn labrum • Played travel ball for the Lady Lightning Gold Team Miken (LLGTM) • Led LLGTM to a 61-15-5 record and a top 10 finish at PGF Nationals in 2014 • Hit .454 with a .502 OBP and .556 slugging percentage along with 39 stolen bases • Also ran indoor track, where she set the Fairfax H.S. 4x200 meter relay record and was a VA 6A State and regional medalist.

Personal: Born Kiana Belle Sherlund on July 30 • Daughter of Shane and Janette Sherlund • Has an older sibling, Kody • Four-year member of the National Honor Society • Three-year member of the German Honor Society • 2015 member of the English Honor Society • Named to the Academic Honor Roll all throughout high school • 2014 Virginia Girls State Delegate • 2015 member of UNICEF Club.