University of North Carolina Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Kiersten Licea
- Position:
- OF/INF
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Douglas MacArthur
Accolades:
AS A FIFTH YEAR (2023):
AS A SENIOR (2022):
AS A JUNIOR (2021):
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
AS A FRESHMAN (2020):
MAJOR:
PREP:
PERSONAL:
- 2023 All-ACC Third team
- ACC Co-Player of the Week (April 25, 2023)
- Extra Innings Softball National Player of the Week (April 25, 2023)
AS A FIFTH YEAR (2023):
- One of just three Tar Heels to start all 54 games
- Recorded 34 RBIs, a career-best and second-most on the team
- Led Tar Heels with 11 home runs and nine doubles
- Slugged .577, second-highest on the team, with a .369 on-base percentage
- Tallied 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI outings
- Turned a team-best seven double plays
- Finished the season batting .295 with 46 hits, 13 walks, six hit by pitches, a triple and a pair of stolen bases
- Hit .339 in ACC play with a .457 on-base percentage
- Tallied three hits twice: vs. Elon (2/15/23) and vs. Minnesota (2/18/23)
- Hit a pair of home runs at NC State (4/23/23), hitting three home runs on the day in the doubleheader
- Matched career-best with four RBIs at UNCG (4/4/23)
- Recorded sole sacrifice fly of the season at Georgia Tech (4/30/23)
AS A SENIOR (2022):
- Appeared in 29 games, making 10 starts
- Owned a perfect fielding percentage at first base, recording 55 putouts and two assists in 57 chances with four double plays
- Tallied five hits, five walks, five hit by pitches, two RBIs, two runs and two doubles, owning a .357 on-base percentage
- Hit a solo home run at Syracuse (5/8/22)
- All-ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A JUNIOR (2021):
- Appeared in 38 games, making 36 starts
- Tallied a team-best 24 RBIs
- Hit .284 with five home runs, the second-most on the team, while slugging .500
- Recorded 25 hits, four doubles, 11 runs and 44 total bases with a .405 on-base percentage
- Led the team with 10 hit by pitches, the seventh-most in the ACC, and three sacrifice flies, the ninth-most in the conference
- Turned five double plays, tied for most on the team, with 124 putouts and six assists
- Went 3-for-3 at the plate vs. Troy (2/26/21) with three RBIs and a home run
- Tallied a season-high three RBIs at Virginia (4/11/21)
- Hit the game-winning home run in Carolina's 2-1 victory vs. Notre Dame (3/14/21)
- Had two sacrifice flies in victory over Elon (3/6/21)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020):
- Appeared in 19 games, making 11 starts
- Hit .313, tallying a team-best three home runs with a .625 slugging percentage
- Scored 10 runs with seven RBIs
- Was a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases
- Had two hits in two games: vs. Pittsburgh (3/1/20) and vs. Syracuse (3/8/20)
- Homered at Lipscomb (3/11/20) in the final game of the season
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A FRESHMAN (2020):
- Appeared in 15 games, making seven starts
- Batted .130 in 23 at-bats
- Drew five walks and stole one base
- Slugged a grand slam in victory vs. No. 17 Michigan (2/15/20)
- Drove in a run vs. Boston College (3/15/20)
- Owned a perfect fielding percentage with 40 putouts at first base
- Named a Tar Heel Scholar Athlete
MAJOR:
- Graduated in May 2023 with a degree in psychology with a coaching education minor
PREP:
- Batted over .400 while slugging above .800 in each of her first three high school seasons
- Was a three-time 26-6A First-Team All-District selection and two-time MacArthur Offensive Player of the Year honoree
- Named third-team all-state as a freshman after leading 26-6A in home runs, RBIs and runs scored
- Helped the Brahmas captured their first playoff win in school history in 2015, then advanced to the second round for the first time thanks to her game-winning hit in 2016
- Was influential in DMHS’ return to the second round in 2017, slugging a pair of home runs in the first-round sweep
- Garnered Academic All-District honors in 2017
- Named the team captain for the Texas Blaze travel team
- Hit .465 with more than 15 home runs in travel ball
- Named a USA Elite Select 30 Player in 2017
- Helped the Blaze to a third-place finish in the Texas Gold Cup 16U Gold Bracket and ninth-place finish at the USA Elite Select 18U World Fastpitch Championship
PERSONAL:
- Born on May 30, 2000
- Daughter of Jamie and Chrissy Licea
- Has an older brother, Stephan
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