Kaitlin Okimoto

Class:
Senior
Position:
Shortstop/Second Base
Height:
5-6
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Burbank, Calif.
High School:
John Burroughs

2020: Started all 10 games … Tallied three hits, one RBI, one double, and a .111 batting average on the year … Notched a double and an RBI vs. San Diego (Feb. 28) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2019: Served team as captain … Missed the majority of the season due to injury … Played in one game with a double and a run against Saint Joseph’s (Mar. 2) … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

2018: Started all 39 games at shortstop … Led the team in runs (21) … Ranked third on the team in hits (36) and doubles (six) … Posted a .281 batting average, .367 on-base percentage, and .344 slugging percentage … Tallied 10 RBIs, one triple, and 13 walks … Registered nine multi-hit games … Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs at Dartmouth (May 6) … Finished 3-for-4 with a double vs. Colgate (Feb. 24) … Notched two hits and two runs vs. St. Mary’s (Mar. 3).

2017: Started all 45 games at shortstop … Led the team in runs (33), walks (22), and on-base percentage (.423) … Ranked second on the team in batting average (.326), hits (45), home runs (six), RBIs (25), and stolen bases (four) … Added five doubles and two triples … Tallied a .493 slugging percentage … Hit .324 with 22 hits, 14 runs, three homers, and eight RBIs in Ivy play … Posted 12 multi-hit games … Recorded a 13-game hit streak from Mar. 26 to Apr. 13 … Went 3-for-5 with six RBIs and three runs vs. Saint Peter’s (Mar. 19) … Finished 5-for-7 in a doubleheader vs. Hartford (Mar. 29) … Tallied a 2-for-3 effort with two home runs in game one at Princeton (Apr. 1) … Notched a 3-for-4 performance with two runs in game two vs. Penn (Apr. 8) … Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs in game one at Rhode Island (Apr. 18) … Finished 3-for-3 with two runs in game one vs. Yale (Apr. 30) … Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Mar. 13 ... Won the team’s Most Outstanding First-Year Award.

Before Brown: Earned All-Pacific League honors all four years, including First Team recognition in 2015 and 2016 … Gained a spot on the All LA Daily News Team as a junior and senior … Garnered Burbank Leader All-Area Team accolades in 2015 and 2016 … Selected as an LA Daily News All-Star as a senior … Recorded a batting average of .398 or higher and 21 or more RBIs in each of her four seasons … Hit .485 as a sophomore, .480 as a junior, and .429 as a senior … Tallied 30 RBIs in 2016 … Served team as co-captain … Played for coaches Doug Nicol, Sara Larquier, and Bill Dunaway … Also played basketball … Competed on the club level for A.C.E.S., Bownet, So Cal Athletics, So Cal Choppers, and Corona Angels … Won a Marine Corp Athletic Award.

Personal: Kaitlin is the daughter of Heidi and Gary Okimoto … Has one older brother, Christopher … Played in the 2010 Little League Softball World Series, placing second with Burbank Little League … Born on March 2, 1998 … Business, Entrepreneurship and Organizations concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for its high academics, because I enjoy the campus atmosphere, and because of the softball program.”