Moe Kastens

Photo by: Kaiolena Tacazon

Photo by: Emma C. Marion

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-4
Bats/Throws:
L/R
Hometown:
Edwardsville, Ill.
High School:
Edwardsville

2024: Appeared in 37 games, making 31 starts ... Hit .274 on the season with 26 hits, six doubles, one triple, driving in 15 runs and scoring two ... Started the season with a double and three RBI against Le Moyne (Feb. 23) ... Had three hits with a double and two RBI against Holy Cross (March 13) ... Posted two hits with an RBI against Merrimack (March 16) ... Had two hits with an RBI against Harvard (March 30) ... Went 2-for-3 at Cornell (April 15) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against Columbia (April 21) ... Was 2-for-4 with a triple, RBI and run scored at Princeton (April 27) ... Was 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and run scored against Penn (May 3).

2023: Named First Team All-Ivy and was first Brown catcher to be named First Team since 1993 ... Appeared in 33 games, making 30 starts ... Led Brown with a .308 batting average and upped her average to .370 during league play, 10th-best in the league ... During league play, was second on the team with 17 hits and four doubles and was 10th in the league in on base percentage (.453) ... Finished the season with 24 hits, six doubles, a triple and six RBI ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI at Georgia State (March 4) ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI in a doubleheader against Bryant (March 28) ... Was 4-for-6 with two doubles and a run scored in the first two games against Harvard (March 31 & April 2) ... Went 4-for-6 with a triple and an RBI in a three-game series against Cornell (April 7 & 8) ... Was 1-for-2 with two runs scored against Dartmouth (April 15) ... Had two hits, including a double against Dartmouth (April 16) ... Went 1-for-2 in each of the three games against Yale to end the season.

2022: Appeared in 20 games, making 18 starts, mostly at catcher ... Hit .147 on the season with five hits, two doubles, two RBI and six runs scored ... Posted a .293 on base percentage with five walks ... Went 1-for-3 with a double against Princeton (March 20) ... Was 1-for-2 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored against Bryant (March 30) ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Rhode Island (April 27).

2021: Started both games at catcher … Tallied two walks for a .500 on-base percentage and went 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts … Earned two walks vs. Johnson & Wales (Apr. 11) … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage on eight chances … Season shortened due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Earned Third Team All-State accolades … Gained Third Team All-Southwest Conference honors … Posted a .438 batting average and .471 on-base percentage as a sophomore and .398 batting average and .485 on-base percentage as a junior … Played for coaches Lori Blade, Ron Schmittling, and Alexa Potts … Competed on the club level for Extreme Elite Softball … National Honor Society and high honor roll student … Earned All-Academic Athlete laurels.

Personal: Miriam is the daughter of Carmen and John Kastens … Has two older siblings, Jacob and Grace … Lives with Type 1 Diabetes … Plans to concentrate in Architecture.

Why Brown? “Brown provides an opportunity for me to grow in all directions. I am able to continue my athletic career and pursue academic interests at the highest level.”