Fresno State Athletics
2015 Softball Roster
Roster
Kierra Willis
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Clayton Valley Charter
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Hill, Calif.
• 2017 NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team
• 2017 Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
• 2016 NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
• 2016 MW Player of the Year
• 2016 All-MW First Team
• 2016 Academic All-MW
• 2015 All-MW Second Team
• 2015 MW Player of the Week (2/24, 5/11)
• 2014 All-MW Second Team
2017 (Senior): Named to the 2017 All-Pacific Region Third Team ... started all 58 games in left field ... finished her career as Fresno State's all-time walks leader with 130 in her career and 40 on the season ... hit .293 with a .446 on-base percentage and .493 slugging percentage, mostly from the third through sixth spots in the lineup ... finished her career on Fresno State's all-time lists with 19 triples (t-3rd), a .552 slugging percentage (7th), 23 home runs (8th) and 151 runs (10th) ... earned a spot on the 2017 Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team after hitting .500 (5-for-10) with an RBI, three runs scored and seven walks with a .706 on-base percentage, as well as seven putouts without an error defensively ... reached base in a team-best 16 straight games March 10-April 2 ... had a seven-game hitting streak March 11-21 ... recorded 16 extra-base hits, including four home runs, six triples (18th in NCAA) and six doubles ... notched 26 RBIs and 36 runs scored ... had 121 putouts, including a season-best six against Boise State on March 26, and two assists ... hit .340 (16-for-47) with runners in scoring position ... recorded two three-hit games, against San Diego State in back-to-back games March 17-18 ... knocked in three runs against Oregon State on March 11 ... took three free passes in a game four times ... stole a base against Nevada on March 31.
2016 (Junior): 2016 Mountain West Player of the Year … NFCA first-team All-Region … first-team All-MW … pegged the MW Player of the Week on May 10 … started all 55 games and hit a team second-best .345 (57-for-165) with 45 RBIs and 54 runs … nationally ranked No. 27 in walks (40), No. 46 in runs per game (0.98), No. 110 in on-base percentage (.478) and No. 175 in slugging percentage (.630) … placed top 10 in the MW statistics in four offensive categories - runs scored (54), walks (40), on-base percentage (.478) and total plate appearances (209) … logged a season-high three hits versus then-ranked No. 7 Washington, Pacific and Nevada … tied for the most multiple-RBI (13) efforts on the team, including a personal-best four RBI on two occasions - vs. Colorado State (April 22) and Nevada (May 8) … accounted for a career-leading two home runs against Nevada on May 8 behind a pair of doubles at San Jose State on April 30 … combined for 23 extra-base hits, one sacrifice and four stolen bases … defensively contributed 83 putouts and three assists from left field ... at season's end, ranked fifth in walks (90) and eighth in triples (13) in program history.
2015 (Sophomore): Repeated as an All-MW second-team pick ... started all but one game in left field ... posted multi-hit games in all three games at UNLV, helping the team secure the MW title and automatic bid to the NCAA postseason on May 8 ... hit .364 while batting cleanup and sported a No. 3 national ranking in triples (9) … enjoyed multiple weekly accolades including a two-time MW Player of the Week (Feb. 24, May 11), Sysco Student-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 23, May 11) and CSM’s MW Madness Player of the Week on March 17 ... registered one of the three record-setting back-to-back-to-back home runs against Stanford at the Mary Nutter Classic ... led the team in triples (9), home runs (8), RBI (55), total bases (108), slugging percentage (.667) and hit by pitch (8) ... paced the league in triples (9) and ranked top 10 in runs scored (43), total bases (108), slugging percentage (.667), RBI (55) and hit by pitch (8) ... accounted for a team-high 18 multiple-RBI games, scoring two runs in 11 games, including four RBI on two occasions ... helped power the `Dogs past Pacific with a three-run home run and another RBI ... hit a team game-high two triples against Rutgers on Feb. 27 and tied the team lead with three walks drawn while facing UNLV... had eight home runs on the season with her first career knock on Feb. 14 against Santa Clara.
2014 (Freshman): All-MW second team ... ranked in the top three on the team in on-base percentage (.432), stolen bases (9), walks (24), and batting average (.307) … also posted two triples and accounted for eight multiple-hit games ... appeared in 49-of-52 contests and primarily batted in the middle of the lineup ... reached base in 34 of her 42 games started ... had game-winning RBIs vs. UC Santa Barbara (eighth-inning grounder) and Colorado State (fourth-inning single) ... in her 22 games of conference action, she hit .346 and stood third on squad in on-base percentage (.433) ... had a five-game hit streak in MW play, and two four-game stretches overall … owned the team's fourth-longest reached base streak on the year - a 12-game opening-month stretch that included pinch-hits the last two at-bats ... also owned the team's best pinch-hit batting average on season (.500, 3-for-6), including a triple vs. Cal State Fullerton ... defensively, logged a .932 fielding mark with 41 putouts.
High School: The four-time first-team all-league selection was also the MVP for her Clayton Valley Charter High School team ... Silver Slugger award recipient … sported a season best batting mark of .636 ... four-time letterwinner … helped her squad to a DVA1 title and NCS Division II runner-up finish, and 22-3 mark in 2013.
Personal: Criminology major ... parents are Kelly and Todd and has one older brother, Johnny, and a younger sister, Ariana.
CAREER HIGHS
Runs scored: 3 - at New Mexico (4/6/14); vs. Oklahoma State (2/22/15); vs. UNLV (5/9/15)
Hits: 3 - at New Mexico (4/4/14); vs. Texas (2/20/15); vs. Oklahoma State (2/22/15); at UNLV (5/8/15)
RBI: 4 - vs. Rutgers (2/27/15); vs. Pacific (5/2/15)
Doubles: 1 - 8 times, vs. Appalachian State (2/8/14); vs. Ohio State (2/20/15); vs. Stanford (2/21/15); vs. Arizona (3/8/15); vs. Providence (3/12/15); vs. Utah State (4/10/15); vs. Nevada (4/26/15); vs. UNLV (5/8/15)
Triples: 2 - vs. Rutgers (2/27/15)
Total bases: 6 - vs. Stanford (2/21/15); vs. Oklahoma State (2/22/15); vs. Rutgers (2/27/15); vs. Utah State (4/10/15)
Walks: 3 - vs. Virginia (2/22/14); at UNLV (5/9/15)
Stolen bases: 2 - vs. Appalachian State (2/8/14)
Putouts: 5 - vs. Boise State (4/17/15)
Assists: 1 - vs. San Diego (2/8/5); vs. Pacific (3/12/15); vs. Cal Poly (3/15/15)
