2019 Softball Roster
Holcomb, Kali
Jersey Number 17
Kali Holcomb
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Permian
- Hometown:
- Odessa, Texas
Bio
HOLCOMB AND THE FALCONS
Kali Holcomb, in her first spring with the Falcons, shattered the school single-season record with 46 RBI in 2018 ... Holcomb ended her BG career tied for fourth in school history in career sacrifice flies, with seven in her two years with the program.
2019
Named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 41 of BG's 51 games, starting 30 ... made 29 starts in right field and one as the designated player ... hit .224 with a slugging percentage of .378 on the year ... had eight extra-base hits, including four doubles, a triple and three home runs ... scored 17 runs and drove in 13, and had a .973 fielding pct., with just one error in 37 total chances ... batted .275 in MAC games, with a .341 on-base pct. and a team-leading .475 slugging pct. ... had two doubles and two homers in conference play ... hit .375 in pinch-hitting appearances, going 3-for-8 ... BGSU was 15-14 in games in which she started in right ... batted .313 in home games, ranking third on the team ... had a .625 slugging pct. at Meserve Field ... had a hit and scored a run in each of BGSU's two first-day games at the GWU Tournament ... had a single and an RBI vs. Saint Francis in the opener, then had another hit and walked twice in the nightcap vs. host Gardner-Webb ... had a single, scoring a run and driving in another, in the second SFU game that weekend ... had an RBI triple vs. Oakland in the Falcons' sweep of the Grizzlies at Meserve Field ... hit .357 with a slugging pct. of .643 in four games at the Morehead State Classic ... was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBI in that weekend's first game, a 21-0 win over St. Bonaventure ... then, was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the nightcap, vs. host MSU ... had a hit and stole a base against SBU the next day, then had a two-run homer against MSU in the weekend's final game ... had a hit in each end of the Saturday DH at Ohio, with a double and a run scored in the nightcap ... walked and scored a run in a BG win at Purdue Fort Wayne ... had a base hit in the Falcons' win over Toledo ... scored a run in a pinch-running appearance in the opening game at Ball State, as the Falcons won two of three games vs. the preseason MAC favorites ... in the final game of the series, had a pinch-hit single ... hit .545 in the Buffalo series, going 6-for-11 with a slugging percentage of 1.182 in the three games ... had a base hit in the opener ... then, the next day went 5-for-8 in the DH with the Bulls, with a homer in each of the two games ... was 3-for-4 with two runs and a three-run round-tripper in that day's opener ... was 2-for-4 with a solo shot in the nightcap ... drew a two-out walk and scored a run as part of a four-run sixth inning, as the Falcons won at Western Michigan ... had a pinch-hit single and came around to score as part of BG's seven-run sixth frame vs. Wright State ... in her final at-bat at Meserve Field, lined a ball to the gap in right-center for a pinch-hit double ... singled and scored a run in the final game of the year, BG's 2-1 win at Kent State ... that run came in the fourth inning, giving the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
2018
Started all 52 games in right field in her first season with the Falcons ... hit .302 with 19 extra-base hits and a school-record 46 RBI ... had an on-base pct. of .379 and a slugging pct. of .544 ... led the team with eight home runs, and was second on the Falcons with 10 doubles ... also had a triple ... paced BG with 19 walks, and finished second on the club in total bases (81) and slugging while ranking third in runs scored (29) ... led the team with six sacrifice flies ... had 15 multiple-hit games, tying for second on the team ... her total of 14 multi-RBI contests was nearly double the total of any of her teammates ... reached base in 13-straight games at one point, tied for the longest streak on the team in 2018 ... hit .625 with the bases loaded, going 5-for-8 ... had five homers and a team-leading 22 RBI in true road games ... tied for the BG lead with 14 runs scored in road contests ... led BG with 19 RBI in 16 neutral-site games, walking 10 times and scoring 12 runs in those games ... hit .421 with a slugging pct. of .842 in her first weekend as a Falcon, driving a whopping 11 runs as BGSU went 5-0 at the CSU Dome Invitational ... had at least one hit in every game, with four extra-base hits in those five games ... was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and two RBI in her BG debut, a win over Niagara ... drew a walk in her first-ever BG plate appearance ... was 1-for-4 in her second game as a Falcon, a win over Cleveland State ... that one hit was a grand slam that capped a six-run sixth inning as BGSU pulled away from the Vikings ... was 1-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in BG's second win over Niagara, then had two hits in each of the next two games ... went 2-for-4 vs. Canisius ... had her second homer and her second four-RBI game in a three-game span ... had a two-run homer in the fifth inning and a two-run single in the sixth vs. the Golden Griffins ... then, went 2-for-5 in the win over Robert Morris ... the following weekend, batted .467 with a slugging pct. of .600 in five games at the Elon Classic ... went 7-for-15 with two doubles, six runs scored and five RBI at Elon ... had a double, a run scored and an RBI in a win over North Texas ... then, in the second game of the day, had a double vs. host Elon ... the following day, had two hits in each game, as BGSU downed both Elon and Rhode Island ... was 2-for-3 with a sac fly, a run and two RBI vs. the Phoenix ... again went 2-for-3 vs. the Rams, with two runs scored, a stolen base and two RBI ... had a hit and two walks and scored a pair of runs vs. Mount St. Mary's ... picked up at least one hit in each of her first 10 games as a Falcon ... was held without a hit for the first time as a Falcon vs. UTSA, but drew two walks in that game ... later that day, went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored vs. Texas Tech on the opening day of the Red Raiders' tourney ... the next day, walked twice and scored a run in a win over New Mexico ... went 4-for-7 in the Abilene Christian DH, scoring three runs ... had two hits in each game, including a double and a homer in the nightcap ... hit .400 and drove in seven runs in five games at the Memphis tournament ... was 3-for-6 with a homer and five RBI on the first day of that tourney ... on the final day, was 2-for-4 vs. Butler, with a walk, a run and two RBI ... hit a solo homer in BG's first win over IUPUI in Nashville ... the next day, was 2-for-4 with a homer as BG defeated Lipscomb, a team receiving votes in a national top-25 poll that week ... had a double in BG's win over Fort Wayne ... recorded her 30th RBI of the season with a sac fly in the final game of the Western Michigan series ... had a grand slam, her second of the season, at Toledo ... had a team-leading 10 RBI during the Falcons' seven-game winning streak from April 11-23 ... was 4-for-6 with three runs and four RBI as BGSU posted a doubleheader sweep at Buffalo ... was 2-for-4 in the first game, scoring a run ... then, went 2-for-2 with a walk, a single and a three-run homer in the nightcap ... had four RBI in that second game, marking her fourth four-RBI game of the year ... walked and scored a run in the series opener at Akron ... then, drove in three runs as BG swept the Zips the next day ... had a sac fly and an RBI in the opener, and was 1-for-4 with a run and a pair of RBI in the nightcap ... went 1-for-2 with a double, a sacrifice fly, a run scored and three RBI against Detroit Mercy ... in the process, broke BGSU's single-season record for RBI ... drove in her 42nd, 43rd and 44th runs of the season in the win over the Titans ... had two hits in each end of the Falcons' doubleheader vs. Kent State at Meserve Field ... very nearly went 6-for-8 on the day, as two of her outs were line drives hit directly at a KSU fielder ... stole a base in the opener, and scored a run in each end of the DH ... had a walk, a sac fly and an RBI at Wright State ... had a double in the Falcons' 3-2 win over MAC-leading Ohio ... had another two-base hit in the next game, driving in a run vs. the Bobcats in the following day's opener ... that RBI increased her school-record single-season total to 46.
PRIOR TO BGSU
Spent two years at Angelina (Texas) College ... set a school record with 18 home runs in 2017 ... led Region XIV with 71 RBI, and hit .360 with a slugging percentage of .736 ... also led the Lady Roadrunners in doubles, with 18, and earned all-conference first-team honors ... locked down the centerfield position as the team won a program-record 45 games in '17.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Permian H.S. ('15) under coaches Lori Haltom and Mailei Hilva ... earned all-district honors on multiple occasions, and helped the Panthers to a district title ... a two-time team captain ... also lettered in basketball, garnering a total of seven high-school letters ... National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kali Shaye Holcomb ... born on March 30, 1996, in Odessa, Texas ... an exercise science major at BGSU ... had a cumulative GPA of 3.173 ...daughter of Chris Holcomb and Kerry Evans ... the oldest of three children .. has a sister, Kyndi, and a brother, Cade ... mother was on the track team at Missouri Baptist.
HOLCOMB - FINAL CAREER STATS AT BGSU
Kali Holcomb, in her first spring with the Falcons, shattered the school single-season record with 46 RBI in 2018 ... Holcomb ended her BG career tied for fourth in school history in career sacrifice flies, with seven in her two years with the program.
2019
Named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 41 of BG's 51 games, starting 30 ... made 29 starts in right field and one as the designated player ... hit .224 with a slugging percentage of .378 on the year ... had eight extra-base hits, including four doubles, a triple and three home runs ... scored 17 runs and drove in 13, and had a .973 fielding pct., with just one error in 37 total chances ... batted .275 in MAC games, with a .341 on-base pct. and a team-leading .475 slugging pct. ... had two doubles and two homers in conference play ... hit .375 in pinch-hitting appearances, going 3-for-8 ... BGSU was 15-14 in games in which she started in right ... batted .313 in home games, ranking third on the team ... had a .625 slugging pct. at Meserve Field ... had a hit and scored a run in each of BGSU's two first-day games at the GWU Tournament ... had a single and an RBI vs. Saint Francis in the opener, then had another hit and walked twice in the nightcap vs. host Gardner-Webb ... had a single, scoring a run and driving in another, in the second SFU game that weekend ... had an RBI triple vs. Oakland in the Falcons' sweep of the Grizzlies at Meserve Field ... hit .357 with a slugging pct. of .643 in four games at the Morehead State Classic ... was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBI in that weekend's first game, a 21-0 win over St. Bonaventure ... then, was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the nightcap, vs. host MSU ... had a hit and stole a base against SBU the next day, then had a two-run homer against MSU in the weekend's final game ... had a hit in each end of the Saturday DH at Ohio, with a double and a run scored in the nightcap ... walked and scored a run in a BG win at Purdue Fort Wayne ... had a base hit in the Falcons' win over Toledo ... scored a run in a pinch-running appearance in the opening game at Ball State, as the Falcons won two of three games vs. the preseason MAC favorites ... in the final game of the series, had a pinch-hit single ... hit .545 in the Buffalo series, going 6-for-11 with a slugging percentage of 1.182 in the three games ... had a base hit in the opener ... then, the next day went 5-for-8 in the DH with the Bulls, with a homer in each of the two games ... was 3-for-4 with two runs and a three-run round-tripper in that day's opener ... was 2-for-4 with a solo shot in the nightcap ... drew a two-out walk and scored a run as part of a four-run sixth inning, as the Falcons won at Western Michigan ... had a pinch-hit single and came around to score as part of BG's seven-run sixth frame vs. Wright State ... in her final at-bat at Meserve Field, lined a ball to the gap in right-center for a pinch-hit double ... singled and scored a run in the final game of the year, BG's 2-1 win at Kent State ... that run came in the fourth inning, giving the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
2018
Started all 52 games in right field in her first season with the Falcons ... hit .302 with 19 extra-base hits and a school-record 46 RBI ... had an on-base pct. of .379 and a slugging pct. of .544 ... led the team with eight home runs, and was second on the Falcons with 10 doubles ... also had a triple ... paced BG with 19 walks, and finished second on the club in total bases (81) and slugging while ranking third in runs scored (29) ... led the team with six sacrifice flies ... had 15 multiple-hit games, tying for second on the team ... her total of 14 multi-RBI contests was nearly double the total of any of her teammates ... reached base in 13-straight games at one point, tied for the longest streak on the team in 2018 ... hit .625 with the bases loaded, going 5-for-8 ... had five homers and a team-leading 22 RBI in true road games ... tied for the BG lead with 14 runs scored in road contests ... led BG with 19 RBI in 16 neutral-site games, walking 10 times and scoring 12 runs in those games ... hit .421 with a slugging pct. of .842 in her first weekend as a Falcon, driving a whopping 11 runs as BGSU went 5-0 at the CSU Dome Invitational ... had at least one hit in every game, with four extra-base hits in those five games ... was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and two RBI in her BG debut, a win over Niagara ... drew a walk in her first-ever BG plate appearance ... was 1-for-4 in her second game as a Falcon, a win over Cleveland State ... that one hit was a grand slam that capped a six-run sixth inning as BGSU pulled away from the Vikings ... was 1-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in BG's second win over Niagara, then had two hits in each of the next two games ... went 2-for-4 vs. Canisius ... had her second homer and her second four-RBI game in a three-game span ... had a two-run homer in the fifth inning and a two-run single in the sixth vs. the Golden Griffins ... then, went 2-for-5 in the win over Robert Morris ... the following weekend, batted .467 with a slugging pct. of .600 in five games at the Elon Classic ... went 7-for-15 with two doubles, six runs scored and five RBI at Elon ... had a double, a run scored and an RBI in a win over North Texas ... then, in the second game of the day, had a double vs. host Elon ... the following day, had two hits in each game, as BGSU downed both Elon and Rhode Island ... was 2-for-3 with a sac fly, a run and two RBI vs. the Phoenix ... again went 2-for-3 vs. the Rams, with two runs scored, a stolen base and two RBI ... had a hit and two walks and scored a pair of runs vs. Mount St. Mary's ... picked up at least one hit in each of her first 10 games as a Falcon ... was held without a hit for the first time as a Falcon vs. UTSA, but drew two walks in that game ... later that day, went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run scored vs. Texas Tech on the opening day of the Red Raiders' tourney ... the next day, walked twice and scored a run in a win over New Mexico ... went 4-for-7 in the Abilene Christian DH, scoring three runs ... had two hits in each game, including a double and a homer in the nightcap ... hit .400 and drove in seven runs in five games at the Memphis tournament ... was 3-for-6 with a homer and five RBI on the first day of that tourney ... on the final day, was 2-for-4 vs. Butler, with a walk, a run and two RBI ... hit a solo homer in BG's first win over IUPUI in Nashville ... the next day, was 2-for-4 with a homer as BG defeated Lipscomb, a team receiving votes in a national top-25 poll that week ... had a double in BG's win over Fort Wayne ... recorded her 30th RBI of the season with a sac fly in the final game of the Western Michigan series ... had a grand slam, her second of the season, at Toledo ... had a team-leading 10 RBI during the Falcons' seven-game winning streak from April 11-23 ... was 4-for-6 with three runs and four RBI as BGSU posted a doubleheader sweep at Buffalo ... was 2-for-4 in the first game, scoring a run ... then, went 2-for-2 with a walk, a single and a three-run homer in the nightcap ... had four RBI in that second game, marking her fourth four-RBI game of the year ... walked and scored a run in the series opener at Akron ... then, drove in three runs as BG swept the Zips the next day ... had a sac fly and an RBI in the opener, and was 1-for-4 with a run and a pair of RBI in the nightcap ... went 1-for-2 with a double, a sacrifice fly, a run scored and three RBI against Detroit Mercy ... in the process, broke BGSU's single-season record for RBI ... drove in her 42nd, 43rd and 44th runs of the season in the win over the Titans ... had two hits in each end of the Falcons' doubleheader vs. Kent State at Meserve Field ... very nearly went 6-for-8 on the day, as two of her outs were line drives hit directly at a KSU fielder ... stole a base in the opener, and scored a run in each end of the DH ... had a walk, a sac fly and an RBI at Wright State ... had a double in the Falcons' 3-2 win over MAC-leading Ohio ... had another two-base hit in the next game, driving in a run vs. the Bobcats in the following day's opener ... that RBI increased her school-record single-season total to 46.
PRIOR TO BGSU
Spent two years at Angelina (Texas) College ... set a school record with 18 home runs in 2017 ... led Region XIV with 71 RBI, and hit .360 with a slugging percentage of .736 ... also led the Lady Roadrunners in doubles, with 18, and earned all-conference first-team honors ... locked down the centerfield position as the team won a program-record 45 games in '17.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Permian H.S. ('15) under coaches Lori Haltom and Mailei Hilva ... earned all-district honors on multiple occasions, and helped the Panthers to a district title ... a two-time team captain ... also lettered in basketball, garnering a total of seven high-school letters ... National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kali Shaye Holcomb ... born on March 30, 1996, in Odessa, Texas ... an exercise science major at BGSU ... had a cumulative GPA of 3.173 ...daughter of Chris Holcomb and Kerry Evans ... the oldest of three children .. has a sister, Kyndi, and a brother, Cade ... mother was on the track team at Missouri Baptist.
HOLCOMB - FINAL CAREER STATS AT BGSU
| Year | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018.... | .302 | 52-52 | 149 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 81 | .544 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 1 | .379 | 6 | 2 | 2-2 | 49 | 2 | 5 | .911 |
| 2019.... | .224 | 41-30 | 98 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 37 | .378 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .287 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .973 |
| TOTAL... | .271 | 93-82 | 247 | 46 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 59 | 118 | .478 | 28 | 3 | 52 | 1 | .344 | 7 | 3 | 3-3 | 83 | 4 | 6 | .935 |
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