Caiti Kopp

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Class: Senior Hometown: Normal, Ill. High School: Normal Community West

Height: 5-8 Position: C/UT

2011: Named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team...Bone Scholar recipient...played in 34 games for the Redbirds and made 25 starts...hit .253 with three doubles, a triple, six homers and 21 RBI...went 2-for-2 with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI vs. Seattle at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Ariz. (Feb. 19)...delivered a three-run pinch hit homer at DePaul (Apr. 12)...made just two errors and threw out five opposing base runners from behind the plate.

2010: Started nine games and played in 21 during her sophomore campaign ... recorded four runs and six hits, including her first-collegiate home run ... drove in two Redbird runs ... tallied 40 putouts and four assists and had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... caught two runners trying to steal on the base path.

2009: Saw action in 24 games...recorded her first at-bat with the Redbirds against No. 20 Ohio State (Feb. 28)...made the most of limited time at the plate with two hits in six at-bats.

Normal West HS: Played on the Midland Magic in summer league softball ... a three-sport athlete who participated in softball, basketball and cross country ... started all four years in softball ... softball team captain junior and senior year ... named second-team all-state as a senior ... All-Big 12 Conference sophomore year ... four-time Big 12 Conference Scholar-Athlete and Honor Athlete ... hit .392 as a sophomore with 40 hits and 18 RBI in just 102 at-bats ... helped Normal Community West to a team-record 15-game winning streak sophomore year ... high school softball team finished second in the Big 12 Conference sophomore year.

Personal: Born May 3, 1990 ... Parents: Steve and Audrey Kopp ... Sibling: Joshua ... Major: anthropology/spanish