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UC San Diego

2023 Softball Roster

20 Kaia Simpson

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Garfield HS
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • Major Human Biology
  • College Marshall

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 26 games and started seven in the circle … Posted 50 strikeouts over 65.2 innings of work with two saves on the season … Gave up only two homeruns with batters averaging .235 against … Ended the season with a 2.45 ERA. 

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Appeared in 28 games and started 13 in the circle … Posted 40 strikeouts over 63 innings of work with two saves on the season … Gave up only two homeruns with batters averaging .295 against … Ended the season with a 4.78 ERA … Reached her 100th career strikeout against Rutgers University (5/21) ... Against Cal State Fullerton on ESPNU, she went to work for a single inning to strikeout three batters and save the game on national television (4/15).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/26) ... Appeared in 22 games for UC San Diego, starting in eight of them ... Finished the season with an ERA of 3.88 overall and 2.23 in the Big West ... In 65.0 innings pitched, compiled a WHIP of 1.60 with a record of 2-4 ... Tallied two saves, one complete game and 37 strikeouts ... Fanned a career-best six against CSUN (5/7) ... Threw a career-best 7.0 innings, allowing just one earned run and struck out four in a 5-1 win over UC Davis (4/24). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
Appeared in 16 games for the Tritons and started two ... Compiled an ERA of 1.80, sixth-best in the CCAA ... Limited opponents to a .236 average, which ranked fifth in the conference ... Earned a record of 2-1 on the season, with the third most saves in the CCAA (3) ... Surrendered the lowest number of runs in the conference (12) ... Tallied 25 strikeouts on the year ... Fanned a season-high of four batters against Cal State Dominguez Hills (2/14) ... Made her collegiate debut, tossing one inning of relief, in a win over Oklahoma Baptist (2/1). 

CLUB
Competed with the Washington Lady Hawks organization. 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Garfield High School in Seattle ... MaxPreps Second Team All-American honoree ... Top-20 MaxPreps National ERA Leader (0.34)  ... Washington Coaches' Association and Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) 3A Player of the Year ... WIAA First Team All-State ... Scorebook Live First Team All-State ... 2019 Seattle Metro Conference Club 101 Award winner ... Named to the Seattle Times and Star Times All-Area Softball team in 2018 and 2019 ... Seattle Metro Conference MVP her junior and senior seasons ... Garfield HS MVP three consecutive years ... Led the Bulldogs to a 2019 Metro League Championship and Washington 3A State Championship ... Also played basketball her freshman year. 

PERSONAL
Born February 27 in Seattle ... Parents are Ken and Jackie Simpson ... Has a younger sister named Nicola ... Mother played volleyball and rowed for Queens (N.C.) and was a member of the Canadian Beach Volleyball Tour ... Father competed on the volleyball team at McGill ... Human Biology major at Marshall College ... Aspires to go to medical school following graduation ... Most memorable moment competing in softball was winning the Washington state semifinal championship game in nine innings to advance to the state title ... Favorite UC San Diego moments are singing and playing games with her teammates while on the bus to Las Vegas during her freshman season ... Lists Rachel Garcia as her favorite athlete ... Hobbies include drawing, skiing, and swimming ... Listens to J. Cole ... Roots for the Seattle Seahawks ... Most people do not know she is a dual citizen in both the United States and Canada ... Uses Snapchat. 

CAREER BESTS
Inn. Pitched 7.0 4/24/21 @ UC Davis
Hits (Low) 0 Multiple Times (last 4/23/22 vs. UC Davis)
Runs (Low) 0 Multiple Times (last 4/23/22 vs. UC Davis)
Earned Runs (Low) 0 Multiple Times (last 5/7/22 @ CSUN)
Walks (Low) 0 Multiple Times (5/21/22 vs. Rutgers)
Strikeouts 6 5/7/21 vs. CSUN
Assists 3 2 times (last 2/19/22 vs. Utah)
Putouts 4/23/22 vs. UC Davis

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11"
    20
  • 20

    2021Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11"
    20
  • 20

    2022Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11"
    20
  • 20

    2023Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11"
    20

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