Kiki Stokes

Career Honors & Awards

• Two-Time NFCA Third-Team All-American (2015 & 2016)
• 1st-Round Pick by Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2016 NPF College Draft (No. 6 Overall)
• Highest NPF Draft Pick in Program History
• Two-Time First-Team NFCA All-Midwest Region (2015 & 2016)
• USA Softball Player-of-the-Year Watch List (2016)
• Senior CLASS Award Candidate (2016)
• Two-Time First-Team All-Big Ten (2015 & 2016)
• Two-Time Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2015 & 2016)
• Team Captain (2015 & 2016)
• Two-Time Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 9, 2015 & April 18, 2016)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Runs in a Season (66 in 2015)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Season On-Base Percentage (.532 in 2015)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Season Hit-by-Pitches (17 in 2015)
• Nebraska Record Holder, Runs in a Game (5 at Maryland in 2016)
• Four-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2015)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015, 2016)

 

Career Notes 

• Became the ninth multi-time All-American in school history
• Ended her career with a school record 200 runs scored
• Ended her career ranked 3rd in school history with 120 walks
• Ended her career ranked 3rd in school history with 33 hit-by-pitches
• Ended her career ranked 5th in school history with 67 stolen bases
• Ended her career ranked 5th in school history with 13 triples
• Ended her career ranked 5th in school history with 233 hits
• Ended her career ranked 6th in school history with a .350 batting average
• Ended her career ranked 6th in school history with 235 games played
• Ended her career ranked 9th in school history with 65 extra-base hits
• Ended her career ranked 9th in school history with 65 extra-base hits

 

 Senior Season (2016)

• Started 55 of Nebraska’s 56 games in center field
• Led Nebraska with 24 multi-hit games and added nine games with multiple RBIs
• Ranks 15th nationally in runs per game, 36th in on-base pct. & 50th in average
• Leads Big Ten in hits, 3rd in avg., 4th in steals & runs, 5th in OB% & 3B, 7th in BB
• Posted the 6th-best season batting average in school history
• Also ranked 4th in runs and 7th in hits
• Had four hits in the NCAA Columbia (Mo.) Regional
• Went 2-for-3 vs. Louisville in NCAA Regional opener
• Named to Big Ten All-Tournament team after going 3-for-6 with double, homer & 4 RBIs
• Hit .447 with seven doubles, four homers, 15 RBIs & .547 OB% in B1G play
• Had seven hits, four runs and three stolen bases in the Wisconsin series
• Tied a career high with  four hits in the series finale with the Badgers
• Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in Nebraska’s series-clinching win vs. Purdue
• Named Big Ten Player of the Week following Huskers’ sweep at Northwestern
• Tied career highs with two homers and four hits in game three at Northwestern
• Hit a game-winning two-run homer in seventh inning of game one at Northwestern
• Reached base safely in 17 straight games from March 13-April 6
• Finished 6-for-11 with eight runs and six RBIs in the series at Maryland
• Was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, two walks, four runs and five RBIs in game three
• Became the first Husker to ever score five runs in a game
• Had two hits, a homer and two RBIs in game two of the series
• Reached base safely in all four plate appearances in game one at Maryland
• Went 6-for-9 in the Illinois series with multiple hits in all three games
• Tied a career high with two doubles in the finale, scoring both NU runs
• Reached base in all four plate appearances in game two (2 1B, 1 BB, 1 HBP)
• Had two hits, a double and two RBIs in game one
• Had a pair of multi-hit games and one game with multiple RBIs at Easton Tourney
• Tied a school record with four runs scored vs. Omaha
• Had two hits, two walks and one RBI against the Mavs, including her first triple
• Had five hits, five runs, three walks and two stolen bases at the Louisville Slugger Invite
• Missed the final Wichita State game due to injury, snapping streak of 143 straight starts
• Went 5-for-12 at the Mary Nutter Classic
• Had first three-hit game of the season vs. No. 9 Washington
• Had two hits and scored twice in an upset of No. 7 Oregon
• Scored a run and recorded a hit in each of the first six games
• Hit safely in each of the first seven games
• Had five consecutive multi-hit games from Feb. 13-20
• Went 4-for-9 with a double in the first two games of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Batted .615 (8-for-13) at the season-opening UNI-Dome Classic
• Added two homers, five walks and four stolen bases
• Homered in back-to-back games vs. Western Illinois and Drake

 

Junior Season (2015)

• Became the second Husker outfielder to earn All-America honors
• 1 of 6 players nationally with 10 home runs and five triples
• 1 of 7 players with 50 hits, 50 runs, 50 RBIs and 50 free passes
• Set NU records for runs (66), on-base percentage (.532) and hit-by-pitches (17)
• Posted the sixth-highest batting average in school history (.407)
• Posted the sixth-best slugging percentage in school history (.701)
• Totaled the seventh-most triples in school history (5)
• Totaled the ninth-most hits in school history (72)
• Became the second Husker to produce 60 hits and 60 runs in a season
• Became 1 of 4 Huskers to produce 50 hits, 50 runs and 50 RBIs in a season
• Started all 58 games with 57 starts in center field
• Scored a run in 42 of 58 games, including 21 games with multiple runs
• Led the Big Ten in triples and hit-by-pitches
• Owned 20 multi-hit efforts and 15 games with multiple RBIs
• Produced three-or-more hits nine times and three-or-more RBIs eight times
• Reached base safely in 52 of 58 games
• Reached base multiple times in 40 of 58 games
• Reached base 4-or-more times in eight times
• Drew multiple walks in 10 games
• Exceeded career totals in home runs, doubles, extra-base hits and RBIs
• 11 home runs were five more than her career total entering the season
• Homered six times in first 13 games, matching the total of her first 122 games
• Nine doubles were two more than her career total entering the season
• 51 RBIs were 18 more than her career total entering the season
• Went 4-for-10 with a triple, two walks and three runs in the NCAA Tournament
• Went 5-for-11 at the Big Ten Tournament with a homer and two RBIs
• Homered and drove in two runs vs. Iowa in the semifinals
• Tied her career high in hits with a 4-for-4 day vs. Ohio State in the quarterfinals
• Hit second grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs vs. Michigan State
• Hit .511 in February (24-for-47) with 18 runs, two doubles, one triple, six homers and 17 RBIs in 15 games
• Was outstanding against strong competition  at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
• Went 9-for-10 with a double, triple, two homers and four RBIs in three games vs. top-15 foes
• Finished 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored vs. No. 12 UCLA
• Went 3-for-4 with two homers, two runs and three RBIs in Nebraska’s 5-2 win over No. 10 Tennessee
• Produced her first career multi-homer game against Tennessee
• Was 3-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and a run the same day vs. No. 14 LSU
• Led off the game with a home run at No. 6 Florida State
• Earned Big Ten Player-of-the-Week accolades following the opening weekend
• Had four multi-hit efforts and three multi-RBI performances on the weekend
• Went 3-for-4 vs. UTSA, producing her 100th career hit
• Went 4-for-4 vs. Texas Tech, producing a career high in hits
• Hit her first career grand slam vs. Montana

 

Sophomore Season (2014)

• Started all 62 games, 57 in center and five in left
• Stole 16 bases, the fifth-highest sophomore total in school history
• Totaled seven doubles after having no doubles as a freshman
• Produced 10 of her 24 RBIs with two outs
• Totaled 13 multi-hit games and seven games with multiple RBIs
• Hit .317 in Big Ten play
• Batted .364 (8-for-22) in the NCAA Tournament with one double, one triple, one homer and seven RBIs
• Was 6-for-14 (.429) with a homer, double and seven RBIs at the NCAA Regional
• Totaled five RBIs in Nebraska’s two victories over No. 15 Missouri to win the regional title
• Hit a two-run homer in the season opener vs. UTEP

 

Freshman Season (2013)

• Started 58 games, including 45 in center field and 13 in left
• Led NU with 13 stolen bases, the sixth-highest total by a Husker freshman
• Produced nine multi-hit games and two games with multiple RBIs
• Hit .366 in February, including 5-for-10 on the first day of her career
• Reached base safely in each of her first 13 career games
• Hit two home runs, both game-winners in the seventh inning or later
• Hit a game-winning inside-the-park homer at Wichita State
• Hit a walk-off, three-run homer in the 10th inning of her home debut vs. New Mexico State

 

Before Nebraska (Olathe East High School)

• Three-time NFCA High School All-American
• First-team All-American as a junior and senior
• Boasted a .605 career average with nine doubles, 13 triples, one homer and 67 RBIs
• Set Olathe East career records in batting average, hits (181), runs (163) and stolen bases (87)
• Set the top three marks in school history for average and on-base percentage
• Member of the Olathe East 2012 state championship team
• Played her travel ball for the DeMarini Zephyrs

 

Personal

• Child, youth and family studies major
• Earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in May of 2017
• Born on April 22, 1994
• Daughter of Kenny and Odester Stokes
• Has one brother, Kenny
• Has one sister, Kirsten

*courtesy of University of Nebraska Athletics