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Jersey Number 33
Kiersten Withstandley
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- IF/C
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Freehold Township, N.J.
- High School:
- Freehold Township
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Senior (2023) - Game-By-Game Stats
Freshman (2020) - Game-By-Game Stats
Nickname: Kiersto
One word to describe Coach Butler: Knowledgeable
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Todd Frazier
Major: Criminal Justice
I chose my major because: I have a passion for the criminal justice system and it allows you to do something different every day.
Favorite place to hang out on campus: 16 handles
The person I most admire is and why: My mom because she is always there for me and she is very hard working ands determined.
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: at the beach
Favorite professional athlete: Drew Brees
Favorite professional sports team: New Orleans Saints
One word to describe myself on the field: Determined
One word to describe myself off the field: Organized
Few people know that I: have a lot of pets
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My travel coach from 10U to 18U
I started playing my sport because…: All of my older cousins played
I chose Rutgers because…: Of the opportunity to play college softball in my home state and to obtain a degree from a school with many majors.
Favorite cereal: Honey bunches of oats
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Elf
Favorite musician/group: Thomas Rhett
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: cooking
Pets I had growing up were: Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, chickens, lizards, fish
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Power ranger
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Australia
My favorite teacher was: Mrs. Brusotti, 12th, AP Psychology
The quote that most resonates with me is: "When you focus on the good, the good gets better"
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Gray
My spirit animal is: A cat
One thing on my bucket list is: To go skydiving
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
- Broke up Maryland's no-hitter after entering the bottom of the seventh down 3-0 to storm back for a 4-3 victory over the Terps giving head coach Kristen Butler her 100th victory at Rutgers (Apr. 5)
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 49 games making 38 starts at catcher or first base
- Collected two hits and two RBIs in the opening weekend at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge (Feb. 10-12)
- Scored twice and drove in two runs in a 13-3 win versus Wagner to open the Pirate Clash (Feb. 18)
- Added three hits, three runs and an RBI at The Spring Games (Feb. 25-27)
- Notched a double and two RBIs in a one-run extra-inning loss to No. 23 Notre Dame at the Liberty Invitational (Mar. 6)
- Posted a double and run scored in a 11-7 win over New Mexico State at the ASU/GCU Classic (Apr. 12)
- Logged her third double of the season versus Illinois (Apr. 16)
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared and started in all 44 games with 39 starts at catcher
- Third on the team in hits (23), which included two doubles and a triple
- Tied for third in RBIs (13)
- Totaled eight runs scored
- Logged a team-second best 214 putouts
- Went 2-for-3 with her first career triple along with two RBIs and a run scored in the 3-2 series opening victory over Michigan State (Mar. 26)
- Hit 2-for-3 including a double along with an RBI and run scored in the 6-5 series finale victory at Ohio State (Apr. 25)
Freshman (2020) - Game-By-Game Stats
- Appeared in 14 games as a pinch runner along with stints at first base and catcher.
- Collected runs in a 3-2 extra inning victory over ETSU at the Bash in the Boro hosted by Georgia Southern (Feb. 9) and at in-state rival Seton Hall (Mar. 10).
- Recorded more than 100 hits in her high school career to go with more than 35 stolen bases.
- A two-time Jersey Sports News Player to Watch, she was also named Shore Conference All-Division in 2017 and 2018.
- A member of the Carpenter Cup Jersey Shore team.
- Selected to the National Honors Society
- Comes from a college athletics family – father, Jack, wrestled for TCNJ and three cousins played college softball.
Nickname: Kiersto
One word to describe Coach Butler: Knowledgeable
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Todd Frazier
Major: Criminal Justice
I chose my major because: I have a passion for the criminal justice system and it allows you to do something different every day.
Favorite place to hang out on campus: 16 handles
The person I most admire is and why: My mom because she is always there for me and she is very hard working ands determined.
If I wasn’t playing softball, I’d be: at the beach
Favorite professional athlete: Drew Brees
Favorite professional sports team: New Orleans Saints
One word to describe myself on the field: Determined
One word to describe myself off the field: Organized
Few people know that I: have a lot of pets
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My travel coach from 10U to 18U
I started playing my sport because…: All of my older cousins played
I chose Rutgers because…: Of the opportunity to play college softball in my home state and to obtain a degree from a school with many majors.
Favorite cereal: Honey bunches of oats
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Elf
Favorite musician/group: Thomas Rhett
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: cooking
Pets I had growing up were: Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, chickens, lizards, fish
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: Power ranger
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Australia
My favorite teacher was: Mrs. Brusotti, 12th, AP Psychology
The quote that most resonates with me is: "When you focus on the good, the good gets better"
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Gray
My spirit animal is: A cat
One thing on my bucket list is: To go skydiving
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R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
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