CAREER: Left Radford as its most prolific player in program history owning five career records: home runs (41), doubles (53), runs (178), total bases (436) and hit by pitches (36)… Ranks in the top five in eight other categories, including second in batting average (.368), hits (246), slugging (.653) and on base percentage (.429)… Ranked in the Big South’s top-10 in home runs, hits, doubles and runs scored… Three-time Big South First Team…First Radford female student-athlete to be drafted by a professional organization (Chicago Bandits, NPF)... Three- time all-state selection (two first team)… 2010 First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region… 2010 Big South and VaSID State Player of the Year… 2009-10 Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year… 2009 and 2010 Big South Tournament MVP... Owns three of the top-6 hitting streaks in school history (16,14,13).
2011 HIGHLIGHTS: Drafted 16th overall by Chicago Bandits… Named to USA Softball Preseason Player of the Year Top 50 Watchlist… Big South Preseason Player of the Year… Big South All-Tournament Team… Appeared in 40 games with 39 starts... Missed 19 games due to early-season injury (first missed start in collegiate career, snapping 176-game streak)... Despite injury, ranked second on team in batting average (fifth in Big South), home runs, on base and slugging percentage…. third in doubles and hits… Recorded team and league-best (tie) 16-game hitting streak which was second longest in school history.
2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year... Big South and VaSID State Player of the Year… First Team all-region, conference and state… Big South Tournament MVP... Radford’s new all-time leader in home runs (36) and runs scored (150) after just three seasons and also became the first Highlander to record 200 hits (201) before their senior season… Batted .615 (8-13) with a double, two home runs (both vs. No. 24 FSU), four runs, four RBIs and 1.154 slugging and .615 on-base percentages at NCAA Regionals... In 3-2 Regional win over FSU, hit game-tying long ball and then scored game-winning run, helping RU to Regional finals... In seven post-season games, she batted .609 (14-23) with two doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored... One of four Highlanders to start all 55 games… Led league in batting average, runs, hits, slugging, on base, total bases and stolen bases and ranked second (tie) in home runs, third in doubles (tie) and fourth (tie) in RBI… Ranked nationally in runs (13th), batting average (17th), slugging (29th), HR/game (42nd) and home runs (48th)… Recorded season and conference best 14-game hitting streak (.457) from March 6-21 and a league-best 26 multi-hit games... Ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak and recorded a hit in 42 of her last 48 contests... Top fielding percentage amongst league shortstops… Three-time Big South Player of Week (3/22, 3/29, 4/26).
.. In conference-only play, she led the League in hits (tie-26), home runs (7), runs scored (22) and slugging percentage (.898), and was second in doubles (6), RBI (16) and on-base percentage (.493).
2009 HIGHLIGHTS: First Team All-Big South and All-State selection… ASA First Team selection at 23-Under Fast Pitch National Championships... Hit three of school record 16 home runs at NCAA Regionals, including two, tying a school record, against host North Carolina... Big South Tournament MVP... In the tournament, batted .583 with a pair of doubles, home run, three RBI, four runs scored, slugged 1.000, recorded a .571 on base percentage... Career-high 4-for-4 with three runs in title-clinching game vs. Liberty... Started every game... Hit eight home runs in first 24 games of the season and eight more in the final 18… Led the conference in long balls, while ranking in the top five in runs scored (2nd), RBI (2nd), slugging (2nd), hits (3rd), doubles (t-3rd), batting average (4th) and stolen bases (t-4th)... Ranked nationally in home runs (16th), home runs per game (21st), runs per game (25th) and slugging (36th)… Runs (2nd), slugging (2nd), total bases (2nd), hit by pitches (2nd), batting average (4th) and hits (5th) ranked in Radford’s single-season top five… 20 multiple-hit and 10 multiple-RBI games... Scored two-plus runs 14 times... Two-time Big South Player of the Week (3/10 & 3/23)... 3-for-5 with four runs, tying a school record at Gardner-Webb... Hit eventual game-winning home run in first inning vs. then-No. 25 Mississippi State and then scored the game-winning run against Oregon State... Named to the Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha All-Tournament Team.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-Team All-Big South… One of five players to start every game… Second-Team VaSID All-State… Led team with 39 runs scored which was fifth best in a Radford single-season… Ranked second in Conference in runs scored and doubles, third in triples... Ended Big South play with 13-game hitting streak… Hit first four collegiate home runs in six-game span… Left the yard for the first time in game two against Liberty and hit first grand slam vs. Longwood… Went 2-for-3 with home run at Coastal Carolina on ESPNU… 13 multiple-hit games… Batted .556 (5-for-9) with two triples, four RBI and five runs to go along with 1.111 slugging and .667 on base percentages in four games at Cavalier Classic… Big South Player of the Week (3/24)... First multi-hit game (two singles) came against Delaware at ECU Pirate Classic… Recorded first collegiate hit in season-opener vs. Georgetown… Batted .396 with 13 runs, five doubles, three home runs in 15 conference games.
PREP: 2007 Jefferson District Player of the Year... Three-time first-team all-district... Also lettered in basketball... Second-team all-district as a junior and senior... Named Monticello's Best Defensive Player.
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS: Kristen Alisa Shifflett was born on August 15, 1989 in Charlottesville, Va.... Psychology major… Kristen and her two younger siblings Joshua and Hannah are the children of Cliff and Lisa Shifflett.
SHIFFLETT'S BATTING STATISTICS
| YEAR |
AVG |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
SLG% |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
OB% |
SF |
SH |
SB-SBA |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
| 2008 |
.321 |
61-61 |
168 |
39 |
54 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
28 |
90 |
.536 |
9 |
12 |
15 |
.395 |
1 |
3 |
13-18 |
84 |
143 |
23 |
.908 |
| 2009 |
.381 |
56-56 |
181 |
53 |
69 |
14 |
1 |
16 |
41 |
133 |
.735 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
.441 |
2 |
1 |
14-20 |
83 |
136 |
17 |
.928 |
| 2010 |
.426 |
55-55 |
183 |
58 |
78 |
14 |
1 |
15 |
42 |
139 |
.760 |
13 |
7 |
16 |
.478 |
2 |
0 |
23-26 |
97 |
119 |
12 |
.947 |
| 2011 |
.331 |
40-39 |
136 |
29 |
45 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
22 |
74 |
.544 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
.387 |
1 |
0 |
12-14 |
65 |
99 |
11 |
.937 |
| TOTALS |
.368 |
212-211 |
668 |
179 |
246 |
53 |
7 |
41 |
133 |
436 |
.653 |
39 |
36 |
52 |
.429 |
6 |
4 |
62-78 |
329 |
436 |
.653 |
.929 |
