Kaitlin Cochran

Kaitlin Elizabeth Cochran (born February 29, 1987)^[1] is an American, former collegiate 4-time First Team All-American, left-handed hitting softball player originally from Yorba Linda, California. She attended Rosary High School and Arizona State University from 2006 to 2009 and with United States women's national softball team she won 2011 World Cup of Softball.^[2] She holds various records for the Sun Devils in the Pac 12. She is also one of 6 players to bat .400 with 200 RBIs and 50 home runs.

Arizona State

2006

Cochran began her career by being named then Pac-10 "Newcomer of The Year," as well as First Team selections for both the conference and the NCAA Division I.^[3] She broke school records in hits, batting average, home runs and RBIs, all except the RBIs led the Pac-10. On February 7, Cochran drove in 7 runs against the Syracuse Orange for a single game career high.^[4]

2007

Cochran repeated all-season honors including a Pac-10 "Player of The Year" title.^[5] Cochran broke her own season records for batting average, hits (both career bests) and home runs, as well as setting the slugging percentage record. She simultaneously led the conference in hits, doubles, base on balls, slugging and average, the latter of which also was tops for the NCAA year.^[6] Cochran still owns the records for average, hits and slugging for the Sun Devils.

2008

The Sun Devil again achieved identical all-season honors from the conference and the NCAA.^[7] She set new records for doubles, runs and walks, including intentional walks. Of those records, she led the conference in all and except the doubles also led the NCAA; the intentional walks was an all-time season record for the NCAA.^[8] Her season batting average (best in the conference), home runs, RBIs and hits rank top-10 in school history.

Cochran and the Sun Devils made their third consecutive trip to the Women's College World Series and were a perfect 5-0 en route to the title. In their first two games, Cochran was walked all 6 appearances and went a combined 3/8 with 8 walks to hit a total of .375 at the series. In the championship finale vs. the Texas A&M Aggies, her only hit was a three-run home run.^[9][10]

2009

For her final season Cochran maintained her awards pace with her last First Team selections and "Player of The Year" honors.^[11] She set her last set of records breaking her own home run record and on-base percentage with career highs. The percentage led both the Pac-10 (where she also led in walks) and the NCAA.

Cochran also set several single game reocrds by recording her 50th career home run vs. the UCF Golden Knights on February 6.^[12] A week later on February 13 against the Chattanooga Mocs she set a career best with 5 walks.^[13] On March 20, Cochran batted in her 200th career RBI in a win over the Long Beach State 49ers.^[14] It was also during this time that Cochran went on her career best 13 game hitting streak, starting on March 15 and ending in a rain postponed game vs. Arizona Wildcats on April 11. Cochran hit .444 (16/36) with 20RBIs, 8HRs (including a streak of 7 straight games hitting a home run), 32Bs 15BBs and slugging of 1.194%. Although the Sun Devils made a return trip the World Series, they eventually lost to end Cochran's career.

She holds the Sun Devil crown in career batting average, home runs, RBIs, hits, runs, walks and slugging percentage. She ranks top-5 in doubles, triples and stolen bases. She is top-10 in the conference for average, home runs, runs, walks and slugging. Finally, in the NCAA she is top-10 in home runs (10th), walks (4th), runs (4th) and slugging (3rd).^[15][16][17]

Statistics

Arizona State Sun Devils

References

External Links

• USA Softball