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2016 RMU Softball Roster

5 Kristen Gabelt

5 Kristen Gabelt

  • Position:
    OF
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Ligonier, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Ligonier Valley

Summary

Biography

2016 Game-by-Game Statistics
2015 Game-by-Game Statistics
2014 Game-by-Game Statistics
2013 Game-by-Game Statistics

Awards
2015 All-Northeast Conference Second Team
Three-time Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll member
Two-time Northeast Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll member 

Worth Noting
- Owns 100 hits, 50 runs and 46 RBI in 131 games played entering 2016 

2015 Highlights (Junior)
- Voted All-Northeast Conference Second Team as an outfielder
- Started all 48 games in left field
- Posted a breakout junior campaign as she set career highs in nearly every offensive category
- Hit .343 with a .423 OBP and a .620 SLG%
- Her slugging mark was the best by a Colonial in six years and the third-highest by a Colonial in the past decade
- In addition to slugging, led the team in home runs (9) and total bases (85) and tied for the team lead in walks (16)
- Added totals of 28 RBI, 25 runs and 47 hits on the season
- Ranked among the top five in the league in OBP, SLG%, home runs and total bases
- Became only the fifth Colonial ever to hit at least nine homers in a season
- Was the first Colonial to have 19+ extra-base hits in a season since 2008
- Destroyed opposing pitching in NEC play by posting a triple slash of .378/.500/.778
- Was named NEC Player of the Week March 30
- Earned the award after hitting .500 with a 1.333 SLG% in six games in the week prior
- Reached base safely in a team season-best and career-high 18 straight games during the season (3/7 – 4/12)
- Posted a hit in each of the final 12 of those contests
- Blasted eight home runs in her final 67 regular season at bats
- Went 3-for-6 with three home runs in a doubleheader sweep of Mount St. Mary’s March 29
- Became the first Colonial to have a multi-homer game since 2011
- Was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI in a win over St. Bonaventure Feb. 28
- Matched her career high with in hits by going 3-for-3 with a walk in March 12 win over Detroit
- Tallied 11 multi-hit outings and seven multi-RBI efforts, including four games with three RBI
- Went 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBI and two runs in a Feb. 20 win over Eastern Michigan
- Finished 3-for-5 with two walks, two runs, a RBI and a steal in a April 19 twinbill sweep of Wagner
- Hit .480 with a .536 on-base mark when leading off an inning
Singled in the sixth inning to start a three-run rally in RMU’s comeback win that clinched the NEC title at Saint Francis May 2

2014 Highlights (Sophomore)
Competed in 41 games on the year
Started 38 contests, including 35 in left field
- Increased freshman totals in runs, doubles, extra-base hits, slugging percentage, walks, sacrifice flies and steals

Hit .297 with a .366 on-base percentage in conference play
- Compiled 25 hits and 14 runs on the season
- Was the toughest player to strike out in the conference, going down by strikes just seven times in 106 at bats
- Nailed a two-strike, two-out homer against the NEC Pitcher of the Year to turn a deficit into a lead in a win over CCSU April 19
- Went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles in two games against nationally ranked UCLA Feb. 14-15
- Belted a two-out triple in extra innings and then came around to score the winning run in a walk-off victory against Bowling Green Feb. 8
- Hit .313 with a .377 on-base percentage in the team’s final 22 games of the year
- Was 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI in the season opener against Canisius Feb. 8
- Finished 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and a steal in a win over Western Kentucky Feb. 16
- Went 3-for-6 with a walk, a RBI and two runs in a doubleheader at Wagner April 26
- Batted .292 with a .346 on-base percentage in home games
- Notched two hits in two at bats along with a sacrifice in the NEC opener against Saint Francis March 30
- Hit .290 (8-of-31) with runners in scoring position on the year
- Batted out of the cleanup spot 10 times on the year, second most on the team

2013 Highlights (Freshman)
Was the team’s primary left fielder, starting 38 games at the position
Played in 42 games overall, starting 41 of those contests
Notched 28 hits and 11 runs scored in her rookie season
Posted a .296 average in 20 games against conference opponents
Batted at a .333 clip over the season’s final 21 games
Hit .500 (11-for-22) when leading off an inning during the season
Notched six multi-hit outings on the year
Went 2-for-4, her first multi-hit game, with the game-winning RBI in extra innings in a 3-2 win over Charlotte Feb. 24
Crushed her first-career home run March 1 at Marshall
Went 8-for-15 over a six-game hitting streak, all against NEC foes (4/7 – 4/20)
Went 2-for-3 against Big 12 foe Oklahoma State March 16
Blasted a two-run homer against Florida A&M March 15
Started the game-winning rally in extra innings with a single at Central Connecticut State April 27
Tallied her first collegiate hit and RBI with a triple on the season’s first day against George Washington Feb. 8
Was 2-for-6 with two RBI and three runs in a sweep of Sacred Heart to clinch the regular season title May 5
Scored the go-ahead run after she walked in RMU’s final at bat in a win over Western Carolina Feb. 24
Tallied her first-career stolen base in a win over LIU Brooklyn April 20
Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Virginia Feb. 8

Pre-RMU Highlights
Named all-state first team in 2011 by Pennsylvania softball coaches
Hit .648 with a .675 on-base percentage and a 1.493 slugging mark in 2011 for Ligonier Valley
Crushed 14 homers and collected 51 RBI in 71 at bats in 2011 to earn third-consecutive all-section first team honor
Led Ligonier Valley to undefeated records within the Heritage Conference in each of her first three seasons
Helped the Rams to the District VI Championship in 2010 and a berth in the PIAA State Tournament
Helped Ligonier Valley to a 19-2 record in 2012 while being named All-Heritage Conference
Also competed for the Steel City Cyclones and hit .485 with a .520 OBP and a .953 SLG% during the 2011 season
Was a member of the 2011 USA Cup Team that captured third place in the Netherlands in January 2011
Was also an all-league basketball player and a letterwinner in volleyball for Ligonier Valley
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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2013Freshman

    Infielder / Outfielder
    5
  • 5

    2014Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5
  • 5

    2015Junior

    Outfielder
    5
  • 5

    2016Senior

    Outfielder
    5