2022 Softball Roster
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Escutia, Kaylee
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Jersey Number 25
Kaylee Escutia
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Simi Valley, CA
- High School:
- Royal HS
Bio
2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2023 All-Big West Second Team
2022 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2022 Big West All-Freshman Team
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
Appeared in 34 games, starting in 20 of them… Slashed three home runs and 13 RBIs.. Had an on-base percentage of .324… Tied fifth on the team with five doubles… Fifth on the team with an OPS of .799.. Slugging percentage of .475… Drove in three runs versus Hawai’i (4/23)... Hit a home run in a playoff game versus UC San Diego (5/8)... Slashed two doubles in a game versus Saint Mary’s (2/21)... Named All-Big West Honorable Mention... Named to Spring Academic All-Conference Team..
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Escutia made 42 appearances with 37 starts on the season ... tied for second on the team in homers (3) and ranked third in doubles (7) ... batted .278 with 32 hits, 16 runs and 16 RBI ... did not commit an error in 40 chances on the season ... recorded seven multi-hit games on the year ... belted a three-run homer in a win over Dayton (2/22/24) ... hit a three-run homer for a second-straight game vs. Seattle U (2/23/24) ... collected three hits including an RBI double at San Diego (3/1/24) ... hit a solo homer in a 1-0 win over UC Riverside (4/19/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team as well as an NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Chosen second team All-Conference ... paced the Matadors in home runs (5), RBI (30), and slugging percentage (.545) ... was second on the squad in hitting (.328), doubles (10) and third in runs (25) ... in Big West-only statistics, Escutia was first in RBI (23), second in home runs (5), sixth in slugging (.568), and eighth in doubles (8) ... was named Big West Field Player of the Week on May 15 ... Escutia hit .417 with three home runs and 10 RBI as the Matadors swept UC Santa Barbara May 12-13 ... named to the 2023 Academic All-District® Softball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators ... selected as a Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... chosen Academic All-Conference.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Named Honorable Mention All-Conference and to the All-Big West Freshman Team ... in 24 conference games, hit .324 with 11 RBI ... tied the school record for most walks in a game (with Amanda Peek, at Cal Poly, 4/20/08) with four at UC Santa Barbara on May 13 ... moved to first base at the start of the UC Davis series from right field ... recorded 19 putouts in the 12-inning 4-3 loss to UC Riverside on Apr. 23, which tied her for the fourth-most in a game with Katie Hooper (vs. Hawai'i, Apr. 7, 2017) and Scia Maumausolo (at Cal State Fullerton, 2/13/94) by a Matador at the Division I level ... posted 135 putouts in 15 games at first base and moved to second on the team in the category (170) ... hit .288, recorded one home run and 13 RBI ... earned Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Royal High School … coach was Bill Dishon … named to the Division I CIF Southern Section team, All-County, MVP, and a first team All-League as a senior after hitting .475 with eight home runs and 26 RBI … chosen honorable mention All-League as a sophomore … ended prep career with a .347 batting average, 16 home runs, 51 RBI, 45 runs, a 643 slugging percentage, and a .408 on-base percentage … served as her class Valedictorian … an AP Scholar, a member of the National Honor Society, and was a CSF member.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Joe and Donna Escutia … a psychology major ... favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Justin Turner, Emma Watson, the TV show 90210, Italian Food, Nirvana, Bruno Mars, and Tik Tok ... chose CSUN because she wanted to play a competitive Division I school while getting a good education close to home ... says her greatest sports moments so far is hitting two home runs in a CIF semifinal game during her freshman year and being MVP as a senior … says the best thing about being an athlete is the excitement and confidence you and your team get when you're doing well or it’s a tight game … says the worst thing about being an athlete is the stress you feel when you are slumping … says the best athlete she has played against is Maya Brady … the most famous people she has met are Taylor Lautner and Queen Latifah ... the person she would like to trade places with is Kim Kardashian … if she could have dinner with two people are Machine Gun Kelly and Pete Davidson … the best advice she has been given is you won't regret the extra work but you may regret not doing it … her advice to young people is when times get tough, continue with your interests because the passion will return … says her greatest heroes are her parents who she says that support her through everything especially softball and are getting better at understanding that I am growing up and will need to learn, make mistakes, and succeed on my own, but will also always supply love and support when needed.
2023 All-Big West Second Team
2022 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2022 Big West All-Freshman Team
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
Appeared in 34 games, starting in 20 of them… Slashed three home runs and 13 RBIs.. Had an on-base percentage of .324… Tied fifth on the team with five doubles… Fifth on the team with an OPS of .799.. Slugging percentage of .475… Drove in three runs versus Hawai’i (4/23)... Hit a home run in a playoff game versus UC San Diego (5/8)... Slashed two doubles in a game versus Saint Mary’s (2/21)... Named All-Big West Honorable Mention... Named to Spring Academic All-Conference Team..
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Escutia made 42 appearances with 37 starts on the season ... tied for second on the team in homers (3) and ranked third in doubles (7) ... batted .278 with 32 hits, 16 runs and 16 RBI ... did not commit an error in 40 chances on the season ... recorded seven multi-hit games on the year ... belted a three-run homer in a win over Dayton (2/22/24) ... hit a three-run homer for a second-straight game vs. Seattle U (2/23/24) ... collected three hits including an RBI double at San Diego (3/1/24) ... hit a solo homer in a 1-0 win over UC Riverside (4/19/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team as well as an NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Chosen second team All-Conference ... paced the Matadors in home runs (5), RBI (30), and slugging percentage (.545) ... was second on the squad in hitting (.328), doubles (10) and third in runs (25) ... in Big West-only statistics, Escutia was first in RBI (23), second in home runs (5), sixth in slugging (.568), and eighth in doubles (8) ... was named Big West Field Player of the Week on May 15 ... Escutia hit .417 with three home runs and 10 RBI as the Matadors swept UC Santa Barbara May 12-13 ... named to the 2023 Academic All-District® Softball Team, selected by College Sports Communicators ... selected as a Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... chosen Academic All-Conference.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Named Honorable Mention All-Conference and to the All-Big West Freshman Team ... in 24 conference games, hit .324 with 11 RBI ... tied the school record for most walks in a game (with Amanda Peek, at Cal Poly, 4/20/08) with four at UC Santa Barbara on May 13 ... moved to first base at the start of the UC Davis series from right field ... recorded 19 putouts in the 12-inning 4-3 loss to UC Riverside on Apr. 23, which tied her for the fourth-most in a game with Katie Hooper (vs. Hawai'i, Apr. 7, 2017) and Scia Maumausolo (at Cal State Fullerton, 2/13/94) by a Matador at the Division I level ... posted 135 putouts in 15 games at first base and moved to second on the team in the category (170) ... hit .288, recorded one home run and 13 RBI ... earned Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Royal High School … coach was Bill Dishon … named to the Division I CIF Southern Section team, All-County, MVP, and a first team All-League as a senior after hitting .475 with eight home runs and 26 RBI … chosen honorable mention All-League as a sophomore … ended prep career with a .347 batting average, 16 home runs, 51 RBI, 45 runs, a 643 slugging percentage, and a .408 on-base percentage … served as her class Valedictorian … an AP Scholar, a member of the National Honor Society, and was a CSF member.
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PERSONAL
Daughter of Joe and Donna Escutia … a psychology major ... favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Justin Turner, Emma Watson, the TV show 90210, Italian Food, Nirvana, Bruno Mars, and Tik Tok ... chose CSUN because she wanted to play a competitive Division I school while getting a good education close to home ... says her greatest sports moments so far is hitting two home runs in a CIF semifinal game during her freshman year and being MVP as a senior … says the best thing about being an athlete is the excitement and confidence you and your team get when you're doing well or it’s a tight game … says the worst thing about being an athlete is the stress you feel when you are slumping … says the best athlete she has played against is Maya Brady … the most famous people she has met are Taylor Lautner and Queen Latifah ... the person she would like to trade places with is Kim Kardashian … if she could have dinner with two people are Machine Gun Kelly and Pete Davidson … the best advice she has been given is you won't regret the extra work but you may regret not doing it … her advice to young people is when times get tough, continue with your interests because the passion will return … says her greatest heroes are her parents who she says that support her through everything especially softball and are getting better at understanding that I am growing up and will need to learn, make mistakes, and succeed on my own, but will also always supply love and support when needed.
Softball--CSUN vs. Hawai'i
Saturday, May 04
Softball-CSUN vs. UC Riverside
Saturday, April 13
Softball-CSUN vs. UCLA
Sunday, March 24
Softball-CSUN vs. Saint Mary's
Saturday, March 23
