2020 Softball Roster

Karen Ambrose Hickey/Stanford At

19 Kiana Pancino

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School Edison
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Major Product Design

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic (2019)
  • Two-time NFCA NCAA Scholar-Athlete (2018-19)
  • Posted a 21-10 record with a 4.19 ERA over 88 appearances (19 starts)
  • Converted nine career saves and logged 212.1 innings in the circle

As a Senior (2020)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Made seven appearances out of the bullpen
  • Posted a 2-1 record with a 5.73 ERA and one save
  • Struck out five hitters in 7 1/3 innings in the circle
  • Recorded victories over New Mexico (Feb. 7) and Seattle University (Feb. 13)
  • Converted the save at Grand Canyon after recording the final two outs on five pitches (Feb. 6)

As a Junior (2019)

  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team
  • NFCA NCAA Scholar-Athlete
  • Went 7-0 with eight saves and a 2.49 ERA over 29 appearances (one start)
  • Led the Pac-12 and was fourth in the nation in saves (8)
  • Amassed 42 strikeouts over 50 2/3 innings of work while limiting opponents to a .213 average
  • Got the start at No. 7 LSU and turned in three strong innings in a 7-5 win
  • Strung together a stretch of 13 2/3 innings without allowing a run from Feb. 22 - March 8
  • Struck out a season-best five hitters over four innings against Oregon (March 31)

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • Easton/NFCA NCAA Scholar-Athlete
  • Threw five-inning no-hitter with one walk and three strikeouts against Army (Feb. 18)
  • Appeared in 22 games and started 10
  • Finished with a 6-3 record, 3.40 ERA and two shutouts
  • Logged 70 innings, allowed just 53 hits and struck out 46
  • Led team with a .208 opponent batting average
  • Season-high five strikeouts on three occasions
  • Allowed just one run in 6 1/3 innings to earn the win against UAB (Feb. 17)
  • Tossed a six-hit shutout with five strikeouts in seven innings against Wagner (March 9)

As a Freshman (2017)

  • Held a 1.40 ERA in 10 innings at No. 7 Washington, limiting the Huskies to two runs and seven hits with three walks
  • Threw a one-hitter and did not permit any walks in a 6-0 complete-game victory at No. 7 Washington (May 6)
  • Held opponents to a .172 batting average and five runs with six strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings over four appearances during the Stanford Easton Classic (March 10-12)
  • Career-high 7 1/3 innings pitched at Oregon State (April 23)
  • Led Stanford in the circle with a 1.75 ERA while limiting opponents to a .214 batting average, four runs (three earned) on nine hits and seven walks with 10 strikeouts in 12 innings and five games at the Alabama Eason Crimson Classic (March 3-5)
  • Struck out a career-best six hitters against Jacksonville (March 3)
  • Made her first collegiate start and earned the win against Purdue (Feb. 25)
  • Made her collegiate debut as a relief pitcher against Creighton (Feb. 10)
  • Appeared in 30 games (eight starts)

Club Competition

  • Played club softball for the OC Impact and Firecrackers

Prior to Stanford

  • 2016 graduate of Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Helped guide team to three CIF tournament appearances (2013, 2015-16)
  • Four-year Scholar-Athlete (2013-16)
  • Four-year Sunset League all-academic (2013-16)
  • Edison High School Female Athlete of the Year (2016)
  • Inducted into the Edison High School Hall of Fame for softball
  • Sunset League Pitcher of the Year (2016)
  • Edison softball Most Valuable Player Award (2016)
  • Edison softball Defensive Most Valuable Player (2014)
  • All-Sunset League second team (2014) 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Graduated summa cum laude and was ranked 17th of 527 graduates
  • Edison High School Golden Key Medallion Recipient – social studies and mathematics (2016), and nominations in science (2016) and math (2015)

Personal

  • Daughter of Brian and Vicki Pancino
  • Has one sibling, Mikaila
  • Member of the Stanford Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
  • Member of Stanford's FCA/AIA - a club that combines members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action clubs
  • Active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA
  • Volunteered with Best Buddies – a program that connects high school students with a student from the SAC Department (Special Abilities Cluster)
  • Volunteered each summer during high school at her local church, Beach Cities Community Church, at the children’s camp called Kids Games

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2017Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    19
  • 19

    2018Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    19
  • 19

    2019Junior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    19
  • 19

    2020Senior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    19