Kaitlyn_Lim

Career Accolades

  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Grad student (2024)

  • Appeared in 66 of 67 games, starting 51
  • Posted a .854 OPS, second on the team among players with more than 100 at bats
  • Sent the Card to Oklahoma City with a walk-off solo home run in game three of Super Regionals, securing a run-rule victory over No. 11 LSU
  • Finished sixth on the team with five home runs on the year
  • Ended the season with 28 hits, including six doubles and a triple
  • Hit another elimination-game homer on May 31 against Oklahoma State, helping advance the Card in the WCWS
  • Went 3-for-3 with a home run at Seattle U on April 29, driving in two runs and scoring twice in the win

As a Senior (2023)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in all 62 games, making 58 starts
  • Second on the team with 32 runs scored and fourth with a .289 batting average
    • Tallied 44 hits, including eight doubles and a triple, and 18 RBI
  • Registered 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games
  • Matched her career-high with three hits at No. 20 Oregon (March 17)
  • Tied her career-best with four RBI at Cal State Fullerton (March 29)

As a Junior (2022)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 60 games on the season, making 56 starts – primarily in right field
  • Finished fourth on the team with a .311 batting average (51-of-64) with 26 runs and six stolen bases
  • Led the team in slugging percentage (.524), RBI (40) and home runs (7) while adding six doubles and four triples
  • Homered in her season debut against UIC to lead Stanford to the win
  • Doubled and homered against BYU to drive in a pair of runs
  • Batted in three runs against Seattle off a double, a home run and a walk, reaching base in all three of her plate appearances
  • Drove in three runs in the second game against the Redhawks with her fourth home run of the season
  • Hit a home run against DePaul to bat in a pair of runs
  • Drew three walks and added a stolen base in the win over Minnesota to score a pair of runs
  • Hit a grand slam in the opening win over Utah to bat in a career-high four runs – Stanford’s first grand slam since 2020
  • Went 3-for-5 with a triple and two runs at California
  • Tripled to bat in three runs in the win at Sacramento State
  • Hit the game-winning home run in the first inning to defeat Arizona
  • Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs in the win at Alabama in the regional round

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 44 games, making 15 starts on the season – all in left field
  • Batted .191 on the season, scoring 12 runs with a double and a triple
  • Was 5-for-5 on the basepaths
  • Doubled against Saint Mary’s, going 1-for-3 with a RBI (March 11)
  • Scored three runs against LMU, going 2-for-3 with a walk (March 20)
  • Came off the bench to hit a pinch-hit, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to down Oregon State (April 30)
  • Came off the bench in the NCAA Tournament against Manhattan, going 2-for-2 with a triple and two runs in the elimination game victory (May 22)

As a Freshman (2020)

  • Appeared in all 26 games, including starting 24 in left field
  • Hit .338 with 17 runs scored, six doubles, a triple, a team-high four home runs and 22 RBIs
  • Slugged .597 and reached base at a .388 clip
  • Slugging percentage and RBI total placed second on the team
  • Reached base safely in all but three games and had a hit in all but six games played with an at bat
  • Hit first career home run vs. Hofstra to guide the Cardinal to a 1-0 victory (Feb. 15)
  • Drove in a career-best four runs, including a three-run triple, vs. Drake (Feb. 16)
  • Collected a pair of home runs and hit .385 from the DeMarini Invitational (Feb. 28 - March 1)
  • Career-high three hits (3 for 4) with two runs scored, a double, a home run and three RBIs vs. Rhode Island (Feb. 29)
  • 2 for 3 with a double, two runs scored, a home run and three RBIs vs. Toledo (March 6)

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2019 graduate of Woodbridge High School in Irvine, Calif.
  • Served as team captain as a junior and senior
  • Won a pair of Pacific Coast League titles (2017-18)
  • Guided her team to a spot in the CIF State Tournament all four years
  • Four-time All-City selection (2016-19)
  • Three-time Pacific Coast League MVP (2017-19)
  • MaxPreps Medium Schools All-State selection (2017)
  • Irvine’s World Player of the Year (2018)
  • Two-time All-CIF Southern Section selection (2018-19)
  • All-Orange County first team (2018)
  • Woodbridge High School Offensive Player of the Year (2016)
  • Led team in home runs in 2017 (8), 2018 (11) and 2019 (9)
  • 11 home runs as a junior were second-most in Orange County that season
  • Connected for 31 home runs during her high school career
  • Hit .600 as a senior in 2019

Club Competition

  • Played club softball for Irvine Sting where she helped her team to the 2017 Triple Crown Sports Turkey Bash title
  • PGF All-American Region team

Personal

  • Daughter of San Thor and Nara Lim
  • Has one sister, Karin, and one brother, Nicholas