Completed Event: Softball versus Iowa State on April 25, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 2 , (8 Inn.)
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Jersey Number 41
Hailey Cripe
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Royal Center, Ind.
- High School:
- Pioneer High School
Career Honors: 2026: Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year… NFCA Second Team All-Region… Big 12 Conference All-Defense Team… Rawlings Gold Glove Award Nominee… 2025: NFCA Third Team All-Region… 2024: CSC Academic All-District… 2023: Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2026: Played and started all 57 games as a senior at shortstop… batting .343 on the season, .431 on base percentage, .692 slugging percentage in 169 at bats with 58 hits, 51 runs, 10 doubles, 15 home runs, 19 walks, and 47 RBIs… Among the best defensive players in the country, with 88 putouts, 106 assists and a .970 fielding percentage… Her 15 home runs are the fifth most in single season Kansas school history… Hit a career-high two home runs at FGCU on Feb. 10… Had a career-high four RBIs on a grand slam against Utah on March 20.
2025: Earned a spot on the NFCA All-Region Team … Started all 50 games at shortstop … Recorded a career-best 48 hits, bringing her career total to 109 … Hit a career-high 10 home runs, along with six doubles and 34 RBIs … Defensively, tallied 82 putouts and 119 assists … Her assist total ranked second in the Big 12.
2023: Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete … Appeared in 36 games and started 28, mostly in the second half of the season … In 81 at-bats, Cripe produced 18 RBI, 16 hits and four home runs … Went 2-for-3 vs. No. 18 Wichita State, helping the Jayhawks to the victory … Cripe’s four home runs were the most by a KU freshman.
High school: Led Pioneer High School to a state championship in 2021 … Finished with a career batting average of .592 and 57 home runs … In 274 innings pitched, had an ERA of 0.71 and 557 career strikeouts … Pitched five no-hitters.
Personal
Daughter of Mike and Carrie Cripe … Has two siblings, Gage and Addie … Majoring in management/leadership.
Softball Highlights vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball Postgame Press Conference vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 11
Softball Highlights vs. UCF
Thursday, May 07
