2018 Softball Roster
Roster

Addie Balderston
- Position:
- Outfield
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-2
- Hometown:
- Wildwood, Mo.
- High School:
- Lafayette HS
AWARDS & HONORS
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team [2017-18]
2018 (FRESHMAN)
Played in a total of 28 games — 27 as a pinch runner and one as a pinch hitter … Scored a total of nine runs … Stole seven bases on seven attempts … Scored three runs and stole two bases during Big 12 play … During her collegiate debut, scored her first-career run during KU’s season-opening win over Akron (Feb. 9) … Recorded first-career stolen base against College of Charleston (Feb. 11) … Scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Elon (March 2) during the Carolina Classic … Lone at-bat of the season came as a pinch hitter against Murray State (March 16) … Stole a base and scored a run against Oklahoma State (April 7).
HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
Lettered in softball, basketball, lacrosse, and track & field at Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri — a suburb of St. Louis … Played club for the Midwest Prospects … Earned the softball Hustle Award all four seasons with Lafayette … Four-year all-conference, all-district and all-region honoree … Played in the Illinois vs. Missouri All-Star Game in 2015 and 2016 … Named the softball team Most Valuable Player at the end of the 2016 season … Earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2012 … Owns the school record in stolen bases with 104, which ranks ninth in the state of the Missouri … 2015 all-state academic honoree … Was the top CrossFit competitor in her age group (teenage girls ages 16-17) in the state of Missouri for two years in 2015 and 2016, and finished fifth in her age group in the 2016 World CrossFit Games.
ACADEMICS
Studying pre-business in the School of Business at the University of Kansas … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team as a freshman in 2017-18.