2007 Softball Roster
Roster

Kassie Humphreys
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Ariz.
- High School:
- Cactus
Career Honors
-2006 NFCA Second Team All-Region
-2006 All-Big 12 First Team
-2006 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
-USA Softball National Player of the Week — May 14, 2006
-Big 12 Pitcher of the Week — April 4 & 11, 2006; May 4, 2004
-2006 Kansas Defensive Player of the Year
2006: Junior Season
An All-Big 12 First Team and NFCA Second Team All-Region selection in 2006 … Selected as the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week by the Amateur Softball Association for the period of May 8-14 … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on April 4 and April 11 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Awarded the Defensive Player of the Year award at the team[apos]s season-ending banquet … Was the returning ace on the mound with 44 appearances and 34 starts for the Jayhawks … Posted a 19-17 record, held hitters to a .156 batting average and posted a 1.19 ERA (both ranked second in the Big 12 only to Texas[apos] Cat Osterman) … Her 262 strikeouts in 234.2 innings rank third on the KU single-season record list … Fanned 10 or more batters on seven occasions … Opened the season with 10 strikeouts en route to a 6-0 win over No. 19 Florida … Threw two complete game shutouts against Stephen F. Austin and No. 17 Nebraska … Threw six perfect innings against Cal Poly … Had an amazing performance at No. 18 Baylor, tossing all 11 innings and giving up only two hits to the Bears[apos] offense for the win … Tied her career high of 13 strikeouts against Baylor (April 8) and Stephen F. Austin (March 3) … At the plate, hit her first home run of the season against Stephen F. Austin and her second against UMKC on March 28, when she went 2-for-4 … Went 2-for-2 versus Creighton on April 20 … Led KU to its first-ever Big 12 postseason title, pitching 22 innings and compiling tournament wins against Missouri, No. 14 Nebraska and No. 20 Oklahoma from May 11-13 … Struck out 11 against BYU for the 3-0 win on May 18 in the NCAA Regionals.
2005: Sophomore Season
Finished the season with a 5-6 record and 4.81 ERA in 18 pitching appearances … Totaled 11 hits and batted .208 in 53 appearances at the plate … Recorded two multi-hit games … Started at first base 23 times … Hit her first career home run against New Mexico State on Feb. 5 … Struck out nine in a complete-game effort versus Purdue on Feb. 11 … Allowed just two hits and struck out six in a seven-inning win over Valparaiso on March 6 … Went 2-for-3 against Louisville on March 11 and 2-for-2 against the Cardinals on March 12 … Allowed just one hit and struck out eight in a five-inning shutout of Rhode Island on March 18 … Struck out six, allowed just two hits and walked two in KU[apos]s 3-2 win over North Dakota State on April 28 … Picked up her first Big 12 win of the season against Texas Tech on May 1, allowing just two hits, striking out three and walking three in 4.0 innings.
2004: Freshman Season
Led KU and finished eighth in the Big 12 with a 1.57 ERA as a rookie … Finished the season 14-12 and made 31 appearances on the mound … Pitched 20 complete games (178.0 innings), striking out 181 and holding batters to just a .195 batting average … Pitched five shutouts — including two 3-0 games versus No. 13 Nebraska … Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on May 4 after picking up wins against the No. 13 Huskers (3-0) and Texas (3-0) … Recorded double-digit strikeouts five times … Fanned 12 batters against Creighton on April 1 and then set a career high with 13 strikeouts against Texas Tech on April 4 … Threw a one-hitter against No. 17 Nebraska on March 6 … Pitched 10.0 innings against Tennessee Tech on March 14 … Earned her first career save versus UMKC on March 16 … Won seven-straight decisions from Feb. 8 until March 7 … Errorless on defense all season.
Cactus H.S.
Named the 2003 Arizona Big School Player of the Year by the Arizona Republic out of Glendale Cactus High … Garnered First-Team All-Arizona honors in 2002 and 2003 … Was a three-time first-team all-region selection … Named the Glendale Star Female Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior … Broke school records for career strikeouts (606), complete games (70) and wins (64) … Led team to an Arizona State Championship in 2003 … Posted a 23-1 record and 0.17 ERA in her senior season … Coached by Jeff Griffith … Played first base when wasn[apos]t pitching and compiled a .324 batting average … Named the 2001 Cactus H.S. Athlete of the Year … Also boasted a 3.8 GPA.
Club
Played for the Lil[apos] Saints, the same squad as teammate Erika Simington … Coached by Dick Dickson.
Personal
Born Katherine Michele Humphreys on Oct. 10, 1984, in Phoenix, Ariz. … Daughter of Bill and J.C. Humphreys … Has five sisters … Also recruited by Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Georgia Tech and Villanova … Best hidden talent is sucking spaghetti through her nose and pulling it out of her mouth … Prefers to go by [quote]Kassie.[quote]