Cassie Kuizin
18 Cassie Kuizin
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Weight:
    0
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, IL
  • High School:
    Sacred-Heart Griffin
  • Position:
    SS
  • Years Coached (at Taylor):
    Sacred-Heart Griffin

Bio

2017 at Taylor: Played in and started 51-of-57 games as a junior for TU at shortstop…Batted .301 with 46 hits in 153 at-bats, including 11 doubles, a triple and three home runs…Posted a .409 on-base percentage, while drawing a team-high 28 walks…Drove in 25 RBI and scored the second-most runs on the team (43)…Stole 12 bases in 13 attempts, second-best on the team…Cracked the hit column in 31 games, including 12 games with multiple hits and two games with a career-high three base-knocks…Tallied multi-hit games in three-straight contests from March 29 to April 1…Drew multiple walks in five outings…Posted two streaks of four-straight games with a run and recorded a streak of three games in-a-row with a hit…Went 3-for-4 with three runs twice on the season, both times coming against Spring Arbor…Tallied 73 putouts and 103 assists in 183 chances for a .962 fielding percentage, while being involved in 12 double plays…Was named to the Crossroads League Gold Glove Team.

2016 at Heartland Community College: Saw action in 54 of the team’s 58 games as a sophomore…Led the team with 215 plate appearances, notching a team-high 75 hits…Increased batting average 72 points from .331 in 2015 to a team-leading .403 in her second season with the Hawks…Was second on the team with 57 runs scored, 14 homers, 29 extra-base hits and 134 total bases…Paced the team with 10 stolen bases…Led the team with 150 assists on defense, while her 83 putouts were fourth on the team…Recorded a .940 fielding percentage…Tallied her fourth-career multi-homer game in a 10-2 win over John Wood on May 1, going three-for-four at the plate with a double and three RBI to go with the two long-balls…Awarded the 2015-2016 Lea Plarski Award…Earned 2016 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 24 Player of the Year…Was named 2016 NJCAA Division II Third-Team All-American.

2015 at Heartland Community College: Played in 44 games at shortstop for Heartland as a freshman…Recorded 48 hits in 145 at-bats for a .331 batting average…Led the team with a .969 fielding percentage…Scored the second-most runs on the team and 20th-most in NJCAA Division II (61)...Was second on the team in home runs (13) and stolen bases (9)…Was third on the team with 26 extra-base hits, 103 total bases, 51 RBI and a slugging percentage of .710…Tied for the team-lead with three triples on the season…Registered 84 putouts with a team-high 103 assists in the middle infield…Went four-of-five at the plate, producing two home runs, a double, four RBI and four runs to lift Heartland to a 21-20 victory over Macomb on March 10…Knocked in a career-high six runs in a 23-1 rout of Lincoln, going three-for-five from the dish with two dingers.

Prep: Kuizin is from Springfield, Illinois and attended Sacred Heart Griffin High…Lettered all four years in softball…Earned All-Central State Eight Conference honors three years…Was named Academic All-American…Was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society…Played club softball with Hitting Center.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Susan Kuizin…Majoring in psychology at Taylor.