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Kaylee Pond Season 2026

#42
PositionOutfielder
Height5-9
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownLafayette, Calif.
High SchoolAcalanes
Previous SchoolCalifornia
B/TL/R
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Career accolades

  • 2x Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2021-22)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2022, 25)
  • 1x Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • 1x All-Big 12 Freshman (2022)
  • 1x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022)

Single-game career bests

  • At Bats: 5 (at Oregon, 3/8/24)
  • Hits: 3, 2x (last at Oregon, 3/8/24)
  • RBIs: 3, 6x (last vs. Virginia Tech, 4/27/25)
  • Runs: 3, 2x (last at Sacramento State, 3/13/25)
  • Doubles: 2, 3x (last at Santa Clara, 4/22/25)
  • Triples: 2 (at Howard, 2/20/22)
  • Home Runs: 1, 14x (last vs. Oklahoma, 2/5/26)
  • Walks: 3 (vs. Washington, 4/20/24)
  • Hit By Pitches: 1, 24x (last at Oklahoma, 5/17/25)
  • Total Bases: 6 (vs. Maryland, 2/6/25)
  • Stolen Base: 2, 2x (last at Howard, 3/25/25)
  • Hit Streak: 6 (from 3/9/25 vs. Boston College to 3/21/25 at Virginia)

2026, Redshirt Senior

  • Made her ASU debut as the starting centerfielder in the Sun Devils' season-opener against Toledo (2/5)
  • Her solo home run against Oklahoma (2/5) marked the second long ball against the Sooners in her last three games played against OU dating back to her days at Cal

Prior to Arizona State
(Cal, 2023-25, R-So. - R-Sr.;
Iowa State, 2021-22, Freshman - R-Fr.  )

  • Started all 166 career collegiate softball games over a three-season span
  • Missed the 2021 and 2023 seasons due to injury
  • Slashed .284/.425/.458 in 419 official plate appearances between her time at Iowa State and Cal
  • Has drawn 26 or more walks in each of her three seasons on the diamond
  • Never had a season when she struck out more than the number of walks drawn
  • Registered 12-or-more extra base hits during each of her three seasons prior to arriving in Tempe
  • Credited with 30-or-more hits and 20-or-more runs scored throughout each of her three seasons before ASU

High School

  • Diablo Athletic League MVP in both basketball and softball, while helping her team win league titles in both sports
  • Prep2Prep North Coast Section Junior of the Year
  • San Jose Mercury News All-Bay Area player following her junior campaign, when she hit .680 with seven home runs and 32 RBI in 19 games
  • Ranked the No. 26 prep athlete (all sports) in the Bay Area by Sportstars Magazine

Personal

  • Daughter of Kari and Wylie Pond
  • Has one brother, Ibis