2022 (SOPHOMORE)
Made 14 appearances in the circle, starting four games, going 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA over 35 2/3 innings, allowing 21 runs, 13 earned, on 31 hits with 23 strikeouts and 16 walks … Earned the win, firing four shutout innings with one hit, three walks and six strikeouts vs. Morehead State (Feb. 12) … Threw a perfect inning of relief vs. Southern (Feb. 13) … Picked up her second win, allowing three runs, two earned, on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts over four innings in a start vs. Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 20) … Collected her third win, giving up a run with two walks and three strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings of relief at Grambling State (Feb. 22) … Threw a season-high seven innings in a complete game win vs. Delaware State, allowing an unearned run on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts (Feb. 25) … Pitched a scoreless inning of relief with two walks and one strikeout at McNeese (March 29) … Fired two scoreless innings with one hit and one strikeout vs. South Alabama (April 22) … Pitched five shutout innings with five hits and one strikeout vs. South Alabama (April 24).
2021 (FRESHMAN-2)
Made 11 appearances in the circle, starting seven games, going 3-2 with a 4.60 ERA over 35 innings, allowing 25 runs, 23 earned, on 39 hits with 15 walks to 29 strikeouts…Picked up a career-high eight strikeouts and the win in three shutout innings at Jackson State (4/15/21)…Threw a scoreless 1 2/3 innings vs. UT Arlington with one walk and one strikeout (4/2/21)…Collected her second win of the season in a complete game effort vs. Grambling State, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk and six strikeouts (3/10/21)…Opened the season with her first win, tossing 4 2/3 innings giving up two runs, one earned, on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts at Southern (2/24/21).
2020 (FRESHMAN)
Finished with the third-most strikeouts (14) on the staff … made nine appearances on the mound, seven of which were starts … tossed a complete game … earned the starting nod against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 7) where she tossed 1.1 innings, allowed four runs on two hits and recorded two K’s … had her first collegiate relief performance against South Dakota State (Feb. 14) … closed out her second career start by tossing 2.2 innings, allowing three runs on six hits … came out of the bullpen against South Dakota State (Feb. 16) and recorded a strikeout in 1.2 innings … competed five innings of work, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out three in a meeting with McNeese State (Feb. 19) … earned her first collegiate victory against Houston Baptist (Feb. 21), tossing a complete game six hitter where she allowed four runs (two earned runs) and struck out a single-game season-high four hitters in the 10-4 victory … returned to the mound as a starter against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 23) and went two innings, allowing two runs in the process … wrapped up her sixth start by logging 3.1 innings versus Belmont (Feb. 28) by scattering six hits, allowing four runs and striking out four hitters … made her final start of the campaign against Northern Iowa (March 1) where she surrendered three runs and a walk in 17 pitches.
PREP
Was valedictorian of her graduating class with a 4.0 GPA, a member of National Honor Society, BETA club, Future Business Leaders of America and Brothers and Sisters in Christ…Named to the 2018-19 LHSAA All-Academic teams for basketball, track and field and softball…On the field, Giddens was a three-sport athlete (softball, basketball and track and field)…helped lead the Lady Tigers to three district championships…had a batting average over .550 all four years, including a batting average of .667 her freshman year…Compiled 88 RBIs and 69 stolen bases during her career…Pitched 98 innings with 125 strikeouts during her freshman year…Named first team All-District all four years, District MVP her sophomore and senior years, 2019 All-Area pitcher of the year, selected to first team All-Area and the LHSAA All-Star team during her senior year…Two-time state champion in 4x200 meter relay in track and field.
PERSONAL
Nicknamed “Kass”…Born July 16, 2001 to Clint and Sonia Giddens in Shreveport, La….Has an older sister, Katelynn (23), who graduated from ULM…Twin sister, Kelsey, also plays ULM Softball…Enjoys shopping, playing with her dog and two goats and spending time with friends and family…plans to major in kinesiology, pre-physical therapy with a minor in business.
CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 7.0, 3x, last vs. Delaware State, 2/25/22
Walks Allowed: 4, at Louisiana Tech, 4/5/22
Strikeouts: 8, at Jackson State-1, 4/15/21
Batters Faced: 26, 2x, last vs. Delaware State, 2/25/22
Putouts: 1, vs. South Alabama, 4/24/22
Assists: 3, vs. South Alabama, 4/24/22
CAREER STATS
|
G |
GS |
IP |
W |
L |
SV |
ERA |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
| 2022 |
14 |
4 |
35.2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2.55 |
31 |
21 |
13 |
16 |
23 |
| 2021 |
11 |
7 |
35.0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
4.60 |
39 |
25 |
23 |
15 |
29 |
| 2020 |
9 |
7 |
23.2 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
6.21 |
31 |
24 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
| Career |
34 |
18 |
94.1 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
4.23 |
101 |
70 |
57 |
45 |
66 |
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2B |
3B |
HR |
WP |
BK |
HBP |
IBB |
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| 2022 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
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| 2021 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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| 2020 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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| Career |
18 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
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