Kristin Marko

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kennesaw Mountain HS
Hometown:
Kennesaw, Ga.

2011: Had 118 at bats in 41 starts for the Bears in 2011 and both were career highs…Played in a total of 53 of the bears 56 games splitting time at the designated hitter and catcher position…Finished second on the team and posted a career-high 28 RBI…Was third on the team with four home runs on the year…Had a .254 batting average with 30 hits including four doubles…Had just seven strikeouts on the year, which led the team for players who made more than 28 games…Was fourth on the team with 46 total bases…Had four multi-hit games on the year, including a season-high three hits against Campbell in the A-Sun Tournament(5/11)…Had two games where she drove in four RBI, first against Savannah St. (2/22) and then against Samford (3/10)…Had three of her four home runs come over a span of four days early in the year…Finished with six games with multiple RBI…Hit her second-career grand slam in a 9-0 shutout at Samford(3/10)…Had a three-run home run in a 6-1 win over Oakland University (2/21)… Recorded nine RBI over a four-game stretch (Sav. St., Miss. St., Tenn. St., Bowling Green)…Went 3-for-3 in a 2-1 victory over Campbell in the conference tournament(5/11)…At the mid-point of the season had her batting average as high as .312.

2010: Made 38 starts at both the designated player and catchers positions…Was third on the team with a .289 batting average…Her seven home runs were tied for first on the team and was a career high…Also recorded 19 RBI on the year, which tied for second on the team…Led the team in both slugging percentage (.546) and on base percentage (.410)…Her 28 hits were a career-high and was also third on team in 2010… Had a six-game hitting streak the longest of her career in 2010…Had a pinch-hit two-run home run against Middle Tennessee St. in an 8-4 win (2/21)…Went 2-for-2 with her first-career grand slam in a 18-0 game two victory against Savannah St. (2/24)…Had her third home run of the season, a solo shot, at Georgia Tech going 1-for-2 on the day (3/13)…Had the game-winning two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning at Furman (3/25)…In game two against the Paladins, went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in a 2-0 Bears sweep(3/25)…Had a two-run RBI in a five-run seventh inning to beat Samford 5-0 (3/30)…Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in a Bears’ 10-0 win over Belmont (4/10)…Had a career day with a pair of solo homeruns after going 3-for-3 at the plate in game two against ETSU (4/16)…Had her seventh home run of the season in a losing effort at Stetson(4/22).

2009: Recorded a walk in game one against Savannah State (2/8) ... Notched first collegiate career RBI in game one against Georgia Southern (2/15) ... Went 2-for-3 and smashed first career home run in game two against FAMU (2/24) ... Had a walk, a hit, and two RBI in win over Boston College (3/7) ... Batted 1-for-2 with an RBI against Howard (3/8) ... Blasted a two-run home run in game two against Alabama State (3/11) ... Drew a walk with the bases loaded in game two of Mercer’s sweep against Georgia State (3/17) ... Had a pair of hits in game two against UNF (4/11).

High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Lisa Chapman in softball and coach Kim Minnick in lacrosse ... Named Academic All-American twice ... Member of 2007 KMHS team which won the regional championship ... Named as an All-State softball player in all four seasons at KMHS ... Honored as Marietta Daily Journal Player of the Year and Region Player of the Year in junior and senior seasons ... Memeber of KMHS Sports Council ... Inducted into KMHS Hall of Fame ... Participated in BETA club and orchestra.

Personal: Kristin Marko was born May 17, 1990 ... Daughter of Bruce and Dana Marko ... Has two sisters Jacquelyn Marko (16), Kasey Edmondson (15), and a brother Kyle Edmondson (13) ... Father played baseball at Eastern Washington ... Also recruited by Tennessee Tech ... Majoring in biomedical engineering.