Kara Canetto

Class:
Freshman
Bats/Throws:
L/R
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ga.
Position:
OF
Prev School:
Screven County HS

2021 (So.*)

• Played in and started all 59 games at centerfielder

• Entering junior season, has started each of Liberty’s last 82 games, beginning with the 2020 season opener (tied with Caroline Hudson for longest active streak on team)

• ASUN All-Conference first team outfielder

• VaSID All-State second team outfielder

• Batted a team-best .385 (75-for-195) with 10 doubles, two triples, two homers, 23 RBI, 38 runs scored, a .412 on base percentage and a team-leading 19 stolen bases

• Finished the season tied for 11th in NCAA Division I softball with 75 hits

• Her 15-game hitting streak (Feb. 21 through March 13) tied for the sixth longest in program history, and was one of two double-digit game hitting streaks this season (also 12-game, April 6-28)

• Led team with 25 multiple-hit games and five three-hit games

• Posted three straight two-hit games, Feb. 13-15

• Batted 2-for-2 with her first career homer and career-high four RBI against Longwood (March 6)

• Had walk-off RBI in bottom of the seventh of 7-6 win over East Carolina, capping a 3-for-4 game (March 6)

• Went 2-for-4 during Liberty’s 2-0, 10-inning win over eventual SEC Champion Arkansas (March 16)

• Batted 3-for-4 with a double, triple, two RBI and two runs scored at Virginia (April 6)

• Posted a 3-for-4 game at Kennesaw State in ASUN semifinal and followed up with a 2-for-2 hitting line against the Owls the following day in the ASUN final

• Went 2-for-5 in her NCAA Regional debut, May 21 against James Madison

• Tied for the team lead with six hits in the NCAA Knoxville Regional, including a three-hit game and home run off of James Madison’s Odicci Alexander in the Regional final

2020 (So.)

• Played in and started all 23 games (14 – CF, 9 – LF)

• VaSID All-State first team outfielder

• Batted .394 (28-for-71) with team-high seven doubles, eight RBI, 18 runs scored, two walks, two HBP and a .427 on-base percentage

• At her best against Top 25 teams, batted .444 versus ranked opponents

• Recorded seven multiple-hit games, including the first three three-hit contests of her career

• Went 2-for-3 with a double against No. 21 Auburn (Feb. 8)

• Batted 2-for-3 versus No. 8 Alabama (Feb. 13)

• Hit 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against No. 1 Washington

• Went 3-for-4 with a game-tying RBI and one run scored in 6-5 win over No. 6 Michigan

• Had 3-for-3 game against Elon (March 1), with one double and a career-high three runs scored

• Followed up with 3-for-4, two-RBI two-run game against Texas Southern (March 6)

• First Liberty player since Tori Zavodny (Feb. 16, 2018 vs. Delaware State, Central Michigan) with back-to-back three-hit games

• Batted 2-for-3 with a double and three runs scored in season finale against New Mexico (March 8)

2019 (Fr.)

• ASUN All-Freshman Team

• Played in and started 33 games (32 – LF, 1 – CF) before sustaining season-ending injury

• Batted .296 (29-for-98) with four doubles, one triple, 16 RBI, 16 runs scored, going 9-for-13 on stolen bases

• Recorded eight multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI contests

• Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and one run scored against BYU (Feb. 8), marking the third straight year that a Liberty player had two hits in the season opener

• Batted 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored in win at Texas A&M (Feb. 15)

• Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and one run scored at UCLA (March 9)

• Hit 2-for-5 with two doubles at Duke (March 27), and her two-run double in the ninth inning proved to be the game winner

Prep

• Graduated from Screven County High School

• Four-time all-region player, including 4-AA Region Player of the Year honors in 2018

• Named to AA All-State team as both a junior and senior

• Batted .557 during junior season, while also going 9-6 as a pitcher

• Hit .577 with 49 runs scored, 37 RBI and 28 stolen bases during senior campaign

• Also competed in cross country in high school

Personal

• Daughter of Ricky J. and Anna Marie Canetto