Kristen Philen

Height:
5-4
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Tallmadge, Ohio
High School:
Tallmadge
Position:
INF

Career Notes
In her fourth season with the program... Has been the starting shortstop the last three seasons.

2011 Junior Season
Appeared in 42 games and started 40...Batted .200 (20-for-100) with two doubles, two home runs and eight runs batted in...Also scored 14 runs...Had four multi-hit games... Went 2-for-4 against Kent State (2/13)...Recorded two hits against Savannah State (3/11)...Went 2-for-4 with a home run, double and four runs batted in against Valpariso (4/17)...Had two singles against Butler (4/23)...Hit a home run against Green Bay (5/7).

2010 Sophomore Season
Started all 50 games at shortstop... Batted .317 with 10 doubles, three home runs, 18 runs scored and 22 runs batted in... Recorded nine multi-hit games and and five multi-RBI games... Batted .360 with runners on base and .368 with runners in scoring position... Led the team with 12 two-out RBI... Collected three three-hit games... Went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs batted in against Wagner (3/11)... Turned in a 3-for-3 performance with a double against Dayton (3/20)... Owned a 10-game hitting streak (4/3-15), which was the second longest on the team... Batted .387 (12-for-31) with seven runs scored, six runs batted in and three doubles during that span... Belted home runs against Saint Francis (Pa.) (3/18), Detroit (4/15) and Wright State (4/17)... Improved batting average 117 points from freshman campaign.

2009 Freshman Season
Appeared and started all 50 games at shortstop... Posted six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests... Batted .200 with 10 runs scored, 12 runs batted in, six doubles and two home runs... Went 2-for-4 in a 7-3 win over Saint Francis (Pa.) (3/7)... Collected two singles and scored against Penn (3/9)... Went 3-for-4 with a run and RBI against Wright State (3/28)... Recorded a five-game hitting streak (4/4-4/11)... Batted .438 (7-for-16) with two home runs, a double and six runs batted in during that span... Hit her first career home run against UIC (4/4)... Went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in second game against the Flames... Drove in two runs and collected two singles against Toledo (4/8)... Went 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run against Green Bay (5/2).

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Tallmadge High School... Named first-team all-conference and second team all-northeast Ohio as a senior... Batted .333 with an on-base percentage of .441 and a slugging percentage of .460 as a senior... Earned first-team all-conference honors and second team all-northeastern Ohio laurels as a junior... Led Tallmadge to three straight conference championships (2006-08).

Personal
Daughter of Cliff and Lisa Philen... Major is education... Born June 18, 1990... is the 2011-12 recipient of the Van Sickle Foundation Athletic Scholarship.