2023-24 Softball
Roster
#32 Karina Gaskins 2022-23 Softball Roster
Infield
Class
Senior
Height
5-7
B/T
R/R
Hometown
Edison, N.J.
High School
Donovan Catholic
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HONORS AND AWARDS:
- 2023 NFCA Mid-Atlantic First Team All-Region
- 2023 First Team All-ACC
- 2022 D1Softball.com Second Team All-American
- 2022 Softball America Second Team All-American
- 2022 NFCA Third Team All-American
- 2022 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
- 2022 ACC Player of the Year
- 2022 First Team All-ACC
- 2022 ACC Player of the Week (March 22)
- 2021 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
2021 All-ACC Second Team
2021 All-ACC Freshman Team
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
- First Team All-ACC
- First Team NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region
- Started all 50 games at first base
- Hit for a .348 average with a team-best 15 home runs and 46 RBI
- 15 home runs is tied for sixth-most all-time in program history
- Added eight doubles with 37 runs
- Earned a team-high .741 slugging percentage with a .497 on-base percentage
- Tied her own record for second all-time with 40 walks drawn during the season
- Earned 11 multi-hit games
- Drove in multiple runs in nine games, including two five or more RBI efforts
- Earned a season long seven-game hitting streak (April 2 – April 11)
- Started the season with a 2-for-3 effort in the win over #22 Arizona State
- Hit her first home run of the season in a 2-for-3 effort against Northern Illinois (Feb. 11)
- Had her first multi-homer game against NC State, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and scored three times (March 11 – Game 1)
- Season-high three hits four times, first coming in the series finale with NC State (March 11 – Game 2)
- Drew three walks in back-to-back games against Elon (March 14) and UNCG (March 15)
- Tied a Melissa Cook Stadium record with seven RBI against Pitt (April 2 – Game 2)
- Set a Melissa Cook Stadium record with three home runs against Pitt (April 2 – Game 2)
- Drove in four runs while going 2-for-3 with a home run, two walks and two runs scored in a 13-6 win over Louisville (April 7)
- Drove in four in a 3-for-4 effort with a home run and two runs scored against #15/17 Virginia Tech (April 15 – Game 1)
- Started the NCAA Fayetteville Regional 1-for-3 with an RBI double against #19 Oregon (May 19)
- Drove in all five runs in the win over Harvard at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 20), going 3-for-3 with a double and a home run
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Second Team All-American
- D1Softball.com
- Softball America
- Third Team All-American
- NFCA
- ACC Player of the Year
- First Team All-ACC
- Led the Irish with a .428 batting average, 13 home runs, 61 RBI, on-base percentage, slugging percentage (.797)
- Set a school record with a .555 on-base percentage
- Led the team with 19 multiple RBI games and a team-best 13-game hitting streak
- Multiple hits in 15 contests
- Drove in a season-best five runs in the very first game of the season with a grand slam home run and a sacrifice fly
- Drove in multiple runs in five of the first six games of the season
- Finished a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored against Western Michigan (March 16)
- Drove in four runs while going 3-for-3 against nationally ranked Duke with a home run (March 25)
- Hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader against Louisville (May 7)
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
- Named to the ACC All-Freshman team, and NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team, as a true freshman.
- Led the team with 10 home runs, posting a .297 average at the plate. Totaled 33 hits, seven doubles, 35 RBI and 15 runs scored. Stole one base, and posted 130 putouts and three assists at first base.
- In the doubleheader at Georgia Tech, she hit four home runs on four-consecutive at-bats. Three of those home runs came in the same game, matching a program record and the NCAA Division I single-game high for 2021.
- Her 10 home runs ranked 11th in the ACC, and her 0.83 RBI per game ranked fifth in the conference. Her 0.631 SLG was 13th in the ACC.
PREP & PERSONAL
- Majoring in Business; aspires to attend law school or become a CEO.
- Twitter: @karinaTgaskins
- Instagram: @karinagaskins
- “We are excited to get one of the most powerful hitters in the country,” head coach Deanna Gumpf expressed. “Karina comes from a tradition of winning programs and knows what it takes to be the best.”
- “I chose Notre Dame because I fell in love with the home atmosphere that I felt when I walked onto campus,” Gaskins noted.
- New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year (2019 & 2020)
- 113 hits, 112 runs scored, 139 RBI, 39 home runs 63 doubles, 11 stolen bases over three seasons
- Named an All-American, first-team all-state, all-region and all-conference as a sophomore and junior; named second-team all-conference as a freshman.
- Awarded NJ.com 2018 & 2019 NJ Softball Player of the Year
- Named to Donovan Catholic’s President’s Honor Roll, and achieved the highest grade in sophomore history
- First-team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association