#32 Karina Gaskins 2022-23 Softball Roster

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