2023-24 Softball
Roster
#77 Carlli Kloss 2022-23 Softball Roster
Catcher/Outfield
Class
Senior
Height
5-8
B/T
L/R
Hometown
Cypress, Calif.
High School
Pacifica
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HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2023 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2023 Third Team All-ACC
- 2023 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
- Third Team All-ACC selection
- ACC Defensive Player of the Year
- NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team
- Started all 50 games as the Irish catcher
- ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 14)
- Hit for a .341 (57-for-167) average consistently at the top of the lineup
- Tallied 20 extra-base hits with a team-high 14 doubles, three triples and adding three homers
- Drove in 23 and scored a team-best 43 runs
- Swiped nine bases in 11 attempts
- Led the team with 18 multi-hit games
- Drove in multiple runs in six games
- Had a season-long eight game hitting streak (April 7 – April 21)
- Reached base in a season-best 18 games (March 28 – April 29)
- Earned a .987 fielding percentage, committing just four errors in 303 chances
- Allowed just four passed balls while catching every pitch from the Irish staff during the season
- Threw out 13 of 29 attempted base stealers for a .552 SBA% to lead the ACC
- Began the year with a five-game hit streak to earn ACC Player of the Week with three multi-hit games, five RBI and scoring six times
- Season-high four hits as part of a 4-for-5 effort with a double short of the cycle, driving in a run and scoring twice against UNCG (March 15)
- Hit a triple as part of a 3-for-4 effort with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over Louisville (April 7)
- Scored two runs in the victory over Harvard at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 20)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Played in 35 games making 25 starts primarily behind the plate
- Hit for a .411 average in 56 at bats
- Drove in 11 and scored 12 times
- Perfect 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts
- Five multi-hit games
- Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak and reached base in nine consecutive
- Season-high two hits in five games
- Drove in four runs in a 2-for-2 effort with a triple, scored twice and hit her first collegiate home run
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
- Saw action in 30 games, starting 15, at pinch-runner and catcher
- Posted a .133 batting avg., totaling four hits and seven runs, drawing five walks and stealing four bases on four attempts. Totaled 68 putouts and six assists behind the plate, with no errors.
PREP & PERSONAL
- Majoring in business; aspires to pursue a career in sports management
- Instagram: @carlli.kloss
- Was named to the high school All-Star team as a senior
- Named first-team all-league for three seasons
- “Carlli is a dynamic triple-threat at the plate,” head coach Deanna Gumpf noted. “She will make an immediate impact to the continued success of our program.”
- “On top of all of the amazing academic programs, my future softball coaches became such a significant factor in my decision to continue my academic and athletic career at this specific University,” Kloss shared. “Notre Dame may quite possibly have one of the most generous, welcoming and determined coaching staff within the collegiate level of softball.”
- Named first-team All-Empire League as a sophomore and junior; was second-team all-league as a freshman
- Named Pacifica Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior
- With the Firecrackers TJ 18U club team, batted .506 with an on-base percentage of .622
- Was ranked 45 out of 500 by Extra Inning Softball as a senior
- As a junior, was named All-PGF and placed ninth in PGF
- With Firecrackers TJ 18U, was coached by former NFL wide receiver T.J. Houshmanzadeh
- As a sophomore with Firecrackers Brashear, placed fifth in PGF
- Sister Kellsi Kloss won an NPF Championship with the Chicago Bandits after playing softball at Louisiana State