2019 All C-USA First Team
C-USA Player of the Week (March 11, 2019)
C-USA Hitter of the Week (April 16, 2018)
2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2018 & 2019)
C-USA Academic Medalist (2018 & 2019)
2019 (SENIOR): Played and started in all 50 games at first base … named to the All-Conference USA first team … led the squad with a .388 batting average, 54 hits and a .482 on-base percentage … finished third and fourth in batting average and on-base percentage in the league, respectively … drove in 28 RBIs … reached base safely in 44 of the Miners’ 50 games … began the season on a 14-game reached base streak … tied for the team lead with 14 multi-hit games … hit a career-high 10 home runs and drew 22 walks … was the defensive anchor leading the team in putouts (265), and posting a program record and C-USA-leading 20 fielded double plays … posted a .993 fielding percentage … named C-USA Player of the Week for hitting .643 on nine hits with eight RBIs and two home runs in the series against Charlotte (March 9-10) … posted a career day in the first game against Charlotte with three hits and five RBIs … began the season with a homer versus Creighton (2/8) … went 2-2 with a dinger against New Mexico the very next game (2/8) … went 3-3 with three RBIs and a home run versus Saint Mary’s … posted a seven-game hitting streak from March 3-10 … registered a walk-off sacrifice fly in a victory over NM State (3/19) … went 3-3 at LA Tech (4/12) … had the walk-off single against FIU on senior day (5/5).
2018 (JUNIOR): Played in 51 games, making 46 starts … started last 36 games at first base … hit .290 (38-131) with 22 RBI and five home runs … ranked tied for second on the team in home runs … added 17 runs and tied for second on the team with 10 doubles … led team with 230 putouts and recorded 14 assists (.984 fielding percentage) … hit .343 (24-70) with four home runs and 16 RBI in 24 league only games … made first start in a UTEP uniform at the designated player position at UNLV and responded by going 2-for-3 (first hits in a UTEP uniform) with two runs and a double … named Conference USA Player of the Week on April 16 after hitting .600 (6-10) with 1.400 slugging percentage, seven RBI, two doubles, two home runs, four runs scored, a walk and stolen base, while recording 17 putouts and no errors during series sweep against North Texas … opened series against the Mean Green with a 2-for-4, two-RBI outing in game one, while following with a career-high four RBI on a two-run home run and two-run double in game two and capped the weekend series with a solo home run and double in game three … hit two-run home run and scored a pair of runs during a 16-13 win against UAB … big highlight came against UTSA after connecting on a three-run, walk-off home run in the ninth inning that defeated UTSA, 5-4, in game one … became first Miner to hit a walk-off home run with team down runs at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex … went 1-for-2 and scored two runs during an 8-5 win against the Roadrunners in game two … entered final weekend of season hitting under .260 and responded with a 7-for-10 performance during a weekend sweep of C-USA power LA Tech … opened series with a 2-for-3 outing and followed with a career high in hits on a 3-for-4 effort with a RBI in game two … capped her first season in a UTEP uniform with two hits, including a double and RBI during a come-from-behind victory against the Lady Techsters … hit first Division I home run at Hawai’i (March 4), a two-run shot that tied the game during the fourth frame.
PRIOR TO UTEP: Played two seasons at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa … put up big numbers in her two seasons with the Warriors, connecting on a combined 31 home runs and 126 RBI … Warriors went 74-32 combined in both seasons … hit .442 with 19 long balls (ranked for t-14 in NJCAA), 71 RBI and 62 runs scored in 50 games in 2016 … in the circle, fashioned a 10-4 record with a 3.16 ERA in 57.2 frames … efforts surged Indian Hills CC to the 2016 NJCAA Division I softball national tournament … registered six RBI on a pair of occasions, the first came on a 4-for-4 effort with a home run, a double and two runs scored during a 14-13 win at Temple (2/21), while the second came on a 3-for-4 outing (2 HR, 2B) with three runs scored … selected as a utility player on the NFCA All-American second team for two-year schools after a standout freshman season … hit .420 with 55 RBI and 12 home runs … in the circle, went 6-0 with a 2.27 ERA in 37.0 innings pitched ... played first, second and third base, shortstop and pitcher with the Alaska North Stars club team for coaches Bill Duffield, Dava Hall and Billy Boswood.
PERSONAL: Full name Kacey Yukiko Duffield … daughter of Laura and Bill Duffield … has one sister, Kimi … born in Fairbanks, Alaska … education major … nickname is Kace.
