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15 Kailey Wilson

  • Position
    Infielder
  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown
    Aurora, Colo.
  • Highschool
    Eaglecrest
  • Deals

Biography

2022 (Junior at Creighton) 
BIG EAST Player of the Year ... Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team Selection ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team ... Became just the fourth Bluejay in program history to be named conference Player of the Year, joining Stacey Rybar (2004), Abby Johnson (2005) and Renae Sinkler-O'Gorman (2009, 2010), and is the first Bluejays to earn the honor in the BIG EAST ... Also named a unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection for the second consecutive season ... One of five Bluejays to start all 42 games ... Paced the Bluejays and the BIG EAST with a .436 batting average, the second highest batting average in school history but the highest average since Anne Timmermann posted a .538 average in 1978 ... Posted the Bluejays second highest single-season slugging percentage and on-base percentage in school history with a .812 slugging percentage, as well as a .541 on-base percentage ... Led Creighton's offense with 51 hits, including a team-high 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 24 walks ... Reached base safely in a team-high 19 straight games from March 4-April 14 ... Recorded 16 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Hit a team and BIG EAST-best .524 batting average during league games, the highest batting average during conference play by a Bluejays since at least 1989 ... Pushed her career BIG EAST play batting average to .467, which ranks second highest for career batting average in BIG EAST history behind former Notre Dame star Meghan Murray (.518) ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored at Lamar (Feb. 20) ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBI during Creighton’s 11-2 triumph over Green Bay (March 4) ... Launched three-run home run over the centerfield wall to help the Jays to a 8-0 win over Green Bay (March 5) ... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, double and walked twice while driving in two and scoring two runs in the BIG EAST opener against Georgetown (March 13) ... Tied the game in the top of the seventh with line-drive homerun to help the Bluejays to a 4-2 nine inning win over Seton Hall (March 20) ... Led-off seventh with double and went 3-for-4 in 7-6 win over Providence (March 26) ... Earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on April 11 after finishing a three-game series at UConn with a 1.714 Slugging percentage, a .900 on-base percentage and a .857 batting average (6-of-7) ... Continued her hot hitting streak by going 2-for-3 with a two-run home run right against Omaha (April 19) ... Nabbed BIG EAST Player of the Week on May 2 after hitting .750 (6-for-8) with seven RBI, three home runs and two walks against DePaul to close the season ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team honoree.

2021 (Sophomore at Creighton)

Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection ... Started 27 games and led the team in home runs (8), doubles (5), RBI (26), slugging percentage (.747) and on-base percentage (.479) ... Her slugging percentage led the BIG EAST ...  Also ranked second on the team in batting average (.398) and hits (33) ... Paced the Bluejays and ranked second in the BIG EAST with a .432 batting average during league games ... Launched four home runs against league pitching and drove in 15 runs, while posting a .773 slugging percentage ... Made 26 starts as the designated player and one at first base ... Earned spot on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on March 8 after hitting .474 during the Saluki Invitational in Carbondale, Illinois ...  Launched walk-off home run against Northern Kentucky (March 6) ... Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on April 5 after posting a .778 average (7-of-9) with five RBI and two home runs over the course of three games against the Seton Hall ... Hit three-run walk-off home run during series finale against St. John’s (April 11) and finished the game with a season-high four RBI ... Ended season with 11 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games ... Closed year with .519 batting average, .658 on-base percentage and 1.037 slugging percentage during 10 home games ... Hit four home runs, two doubles and drove in 11 runs at home.

2020 (Sophomore at Creighton)

Played in 24 games, including 21 starts ... Started 20 games as the designed player and one at first base ... Posted .453 slugging percentage, the fourth-best mark on the team, with four doubles and two home runs ... Recorded multiple-RBIs in four different games ... Tallied two RBIs in back-to-back games on consecutive days against North Dakota and Toledo during the opening weekend of the season (Feb. 7-8) ... Made collegiate debut in the field with start at first base against North Dakota (Feb. 7) and finished 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs at the plate ... Went 1-for-4 with a home run during four pinch-hit plate appearances ... Had four consecutive games with a hit and RBI from Feb. 22-29 ... Recorded home run during both games of a doubleheader against Niagara on March 11. 

2019 (Freshman at Creighton)

Played in 36 games, including 26 starts ... Finished with team-high three hits during pinch-hit plate appearances, including two homers ... Led Bluejays in slugging percentage (.791), on-base percentage (.519) and batting average (.419) during BIG EAST play ... Earned spot on BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after tallying first two extra-base hits of career, including game-tying pinch-hit homer in first game at Providence (March 30) ... Went 2-for-2 in season-opener (Feb. 8 vs. UTEP), becoming the first Creighton freshman with multiple hits in the season-opener since Liz Dike and Allie Mathewson in 2012 ... Ended season with seven-game hitting streak ... Capped season by going 3-for-4 with a double and run scored against Seton Hall (May 5).  

Eaglecrest High School

Named 2017 Colorado High School Athletic Association 5A Player of the Year and led Eaglecrest to the Final Four after hitting .738 with 12 home runs, 53 RBI, seven doubles and four triples ... Gatorade Player of the Year nominee ... Acclaimed as the Female Athlete of the Year at Eaglecrest High School following her senior year ... Ended her career with a .599 average, 100 hits, 110 RBI, 22 home runs and 20 doubles during 63 games ... Claimed three First Team All-Centennial League Conference selections ... Played club ball for Colorado Styxx and tallied 15 homers, 70 RBI and 25 walks during the 2017 club season ... Also participated in  basketball and orchestra ... Served as a Link Leader ... Earned Academic Honor Mention recognition twice. 


Personal
Daughter of Clinton Jr. and Karen ... Has one sibling, Skylar ... Graduated with a bachelors in Healthy Lifestyle Management in May of 2022 and is currently pursuing a masters degree in Integrative Health and Wellness. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'11"
    15
  • 15

    2022Junior

    Infielder
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2023Graduate Student

    Infielder
    5'10"
    15