Kyra Snyder

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Mission Viejo
Hometown:
Lake Forest, Calif.

As a sophomore (2019): Started every game at first base... Registered a .282 batting average with 23 runs with six doubles and three home runs... Tallied 23 runs and 24 RBIs... Paced the team with 27 walks... Put together a 15-game on-base streak... Made two appearances in the circle - against Radford (3/9) and Virginia Tech (3/30)... Posted a 5.60 ERA with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work... Went 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBIs in the 21-1 win over Morehead State... Combined for a shutout, struck out a career-high four batters and picked up a save in the 6-0 win over Radford - also went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI... Connected on an RBI double in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Had an RBI double in the 3-0 win over Indiana State (3/2)... Drove in two runs in the 7-1 win over Indiana State (3/1)... Connected on her first career home run in the 7-5 win over Bradley (2/24)... Had a double in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Went 2-for-2 with a run in the 10-0 win over Buffalo (2/9).

As a freshman (2018): Played in 52 games with 51 starts at first base or pitcher... Posted a .291 batting average with five doubles... Collected 15 RBIs and socred 11 runs... Made 12 appearances and seven starts in the circle... Posted a 1-2 record and a 3.07 ERA with 18 strikeouts in 27.1 innings... Registered her first save in the 3-2 win against Boston College (4/28) while tossing two innings of shutout relief and delivering a strikeout.. Picked up her first win in the 14-7 victory over Virginia (4/6)... Went 4 for 5 with a double, a run and three RBIs in the 9-7 win over Illinois (2/11)... Registered three strikeouts in her first career start in the circle in Louisville’s 5-3 win over UCF (2/9).

High School/Travel Ball: Three-year starter for Mission Viejo high school… The first baseman/pitcher helped her team to three straight California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) finals, winning the titles in 2014 and 2016… All-state second team selection… Two-time All-South Coast League selection (2016 and 2017)… League MVP (2017)… All-Orange County and All-CIF Division 2 first team honoree… Named to All-State CalHiSports.com (2016 and 2017)… Named one of FloSoftball.com's top 100 class of 2017 entering junior year… Earned tournament MVP after helping win the USSSA World Fast Pitch Championship while playing for 16U travel team, OC Batbusters.

Personal: Full name is Kyra Lynne Snyder... Birthdate is March 11, 1999... Daughter of William and Jill Snyder… Has younger sibling Ryan... Double major in biology and anthropology…Post college ambition is to become an evolutionary biologist… Mom played college athletics… Chose UofL because of the coaching staff, facilities and the hometown feeling… Favorite softball memory is winning the nationals with all-star team…Favorite pregame meal is rice with soy sauce…Hobbies include reading, working out and going to the beach.