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2017 Softball Roster

Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
Ashley Blanchard, WMU Photographer
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21 Kelsea Cichocki

21 Kelsea Cichocki

  • Position:
    Third Base
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    McHenry
  • Hometown:
    McHenry, Ill.

Summary

Biography

Career Notables: 2017 NFCA Second Team All-Region ... two-time Second Team All-MAC selection, a MAC All-Freshman team recognition and was a member of the 2015 MAC All-Tournament Team … just the second player in school history to bat over .400 for a season … .355 career batting average ranks second highest in program history … career RBI leader with 116 – first player ever to record more than 100 … owns top two single-season RBI marks with 39 in 2016 and school-record 46 in 2017 … ranks third in career hits (204), fifth in career doubles (33) and is tied for second with 20 career home runs – one of four players to record 20 home runs … owns school record with five hits in a single game (vs. Buffalo, 2014).

2017: Earned Second Team NFCA All-Region honors, first Bronco to do so since 2011 ... played and started in all 54 games … led the MAC with a .405 batting average, which ranked as second-highest single-season batting average in WMU history … had a .661 slugging percentage and a .464 on-base percentage … totaled 68 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, nine home-runs and school-record 46 RBIs … 68 hits ranks second in school history … nine home runs ties for third most in single-season … had 21 multi-hit games, 14 games with multiple RBIs - including six games with three RBIs … went on an 18-game hitting streak and a 20-game on-base streak … had seven games with at least three hits and went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored against Hartford (3/4) .. had three games with two doubles … batted .284 with five home runs and team-high 16 RBIs during MAC play was voted COSIDA Academic All-District, becoming the first Bronco to earn the recognition since 2012.

2016: Named Second Team All-MAC for the second straight season after recording a .314 batting average against MAC opponents, recording 22 hits, two doubles, one home run, 13 RBIs and seven runs scored ... recorded a .953 fielding percentage at third base ...  batted .312 over the 2016 season which was second highest on the team ... totaled eight doubles, three home runs, 48 hits, 20 RBIs and a .422 slugging percentage ... recorded 12 multi-hit games as well as seven games with multiple RBIs ... went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored against Alabama A&M (2/27) ... one of only three players to start all 50 games.

2015: Started all 51 games at third base … batted .357 during all games combined and .351 during MAC play … Second Team All-MAC and MAC Tournament Team selection … named MAC Player of the Week by College Sports Madness … had seven home runs, six doubles and a team-high 39 RBIs … had 15 multi hit games and nine games with multiple RBIs … rattled off a nine-game hitting streak went 3-for-5 with a grand slam and seven RBIs vs. Seton Hall (3/11), seven RBIS ties for second most in WMU single game history … hit home runs in back-to-back games against Toledo (4/3) … drove in four runs in MAC Tournament win against Kent State (5/8) … had a .500 batting average during the MAC Tournament, going 8-for-16 with three home runs, a double and 10 RBIs.

2014: Started 35 of 39 games played … seventh Bronco to be named to the MAC All-Freshman Team … made collegiate debut against Stanford (2/8) … registered first career hit against Cal State Northridge (2/8), first career RBI against Saint Joseph’s (3/7) and home run against Buffalo (4/25) … one of four Broncos with two doubles in a game in 2014 with hers coming against Saint Joseph’s (3/7) … one of nine Broncos with five at bats in a game with hers coming against Eastern Michigan (4/18) … set program record for hits in a game, tying a MAC record, with five against Buffalo (4/25) … had team’s most total bases in a game this season also against Buffalo … third on the team in multi-hit games (8) and fourth in multi-RBI games (2) … ranked third with 10-game streak of reaching base safely … ranked second on the team with .993 fielding percentage.

High School: Two-sport athlete in softball and hockey ... earned All-Fox Valley Conference during junior and senior seasons ... hit .432 with a .580 slugging percentage as a junior with eight doubles, 21 runs scored and 23 RBIs ... slugged .664 wsith .445 OBP as a senior with seven home runs, 39 RBIs, nine doubles and only three strikeouts ... member of all-star hockey team as a freshman and as a sophomore ... member of back-to-back regional championship softball teams in 2012 and 2013.

Personal: Graduated with a 3.73 GPA in university studies ... daughter of Ted and Kim Cichocki ... born March 29, 1995 in Barrington, Ill.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2014Freshman

    Infield
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2015Sophomore

    Third Base
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2016Junior

    Third Base
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2017Senior

    Third Base
    5'9"
    21