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Jersey Number 64
Kairi Rodriguez
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- West Palm Beach, Fla.
- High School:
- Palm Beach Gardens
Undergraduate Degree: Graduated in May 2026 with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Duke
Career Honors:
As a Redshirt Junior (2026 - Duke)
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025 - Duke):
As a Sophomore (2024 - Duke):
As a Freshman (2024 - Duke):
High School/Travel Ball:
Career Honors:
- 2025 NFCA All-Region Second Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 3x Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
- 3x All-ACC Academic (2023, 2025, 2026)
- 2x ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
As a Redshirt Junior (2026 - Duke)
- Appeared in 56 games, making 47 starts
- Hit .238 (31-for-130) with nine home runs, five doubles, 26 RBIs, seven walks and 17 runs scored
- Tallied seven multi-RBI and five multi-hit games
- Hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. Texas A&M & Hawaii (Feb. 19)
- Went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and an RBI single at Georgia Tech (March 20), driving in a season-high four runs
- Hit a two-run home run in Super Regionals at Arkansas (May 22)
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2025 - Duke):
- Returned to the Blue Devils’ starting lineup after redshirting 2024 due to injury
- Played in all 59 games, earning 58 starts at catcher
- Hit .320 in 178 plate appearances while tallying single-season career highs in hits (57), doubles (11), triples (2), home runs (9) and RBIs (42)
- Posted a .556 slugging percentage and a .396 on-base percentage while finishing a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts
- Held a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage behind the dish with 263 putouts in 285 chances
- Caught eight runners stealing, which sits tied for fourth all-time in Duke’s single season record books
- Recorded her first career triple in the season opener against Penn State (Feb. 7)
- Tallied 11 multi-RBI and 18 multi-hit games
As a Sophomore (2024 - Duke):
- Redshirted due to injury, did not see any game action
As a Freshman (2024 - Duke):
- Appeared in 36 games, making 13 starts at catcher
- Posted a .232 batting average (13-for-56) with three home runs, four doubles, 12 RBIs and nine walks
- Held a a .464 slugging percentage and .983 fielding percentage
- Slugged a two-run home run in the Blue Devils’ nine-inning 5-4 win over Charlotte (March 8)
- Recorded three multi-hit games vs Louisville (Mar. 10), UNCG (Apr. 19) and Pittsburgh (Apr. 29)
- Did not see postseason action due to a knee injury in the regular-season finale against Pittsburgh (Apr. 29)
High School/Travel Ball:
- First Team All-State as a junior
- Second Team All-State as a freshman
- 2020 Extra Innings Softball All-Summer 16U Team
- Hit nine home runs, 10 doubles and seven triples in senior club season for Lady Dukes – Lamar
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