Kirsten Eppele

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Strongsville, Ohio
Last School:
Strongsville
Height:
5-6
B/T:
R/R

Follow on Social Media
Twitter: @kirsteneppele
Instagram: @kirsteneppele

Ohio State Overview
• Graduated in May of 2024 with her degree in health sciences
• Played in 107 career games with a .266 batting average, 13 home runs, 46 RBI and a .595 slugging percentage
• Was Ohio State's 2024 Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree

Honors and Awards
• NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022)

As a Senior (2024)
• Started 48 of the 50 games that she played
• Hit .269 with 11 home runs, 37 RBI and a .608 slugging percentage - all career-best numbers
• In a three-game series at Michigan, she hit three home runs and drove in five runs to help the Buckeyes earn a series win over the Wolverines
• Went 2-for-2 with two solo home runs in the series finale, a 2-1 win for the Buckeyes
• Also had a two-home run game vs. UC Riverside (2/16)
• Hit .298 against Big Ten opponents and had 20 RBI in 23 games
• Went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and five RBI in a 16-8 six-inning win over Penn State
• Her 10 multi-RBI games were the second-most on the team

As a Junior (2023)
• Played in 17 games and started on March 18 vs. East Carolina
• Had a pinch hit home run in a 12-0 win over CSUN (2/24)
• Drove in a run with a pinch hit single vs. Cleveland State (3/17)
• Appeared in four Big Ten games as a pinch runner

As a Sophomore (2022)
• Played in 17 games, all as a pinch hitter or pinch runner
• Hit a two-run home run, the first of her career, in a 10-5 win over Iowa to clinch a series sweep
• Also had a pinch hit in the third game of the season vs. Bethune Cookman
• Scored seven runs on the season, including two in Ohio State’s series at Michigan

As a Freshman (2021)
• Played in 23 games and started twice, once in the outfield and once as the designated player
• Had three pinch-hit RBI in the season-ending four-game series vs. Michigan State
• Hit a walk-off double in the 10th inning of a 1-0 win over the Spartans on May 15
• Had a game-tying two-run double vs. Purdue on May 1

Prior to Ohio State
• Named 2019 Cuyahoga County Player of the Year and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Female High School Athlete of the Year
• Three-time First Team All-GCC selection
• Received First Team All-District, All-Ohio and All-County honors as a junior
• Set seven school records during her junior season
• Two-time scholar-athlete
• Plays club ball for Ohio Wolfpack
• Also earned First Team All-GCC recognition and set the school record for aces per set as a member of the volleyball team

Personal
• Daughter of Jack and Laurie Eppele
• Has a younger brother, Kyle
• Her cousin, Sparky Lyle, won the 1977 Cy Young Award and a pair of World Series Championships with the Yankees