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2022 Softball Roster

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Eric Espada/Columbia University

9 Kaia McCaul

  • Position Pitcher
  • B/T L/L
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • School CC
  • Hometown Los Gatos, Calif.
  • Highschool Presentation

Biography

2021: Season canceled (COVID-19).

2020: Made six appearances in the circle during Columbia's 10-game COVID-shortened season ... Made her collegiate debut on opening day against Georgetown, going 4.2 scoreless innings in relief and allowing just one hit and two walks to pick up her first collegiate win (Feb. 21) ... Earned her first collegiate start the next day against Stony Brook (Feb. 22) ... Earned a complete game victory against Drexel (March 1). striking out three.

Prior to Columbia: Joins the Lions from the San Jose suburb of Los Gatos, California ... Played four years at Presentation High School softball team ... Two-year captain, three-year All-West Catholic Athletic League selection and three-year All-Central Coast Section honoree ... Helped Presentation post a 19-4 record with a 4-1 league mark in 2019 to finish runner-up in the WCAL ... Panthers went on to be the top seed in the CIF Central Coast Section Softball Championship Open Division ... Posted a 2.63 ERA in her first three years with Presentation, recording 39 wins and striking out 266 in 383 innings pitched ... As a junior in 2018, batted .513 with a .537 OBP, .615 slugging percentage and 1.152 OPS ... Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship Nominee and recipient of the Seal of Bi-Literacy Award (French) ... Three-time silver medalist in the National French Contest and 2016 silver medalist in the National Spanish Contest.

Personal: Born June 14, 2001 in Mountain View, California ... Daughter of Suzanna and Jonathan McCaul ... Sister, Kiana, played softball at Coumbia during the 2017-18 academic year ... Can speak four languages ... Volunteers at her local Alzheimers Activity Center ... Enrolled in Columbia College to study comparative literature and society with future plans to become a journalist.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2020First Year

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    5'4"
    9