Kasey Simpson

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Keller
Hometown:
Keller, Texas

Awards & Honors
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, S22
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2020)
2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021, 2022)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2021)

2023 (Senior)
Started 52 games for the Cyclones with all but one coming at second base … hit .227 with 29 hits including four doubles and a home run … registered 15 RBI and scored 12 runs … Simpson made a career-high five at-bats against No. 3 Oklahoma State in the April 16th upset … having wrapped her Cyclone career, Simpson finds herself in multiple top-ten categories in school annals … she finishes her career fourth in HBP (21), sixth in games played (219) and sixth in defensive assists (402).

2022 (Senior)
Started all 55 games at second base … hit .240 with 36 hits including eight doubles, two triples and five home runs … registered 25 RBIs and scored 24 runs … responsible for the walk-off sac fly that lifted Iowa State over Baylor in the first round of the Big 12 Championship … also hit a walk-off sac fly against Kansas … finished the year with six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … recorded a pair of three-RBI performances against Howard and Drake … went 2-of-3 with a double and an RBI in a Cy-Hawk victory over Iowa … finished the year with four sac flies, the fourth-most in the Big 12.

2021 (Junior)
Played in 35 games during the 2020-21 season, making 26 starts ... started Iowa State's final 20 games at second base ... collected 16 base hits and scored eight runs on the year ... had two doubles, a home run and seven RBI ...finished the year with .967 fielding percentage.

2020 (Sophomore)
Appeared in and started all 24 games of her sophomore season ... played second base in every game ... hit .254 with 17 base hits on the season ... had two doubles, six RBI and seven runs scored ... boasted a .977 fielding percentage on the season ... stole three bases on three attempts ... went 4-for-4 with two RBI to lead Iowa State to a 7-4 victory at Kennesaw State.

2019 (Freshman)
Appeared in 52 games while starting 49 games, primarily at second base … hit .248 on the season … collected 32 hits, 13 RBI, 12 runs and seven doubles on the season … ranked fourth on the team with four stolen bases … solidified Iowa State’s infield defensively with a .955 fielding percentage … was integral to ISU ranking No. 2 in the Big 12 with 31 double plays turned … ranked fourth on the team with 13 walks drawn … tied a single-game program record with seven RBI vs. South Dakota … went 3-for-3 with two home runs against the Coyotes … was 2-of-3 with two doubles in an extra-inning win over Omaha.

High School
Attended Keller High School … ranked as the No. 33 high school player nationally by FloSoftball ... named a FloSoftball First Team All-American ... helped Keller to back-to-back 6A Texas State Championships ... 2017 Texas Sports Writers 6A Player of the Year ... 2017 Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year ... hit .429 with 53 RBIs, eight home runs, 15 doubles and eight triples as a senior ... Keller's all-time leader in home runs (27), RBIs (169), doubles (53), triples (23) and runs (166).

Personal
Communication studies major.