2010 team captain
Redshirt sophomore season (2009)
Had a breakout offensive season despite missing 18 games with injury, earning a spot on the All-Southern Conference Second Team ... appeared in 36 games with 35 starts ... set or matched career highs in most offensive categories on the season, including hits (32), average (.317), runs scored (13), doubles (six), triples (one), home runs (six), RBI (20), slugging percentage (.574) and on-base percentage (.373); also had a career-best fielding percentage, making just four errors on the season in 124 chances, good for a .968 mark ... had seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... led the team in home runs for the second straight season ... also led the team in slugging percentage and was second in batting average ... hit her first career grand slam in just her second game back from injury, sending UNCG to a 5-3 win over Virginia Tech on April 30 ... went 3-for-4 with four runs scored against Western Carolina on March 8 ... her two-run home in the first inning against Appalachian State on March 29 was the difference in UNCG's 2-1 win ... drove in three runs and went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in a 5-3 win over Campbell on March 31 ... went a combined 4-for-7 with three RBI and three extra-base hits on her 21st birthday, smashing two doubles and a home run in a doubleheader split with Harvard on March 24 ... hit .375 in nine SoCon games ... hit five of her home runs in a span of 11 games played ... had hits in 14 out of 16 games during one stretch, hitting .400 (20-for-50) from Feb. 15-March 29 ... was hitting .338 before missing most of the month of April ... hit .429 in three games against ranked teams, hitting a double against No. 16 Georgia on April 22 and singles in each game of a doubleheader at No. 16 North Carolina on April 25 ...entered the school's top 10 in career homers, finishing the season at No. 10 with 12 in her career.
Redshirt freshman season (2008)
Played in 54 games with 50 starts ... led the team with five home runs and was second with six doubles ... hit .196 on the season ... had 13 RBI and scored 12 runs ... drew 12 walks and shared the team lead with seven sacrifice hits ... had seven multi-hit games on the year, including a 3-for-4 effort with a home run and three runs scored against Radford on April 1 ... put together a seven-game hitting streak in which she went 11-for-22 with five RBI and five runs scored ... hit homers in back-to-back games on Feb. 23, going a combined 3-for-7 with four RBI and three runs scored against Mount St. Mary's and Delaware State ... her home run against Mount St. Mary's accounted for the Spartans' lone run in the 1-0 win ... had two games with three RBI, doing so against Delaware State and again against Western Carolina on April 6.
Freshman season (2007)
Redshirted due to injury ... played in 11 games with seven starts before shutting it down for the season ... posted a .238 batting average ... had a home run and two RBI ... scored four runs ... had her best game against Morehead State on Feb. 16, going 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk and two runs scored.
High school
Four-year letter winner at Woodbridge High School in Irvine, Calif. ... named All-Sea View Conference and to the Irvine World News All-City team from 2004-06 ... named to the 2006 Orange County Coaches' all-star team ... helped the Warriors to three Sea View league titles and to the 2003 CIF Southern Section Division I title ... played six years of summer ball for the Irvine Sting and was a member of the 2003 ASA 14U Western Nationals Tournament championship team.
Personal
Kaitlin Caroline Merkt ... born March 24, 1988, in Orange, Calif. ... daughter of Ron and Kim Merkt ... majoring in exercise and sports science with a concentration in kinesiology ... minoring in business.
