Jameson Kavel

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Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Duluth, Ga.

Awards/Honors: NFCA All-America Third Team (2022) ... Top-25 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2022) ... NFCA All-Region Second Team (2022) ...All-ACC First Team (2021, 2022) ... ACC Co-Player of the Week (March 8, 2022) ... ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2022) ... CoSIDA Academic All-America: First Team (2022) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District: First Team (2020, 2021, 2022) ... All-Academic Team (2019, 2021, 2022) … NFCA Scholar Athlete (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) ... ACC Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22).

2022 - Graduate Student: Was the lone Blue Devil to start all 55 games, with the vast majority at shortstop ... Hit .371 with 17 home runs and 49 RBI, while stealing 15 bases and hitting 16 doubles ... Set Duke single season records in home runs, hits (66). runs (59) and doubles ... Ended her career as the program's all-time leader in games played, games started, at bats, runs scored, hits, doubles, stolen bases and walks ... One of just two players nationally to hold a batting average of .370 or higher, hit at least 15 home runs and steal 15 bases, joining Wichita State's Addison Barnard ... Led all Duke players with a season long on-base streak of 23 games ... Scored or drove in at least one run in each of her first 10 games to start the year ... Went 4-for-4 in game one as part of a series sweep for Duke over Georgia Tech from Mar. 4-6 ... Set a Duke single game program record with three home runs in a win over James Madison on Apr. 12 ... Stole three bases in a win at Campbell on May 3 ... Had a highly successful NCAA Regional, hitting a home run against Liberty on May 21 and driving in five runs in four games.

2021 - Senior: Started all 56 games as a senior … compiled a .320 batting average with 57 hits, 13 doubles, four home runs, 33 RBIs, 21 walks and 20 stolen bases … led the team in doubles and stolen bases … opened the season with at least one hit in nine of 10 games … put together a nine-game hit streak from March 13-26 … eight multi-RBIs games and 15 multi-hit games… had two three-hit games –3-for-3 vs. Syracuse (3/20) and 3-for 4 vs. North Carolina (4/25).

2020 - Junior: Started in 25 of 26 games played before the season was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic … Finished the year with a .377 batting average, 26 hits and 17 RBI … First in the ACC in runs scored (29) … Led the team in runs scored and stolen bases (14-for-15) … Nationally ranked with three triples (21st) and 1.12 runs per game (25th) ... Scored a career-high four runs in Duke's 22-1 win over Rutgers on Feb. 15.

2019 - Sophomore (Stats): Started all 56 games during her sophomore season, with 53 games in the outfield, two at third and one at second base … Led the team with 30 runs scored, 14 doubles and six triples … Her six triples finished second in the ACC and 11th nationally, while her 0.11 triples per game average capped at third in the league and 23rd in the NCAA … Rounded out the year with a .288 clip, 51 hits, 14 RBI and one home run … Finished with a team-high 21 extra-base hits … Earned at least one hit in eight of the first 11 contests of the season … Finished the year with 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI showings … Went 4-for-10 (.400) with four runs scored and a stolen base to earn Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team honors … Reeled in her first multi-hit showing of the season with a 2-for-3 day against South Carolina (Feb. 8) … Went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored along with drawing one walk in Duke's win at Campbell on Feb. 13 … Turned in a 2-for-4 performance in Duke's 4-3 win against Utah on Feb. 24, scoring the game-tying run after hitting a double to center … Set a career high with a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 vs. Ohio State to March 3 vs. Ohio … During that stretch, she turned in a 3-for-3 performance against Kansas, becoming the first player in program history to record three doubles in one game … Became the first player in school history with a four-hit game, going 4-for-4 with two RBI, two runs scored and a double in the series opener at Georgia Tech (March 29) … Set a career high with two triples in an April 13 win at Syracuse, going 2-for-3 with one run scored and another driven in.

2018 - Freshman (Stats): Appeared and started in all 56 contests at shortstop in the program's inaugural season … Finished the season with a .272 average at the plate, going 52-for-191 … Scored 32 runs, 18 runs batted in, nine doubles, a home run and a team-leading five triples … Her five triples finished second in the conference and 24th in the nation … Rounded out the season with 0.09 triples per game average, finishing third in the conference and 40th in the NCAA … Recorded a .387 slugging percentage and .319 on-base percentage … Paced the team with 16 stolen bases and put together two multi-stolen base games … Her stolen base total finished tied for ninth in the ACC … Tallied 11 multi-hit games, with nine of those being two-hit contests and two of those being three-hit showings … Three of those multi-hit showings came in ACC play … Recorded a pair of multi-RBI performances, one with two RBI and the other with three … Put together a six-game hitting streak twice throughout the season, the second longest on the team … One of four Blue Devils to reach base safely in at least 10-straight games … Batted leadoff 39 times in 2018 and also made appearances at the two, four, five and six spots … Capped the year with 169 assists, which finished second in the league … Was the first at-bat in school history and was also the first baserunner, being walked in her first time up against Florida Atlantic (Feb. 8) … Recorded the program’s first triple (Feb. 16 vs. Purdue) … Tallied three-straight multi-hit games from Feb. 16-17, including back-to-back three-hit contests … Hit her first-career home with a two-run blast against Morgan State (Feb. 23) at the Citrus Classic in Orlando … Set the program single-game mark with eight assists against USC Upstate on March 28.

High School/Travel Ball: Four-year standout for head coach Mary Stephenson and the Wesleyan High School Wolves … A two-time NCSAA All-American (2014 & 2016) … Back-to-back Region Player of the Year honors from 2015-16, while also earning Class A-Private Player of the Year accolades in 2016 … Was also named a Super Six Selection, GACA All-Star and Gwinnett County Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 … Four-time All-County and All-Region selection … Helped lead Wesleyan to the state tournament all four years, including a runner-up finish in her senior season … Tallied a .447 clip in her senior season to go with 51 hits and 23 stolen bases, while hitting .435 with runners in scoring position and recording a .963 fielding percentage … Turned in her best season statistically in her junior campaign, led by a scorching .510 average and 51 hits at the plate … Displayed her speed on the base paths with 29 stolen bases and continued to be a threat with runners in scoring position, hitting a career-best .483 in such situations … Had her best season in the field in year three, recording a .982 fielding percentage … Broke onto the scene her sophomore season, averaging .509 at the plate with a career-high 55 hits and 16 stolen bases … Recorded a .481 RISP and .942 fielding clip … Opened her high school career with a .371 average (39 hits) and stealing 13 bases with a .340 RISP and .888 fielding percentage … Played for three different squads on the travel ball scene: Diamond Attack (Kavel) from 2007-09, Dirt Dawgs (McCauley) from 2010-11 and Southern Force (Wilbur) from 2011-17 … Recorded top 15 finishes at nationals from 2012-16, including a first-place finish at Eastern Nationals in 2013 and a fifth-place showing in 2012 … Was also a four-year letterwinner for the Wesleyan basketball program … Captured two state championships and two state runner-up finishes … Named All-Tournament Team in 2017 and to the All-Academic Team in 2016 and 2017 … A four-year honor roll student that is a member of five different National Honors Societies (General, Spanish, English, Science and Mu Alpha Theta) … Awarded the Student-Athlete Award and the Academic Excellence Award in her time at Wesleyan.

Personal: Born Jameson Elizabeth Kavel in Atlanta, Ga., on June 21, 1999 … Daughter of Scott and Erin Kavel … Father played football at Georgia Southern, while one grandfather played football at Penn and the other was a basketball player at Rutgers.

Last updated: July 19, 2021