2011 ACC Academic Honor Roll
1st (2011) and 2nd (2009) All- ACC Team
2009 ACC Tournament MVP
2009 All- ACC Tournament
2009 All- ACC (2nd team)
GT Impact Player Award (2009)
GT Most Valuable Pitcher (2009)
GT All- Persons Spotlight Award (2009)
GT Top Female Scholar- Athlete (2009)
NFCA All-Tournament team
ACC Player of the Week, (March 16, 2009)
6 time ACC Pitcher of the Week Awards, (2011- Feb. 15, March 8, March 15, March 29; 2009- April 13, April 27)
Member of three (3) ACC Conference Championship teams (2009, 2010, 2011)
As a Senior (2011): Appeared 37 times starting 27 games for a total of 160.1 innings pitched … Finished the season with a 1.57 ERA, the lowest on the team, racking up a 20-6 overall record while also registering five saves … Recorded five shutouts and 13 complete games .. Surrendered 124 hits and only 36 earned runs while striking out 138 … Pitched a season high 7.0 innings eight times … Netted double digit strikeouts twice with 10 at Georgia State (March 1) in seven innings of work allowing no runs … Also notched 11 strikeouts at Virginia (April 22) in 7.0 innings of shutout work … Recorded her first save of the season against UT Chattanooga (Feb. 12) working two shutout innings … Save No. 2 came against Penn State (March 8), save No. 3 against Georgia State (March 13), save No. 4 vs. Lipscomb (March 19) and her final save of the season was notched at Maryland (April 2).
As a Junior (2010): Played in 45 games in 2010 while starting 38 times…Posted a .183 batting average and .383 slugging percentage on the season…Appeared in 21 games as a pitcher with an 8-2 record… Finished with a 2.30 ERA, 8th best in the conference…Allowed only 29 earned runs (43 total) in 88.1 innings while tallying 54 strike outs…At the plate, she went 2-for-3 with a home run against Northwestern (Feb. 19)…Posted two RBI and a home run while going 2-for-3 versus Arkansas (Feb. 27)…In the first round of the ACC Tournament against Boston College (May 14), she went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBI…Struck out four hitters in a shutout win over Central Florida (Feb. 26)…Pitched a complete game while giving up only one run in Tech[apos]s 6-1 win over Maryland (March 27)…Threw a season-high of six strikeouts in seven innings of work at NC State (May 1).
As a Sophomore (2009): Made an immediate impact upon transferring from Florida both at the plate and defensively … Went 24-7 with a 1.69 ERA in 28 starts … Pitched 17 complete games, five shutouts and held opponents to a .247 batting average … Allowed 44 earned runs (52 total) on 171 hits and 68 walks in 182.1 innings pitched … Had 108 strikeouts and one save in 37 total appearances … Led ACC and was 32nd in nation in wins, while ERA was fifth and 47th, respectively … Fifth in ACC in innings pitched, fourth in complete games and sixth in appearances, starts and shutouts … At the plate, hit .273 with 22 runs scored, seven doubles, nine home runs, 40 RBI and a .866 OPS … Committed just one error all season for a .989 fielding percentage … Had nine multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games … Tied for eighth in the ACC in home runs, while her RBI tally was good for ninth and 121st, respectively … Helped lead Tech to the ACC Tournament championship by allowing just one run in 13 innings (0.54 ERA).
Before Georgia Tech: Transferred from the University of Florida after her freshman season … Pitched 7.2 scoreless innings in five relief appearances … Batted .313 with five runs scored, two doubles, a home run and three RBI in 16 at bats.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball for coach Debbie Evans at McKinney North … Led team senior year to third-place finish at the Texas State High School Final Four … Holds school records for lowest ERA (0.12), strikeouts, wins, shutouts, home runs, doubles, triples and walks … Was named EA Sports High School All-American in 2007 and was also a two-time, first-team all-state and three-time All-Collin honoree … Was named the Dallas-Fort Worth Newcomer of the Year in 2004 as well as the Pitcher of the Year in 2007 … Four-time Academic Excellence award winner … Played on the Texas Glory Gold team which was coached by her dad … Was also a two-year letterwinner in volleyball … Other school activities included Homecoming and Prom Court, Crimestoppers, Yearbook, Superintendent[apos]s Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Senior Council, PALS and Teen Leadership.
Personal: Born Kristen Nicole Adkins on May 30, 1988, in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Daughter of Dan and Kathy Adkins … Sister of Hayley … A Science, Technology and Culture major.
| Adkins[apos] Career Pitching Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | W-L | ERA | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | B/AVG | WP |
| 2009 | 24-7 | 1.69 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 5/3 | 1 | 182.1 | 171 | 52 | 44 | 68 | 108 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .247 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8-2 | 2.30 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3/0 | 1 | 88.1 | 85 | 43 | 29 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 10 | .244 | 7 |
| 2011 | 20-6 | 1.57 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 5/7 | 5 | 160.1 | 124 | 57 | 36 | 67 | 138 | 10 | 1 | 9 | .207 | 12 |
| Career | 52-15 | 1.77 | 95 | 71 | 36 | 13/10 | 7 | 431.0 | 380 | 152 | 109 | 170 | 300 | 35 | 4 | 26 | .232 | 27 |
| Adkins[apos] Career Hitting Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
| 2009 | .273 | 51-50 | 132 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 70 | .530 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | .336 | 3 | 3 | 1-2 | 13 | 77 | 1 | .989 |
| 2010 | .183 | 45-38 | 115 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 44 | .383 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | .202 | 1 | 5 | 0-0 | 23 | 52 | 5 | .938 |
| 2011 | .000 | 39-32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 5 | 0-0 | 2 | 49 | 2 | .962 |
| Career | .229 | 135-120 | 249 | 43 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 114 | .460 | 13 | 4 | 76 | 1 | .276 | 4 | 8 | 1-2 | 38 | 178 | 8 | .964 |