Kas Hoag Hometown: Wallingford, Conn. High School: Lyman Hall Height: 5-5 Position: Utility/DP Birthdate: 06/13/1980

AS A SENIOR: Served as team captain along with classmates Jenny Kriech and Jarrah Myers ... appeared in 48 games durign the 2002 season, starting 14 games as the team’s designated player ... ended up with two hits and two RBI in 13 plate appearances ... also stole three bases in five attempts ... one of the top options for head coach Deanna Gumpf off the bench during the year.

AS A JUNIOR: One of Notre Dame’s top designated players and pinch runners in 2001 ... was in the lineup 51 times during the season, including 19 starts as the team’s designated player ... first RBI of the season came against Maine, a two-run single in the bottom of the fourth ... contributed two sacrifice bunts in Notre Dame’s 7-3 game-two victory over #24 Cal State Northridge ... had one of her best games of the season at Syracuse (game two), going two for three with an RBI double and a run scored ... also went two for three with a triple in the second game vs. Pittsburgh ... scored the game-winning run in Notre Dame’s 1-0 victory over Toledo (game two), pinch-running for Andria Bledsoe and scoring on Alexis Madrid’s single in the fifth inning.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 45 games, starting seven of them ... in 2000 played in the outfield defensively after beginning her freshman season as the team’s starting second baseman in 1999 ... key reserve and pinch hitter off the bench ... recorded her first hit of the season against Missouri ... had a key pinch-hit double down the left field line, driving in two runs as the Irish attempted to rally in the top of the seventh in their first game the season versus Connecticut ... had a three-game hitting streak vs. Providence (double header) and Western Michigan ... did not commit an error defensively in 2000.

AS FRESHMAN: Started in 36 games at second base and played in 55 overall in 1999 ... four for five in base-stealing opportunities ... had six-game hitting streak from March 6 to March 12 ... scored the first run of the seventh inning in the team’s 9-4 win over Boston College at the BIG EAST Tournament ... made the most of her pinch-hit opportunity against St. John’s on May 1, driving in two runs with a two-out single ... had a clutch RBI-double with two out in the bottom of the ninth to keep the Irish alive in what turned into a 11-inning loss to IUPUI ... went two for two with a pair of singles against Purdue ... also had two hits against 14th-ranked California ... two for three at the plate in her second career game versus Georgia Tech with a run scored and an RBI ... one of three freshmen in the starting lineup in the season opener versus South Florida ... earned all-tournament honors in the fall at the 1999 State Farm NIC, leading the Irish to a third-place finish in the silver bracket ... captained the Wallingford Tradition to its second straight Pony National Championship during the summer of 1999 ... led the Tradition in runs scored (44), triples (8) and RBI (32).

PREP & PERSONAL: Earned four letters each in softball and volleyball at Lyman Hall High School ... two-time all-state selection as a shortstop in ’97 and a catcher in ’98 ... captained undefeated Lyman Hall to the Connecticut state championship and a number-two ranking in New England as a senior ... did not commit an error or strikeout her senior campaign ... set school records for consecutive starts (98), career batting average (.466) and hits (138) ... three-time all-conference ... team captain and MVP as a senior, leading Lyman Hall with a .529 batting average ... led summer team, Wallingford Tradition, to Amateur Softball Association state and regional championships in ’98 ... 1996 Record Journal Scholar Athlete ... member of National Honor Society as well as four-year class president ... has a twin sister, Maureen, who also played softball for Lyman Hall and is on a softball scholarship at Southern Connecticut State University ... best friend and high school teammate Mandy Simjian plays softball for the University of Connecticut ... father, Stephen, is an educational consultant in the Connecticut State Department of Education and also has been a high school football coach for 24 years ... born June 13, 1980, in Meriden, Conn. ... full name is Kathleen Ann Hoag ... graduated from the College of Arts and Letter with degrees in history and sociology.