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10 Kara Chambers

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Allatoona HS
  • Hometown Kennesaw, Ga.

Biography

Career Honors:
2016 ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference
2016 ASUN Conference Player of the Week (Mar. 14)
2015 ASUN Conference Preseason Co-Defensive Player of the Year

2015 ASUN Conference Player of the Week (March 9)
2014 ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Year
2014 ASUN Second-Team All-Conference
2014 ASUN Conference Scholar

2016:
Named ASUN Conference second team all-conference . . . Concluded career third on KSU's all-time career stolen base list with 55 . . . Started all 51 game in which she appeared and finished second on the club with a .279 average, 25 runs scored, eight doubles and single-season career-high 25 stolen bases . . . Total ranks fourth on the Owls' single-season stolen base list . . . Led the team with four triples and was third with 43 hits . . . Added 11 RBIs . . . Posted a .383 slugging percentage and .345 on-base percentage . . . Totaled eight multiple-hit games and and two multiple-RBI games . . . Hit .339 (20-for-59) with nine runs scored, four doubles, a triple and two RBIs in ASUN Conference play . . . Named ASUN Conference Player of the Week for the week of Mar. 14 after batting .429 (6-for-14) with four runs scored, a double, triple, four RBIs, and was 9-for-9 in stolen bases in six games . . . Collected a season and career-high tying three hits on four occasions and tied a career-high with four RBIs versus East Tennessee State (3/13) . . . Also tied a career-high with three stolen bases at Tennessee Tech (3/12). 

2015: Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason Co-Defensive Player of the Year … Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week (March 9, 2015) … One of only three players to start all 51 games for the Owls in 2015, seeing action mainly at shortstop … Registered a .290 batting average with 47 hits, including leading the team with 11 doubles to go along with a pair of triples and five home runs … She ranked third on the squad with 34 runs and ranked fourth on the team with 46 RBI … Collected 77 total bases and led the team with an 18-of-21 mark on stolen base attempts … Owned a .475 slugging percentage and a .347 on-base percentage … Registered a .897 fielding percentage with 77 putouts and 106 assists … Recorded a .292 batting average in conference play, with 19 hits, including four doubles … Posted 11 runs and six RBI in A-Sun action … Owned 12 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Ohio (Feb. 6) and at Northern Kentucky (Apr. 11, Apr. 12) … Had six multi-RBI contests, including a season-high four RBI against Buffalo (Feb. 28) … Her best offensive outing of the season came against Buffalo on Feb. 28 when she went 2-of-4 with four RBI, two doubles and a run scored … Had a two-home run game against Morehead State on Feb. 14.

2014: Atlantic Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Year … Atlantic Sun Conference Second-Team All-Conference … A-Sun Conference Scholar … Saw action in all 53 games for the Owls and starting all but one game at third base … Ranked in tie for second on the team with six doubles, 11 stolen bases and 13 walks … Ranked third on the team with 29 runs scored and 51 hits … Came in fourth on the squad with a .311 batting average … Registered one triple and 12 RBI … She was a leader for the Owls in conference play, ranking in the top 10 in runs scored (t-sixth, 21), stolen bases (t-sixth, eight), hits (t-eighth, 29), and batting average (.382, seventh) … Owned a .983 fielding percentage with 68 putouts and 110 assists, while only committing three errors … Her 110 assists also ranked tied for eighth in the conference in overall play … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in league action, ranking in a tie for first in the A-Sun, while also registering 33 putouts and 52 assists, with her 52 assists ranking ninth in the A-Sun … Recorded 15 multi-hit games, including five three-hit contests.
 
2013: Saw action in 42 games for the Owls as a freshman, making 24 starts … posted a .177 batting average and registered 14 hits, including two doubles, as well as 14 runs and four RBI … Registered a .203 slugging percentage and a .244 on-base percentage … Recorded a .925 fielding percentage with 39 putouts and 47 assists … Played in 21 of KSU’s 26 conference games, including starting 12 contests … Batting .188 with six hits, five runs and two doubles and two RBI … Had a .911 fielding percentage with 26 putouts and 25 assists … Tallied three two-hit games against USC Upstate (Mar. 29, 30) and Alabama State (April 17) … Registered two RBI against UT Martin (Feb. 17).PREP CAREER: Four-year letterman at Allatoona High School...Earned All-Cobb County and All-Region in 2011, 2010 and 2009 ... Earned All-State in 2011 ... Led Allatoona to the Elite Eight in 2010 and 2011, finishing as runner-up in 2010 and in fifth place in 2011 ... Set eight school records at Allatoona ... Played for four years with the Atlanta Vipers, earning runner-up status at the Amateuer Softball Association of America (ASA) Nationals in 2010 and tallied a fourth place finish in 2008.
 
PREP CAREER: Four-year letterman at Allatoona High School...Earned All-Cobb County and All-Region in 2011, 2010 and 2009 ... Earned All-State in 2011 ... Led Allatoona to the Elite Eight in 2010 and 2011, finishing as runner-up in 2010 and in fifth place in 2011 ... Set eight school records at Allatoona ... Played for four years with the Atlanta Vipers, earning runner-up status at the Amateuer Softball Association of America (ASA) Nationals in 2010 and tallied a fourth place finish in 2008.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Reed and Michelle Chambers ... Has 2 sisters, Breann and Jamie ... Favorite teams are the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Braves ... Most influential person in her life is her Atlanta Vipers coach, Phil Berry, because "he taught me everything I know about softball, taught me to be a hard worker and that hard work really does pay off." ... Majoring in business management.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

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    2014Sophomore

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    2015Junior

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    2016Senior

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