Krysta Tutsch

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Davenport, Iowa

2016 Second Team All-Conference USA
2016 Conference USA All-Tournament
2015 LSWA Newcomer of the Year

2016: Named to the Conference USA all-Tournament team … Appeared in 47 games, making 43 starts … Batted .257 with eight home runs and 24 RBI … Blasted a game-winning home run in the Conference USA Tournament against Marshall to keep Louisiana Tech’s season alive … Blasted a two-out, two-strike, two-run, game-tying home run in the bottom of the seventh inning again to send a game against UTSA into extra innings, where the Lady Techsters would go on to win in 14 innings … Registered multiple RBIs in five different games and multiple hits in two games … Had three games with three RBIs … Drew three walks in a game against Northwestern State … Out of her 21 walks, 14 of them came over the final 18 games of the season … Recorded three hits and two RBI in Louisiana Tech’s home opener against Abilene Christian.

2015: Saw action in 35 games, making 33 starts ... Missed 15 games due to an ankle injury in late March ... Batted .341 with 28 hits in 82 at bats ... had two doubles and nine home runs ... Scored 18 runs and drove in 28 ... Walked 14 times and was hit by a pitch 12 times ... Recorded a .695 slugging percentage ... had a .500 on-base percentage ... Threw out 15-of-31 runners trying to steal ... Recorded six multi- hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... Registered a season-best 18 game streak of reaching base, longest on the team ... Her nine home runs tied for the 9th most in single season history ... The 12 HBP was the second most in a single season in program history ... Hit home runs in losses to SEC foe and Top 25 LSU and Mississippi State ... had a three-game stretch where she hit home runs against UT Martin, Illinois and LSU ... Recorded four RBI games in wins over Lamar and Lyon College ... Had a season-high three hits, two runs and two RBI in a 7-5 loss to LSU.

Junior College: Lettered for two years for coach Joe Yegge at Kirkwood Community College ... Led the Eagles to a fifth place finish at nationals in 2013.

High School: Lettered five years on the varsity for coach Bob Matthys at Assumption High School in Iowa ... Helped lead the Knights to the state tournament as an eighth grader and a senior ... Three-time all-Conference selection ... Three-time all-district honoree ... Three-time all-state ... Two-time all-MAC ... Two-time all-metro ... Named to the Quad City Times all-area team ... Named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association All-Star team as senior ... Four-time all-academic honors.

Personal: Full name is Krysta Kay Tutsch ... Daughter of Jeff and Sheryl Tutsch ... Has one sister, Amanda ... Born April 24, 1994 in Davenport, Iowa.