- “I made Virginia Wesleyan my first choice because I feel at home on campus and VWC offers things for my future and I get to play a sport I love.”
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Shenandoah University
Career Highs
Innings Pitched: 8.0 - (Randolph-Macon – 4/6/16 – G2)
Strikeouts: 11 - (Randolph-Macon – 4/6/16 – G2)
2016 Schutt Sports/NFCA Freshman of the Year
2016 NFCA First Team All-American
2016 All-Atlantic Region First Team
2016 ODAC Pitcher of the Year
2016 ODAC Rookie of the Year
2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team
2016 All-ODAC First Team
D3 Softball HERO of the Week (Apr. 18-24, 2016)
ODAC Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 18-24, 2016)
ODAC Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 11-17, 2016)
ODAC Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 4-10, 2016)
ODAC Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 21-27, 2016)
ODAC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 22-28, 2016)
Freshman (2016): Appeared in 24 games, making 21 starts in the circle for the Marlins… Went 18-2 on the year with a league-leading 1.13 ERA, the third-best mark in school history for a single season… Did not allow a hit in four appearances, with two individual no-hitters and one combined… Struck out a season-best 11 batters in an eight-inning complete game effort against Randolph-Macon College on April 6… Surrendered just two hits in 22.1 innings spanning April 6-16… Named ODAC Pitcher of the Week five times out of the 10 that were awarded… Named D3 Softball HERO of the Week by HERO Sports for allowing hits in just one of a string of five games pitched.
Before VWC: Posted a 1.25 ERA while striking out 188 batters as a senior at Hickory High School… Named First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region, and First Team All-Tidewater for her efforts in the circle… Honor Roll… President of Future Educators of America (FEA)… Recognized on Prom Court.
Personal: Daughter of Vicky and Rick Kresinske… Has two brothers, Trae and Ricky… Brother, Trae, played golf for Virginia Wesleyan.
Get to Know Kandis
- Enjoys meeting new people and laughing because life’s too short not to live!
- Fan of the Washington Nationals
- Favorites include the TV series “Band of Brothers”
- Self-description in 10 words or less: “outgoing, confident, and goofy”
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: “seeing all the hard work pay off”
- People might be surprised to know this about me…: “I’m actually pretty smart :)”
- It’s the year 2030 and I am doing this…: “I’m coaching one of my kids’ little league teams!! :)”
