Kiara Oliver

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-7
High School:
North Kingstown
Hometown:
North Kingstown, R.I.

Career: Program record holder in career saves (7) … Ranks 4th in strikeouts per seven innings (6.71), 20th in wins (27), 18th in appearances (62), 18th in games started (44), 19th in innings pitched (301.1), and 12th in strikeouts (289).

2019 – Sophomore: Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 selection … Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week (3/4) … Started 22 games in the circle with 30 appearances and 13 complete games …Set the single season program record for saves … Season ranked 19th in strikeouts per seven innings in program history … Won nine games with a 2.32 ERA and 116 strikeouts with five saves … Struck out seven batters and allowed four hits on the road against a ranked Georgia squad (2/23) … Threw a complete game shutout in a 5-0 win on the road at East Carolina (3/2) … Struck out 12 batters in 8.0 innings of work against Villanova (3/9) … Picked up 10 strikeouts in 6.0 innings of action against Boston University (3/20) … Threw a complete game with nine strikeouts in a win at Boston College (3/27).

2018 – Freshman: Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year … Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference … A-10 All-Rookie Team … Three-Time A-10 Pitcher of the Week and two-time A-10 Rookie of the Week … Led the Atlantic 10 in strikeouts and strikeouts per seven innings … … Freshman campaign ranked 10th in strikeouts per seven innings (7.60) in the UMass season records while ranking 15th^t in total strikeouts (173) … Posted three games with 10 or more strikeouts and 13 with seven or more … Struck out seven in a relief appearance against Boston College (4/10 )… Set a new career-high with 11 strikeouts in game two against Rhode Island, retiring 13 straight batters to close out the win … Picked up a win and a save against Fordham (4/28-4/29) in 12.2 innings of work, striking out 11 batters in her game two start while holding the Rams without a hit until two outs in the sixth inning … Allowed no earned runs in 8.0 innings of work, striking out eight in game two win over George Mason (5/5) … Put together a five-inning shutout performance against Dayton in the A-10 Championships semifinals (5/11) … Retired all seven batters she faced in relief against Fordham in the A-10 Championship (5/12) … Went unbeaten in league play with a 0.77 ERA and a .160 average against … Finished season ranked in the top-75 nationally in ERA, hits allowed per seven innings, strikeouts and strikeouts per seven innings.

Before UMass: High school performance earned 2016 Max Preps All-American honors, while also being named 2016 Rhode Island Gatorade and Providence Journal Player of the Year ... appeared in three-straight state championships, winning in 2016 ... took home Rhode Island First-Team All-State twice in career ... Pursuing a major in Kinesiology.