Career Honors
NFCA Third-Team All-America (2025)
D2CCA First-Team All-Midwest Region (2025)
NFCA Second-Team All-Midwest Region (2025)
2x First-Team All-GLIAC (2025, 2024)
2025
Kimble improved in nearly every single stat category inside the circle during her sophomore season. She finished with a 20-7 record with one save and 16 complete games. She pitched 161 innings and struck out 124 hitters with a 5.39 K/7, an ERA of 2.48, and a WHIP that improved to 1.03. Kimble pitched in big moments for the Cardinals, including the championship game of the GLIAC Tournament, where she went the distance in a shutout win over the Parkside Rangers. She followed that up with a 4-0 win over Ferris State in the opening game of the Midwest Regional, where she went 6.2 innings without allowing a hit and struck out nine Bulldogs to earn her 20th victory of the season.
Kimble led the team at the plate with 208 at-bats, 75 hits, and an average of .361. She scored a team-best 47 runs while hitting six doubles, seven triples, and one home run. She tallied two or more hits in a game 24 times, including three-hit showings six times, with the most recent being the 4-0 win over Ferris last week, where she also almost pitched a no-hitter. Kimble sparked SVSU with her first career home run in game three against UIndy in the super regional that trimmed the deficit to 5-3 in the Cardinals' 6-5 comeback win over the Greyhounds to propel SVSU to the NCAA D2 Softball Championship. Kimble finished the year ranked in the top-three of the GLIAC in 13 categories (10 pitching, 3 hitting), including leading the conference in four categories: Games Started (29), Shutouts (6), and Walks Per Seven Innings (1.55) as a pitcher and hits (75) at the plate. She was among the top 25 best in all of D2 in three categories, one hitting and two pitching. Set a new best hitting streak of 11 from March 23 to April 5.
NCAA D2 Statistical Top-25
Hitting
Triples: 16th - 7
Pitching
Shutouts: 20th - 6
Games Started: 24th - 29
2024
Appeared in all 55 games during her SVSU debut season. She started big with three hits and two runs scored in her collegiate debut against Lincoln Memorial on February 23, 2024. She also had her first pitch in that game, going 2.0 innings with two hits and a strikeout. She finished her first season with 16 starts in the circle, an 8-8 record, and seven complete games. She pitched 105 innings with 60 strikeouts, an ERA of 2.60, and a WHIP of 1.25. At the plate, Kimble recorded 48 hits, 12 doubles, and two triples for an average of .312. She scored 25 runs and had 11 games with two or more hits, including three with three hits. Set a career-long hit streak of eight games that included four two-hit outings from April 7 through April 13.
High School
Kimble lettered in volleyball and softball at East Kentwood High School. She was a four-time all-conference, three-time all-region, and four-time all-district selection. Helped the softball team win district titles in 2021 and 2023.
Personal
Majoring in health and physical education K-12...born in Kentwood, Michigan on July 5, 2005...daughter of Nickky and Terry Kimble.
