Kaiya Luneckas

Position:
Pitcher
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
West Branch, Iowa
High School:
West Branch High School
Prev School:
Saint Louis

CAREER AT TULSA – Entering second season with the Golden Hurricane … made seven mound appearances in her first season … transferred to Tulsa following two seasons at Saint Louis University

JUNIOR (2023) – Played in seven games in relief and pitched six innings … made her first appearance against Texas Tech (2/12) … named to American Athletic Conference all-academic team.

PREVIOUS COLLEGE – Played two seasons at St. Louis University, seeing action in 16 games on the mound with six starts … was a two-time NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete and was also named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll both seasons … had a career 1-4 overall record … (Sophomore 2022) –Played in just four games and had one start in the 2022 season … (Freshman 2021) –Appeared in 12 games and made six starts in 2021 as a true freshman … tallied a 1-3 record as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL – Was a pitcher and first baseman at West Branch High School … posted more than 650 career strikeouts … earned honorable mention all-state merits as a freshman, all-conference as a freshman, sophomore and senior, and honorable mention all-conference her junior season … ranked fourth in the state in Class 2A for strikeouts ... set a school single-game record of 16 strikeouts ... was selected West Branch’s 2020 Athlete of the Year … earned 17 varsity letters across five sports (softball, volleyball, basketball, track and field, soccer) … made the academic all-conference team every year in all five sports.

PERSONAL – Began playing softball at age 4 … enjoys drawing, running, reacing, cooking, puzzling and hiking … favorite movie is Tangled … her favorite book is Redeeming Love … favorite TV show is “Friends” … her favorite summer job was as a camp counselor at Camp Timberline … her dream job would be as a traveling photographer … her favorite sports team is the Pittsburg Steelers and favorite baseball team is the Los Angeles Angels … parents are Tony and Heidi Luneckas … has four siblings, Lexi, Trystin, Maddi and Delaynie … Trystin ran track at Grandview University and Delaynie played basketball at Minnesota State Mankato … her mom ran track and played volleyball and her dad played basketball, both at Coe College … also had a number of cousins, aunts and uncles that played collegiate sports … majoring in psychology with a minor in philosophy/religion.