Biography
2019 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
2019 Summit League Pitcher of the Year
2019 All-Summit League First Team
2019 Summit League April Female Athlete of the Month
2017, 2016 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2016 Summit League Tournament MVP
2018, 2017, 2016 All-Summit League Second Team
2019, 2016 Summit League Pitcher of the Week
2019, 2018, 2017 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2019 Summit League Commissioner's List
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 Summit League Honor Roll
2019 SEASON (SENIOR): "Special K" made 35 appearances with 28 games started and 22 complete games ... Named to NFCA All-Midwest Region second team ... Summit League Pitcher of the Year ... Compiled a 22-9 record with 10 shutouts, two combined shutouts, three saves and 2.23 earned run average ... Struck out 177 and walked 66 in 191.2 innings pitched ... Completed first career no-hitter in the 5-0 win over South Dakota State (4-14-19) ... Recorded five strikeouts with three walks vs. SDSU ... Matched a career-high with 13 strikeouts in season opener vs. UTSA (2-9-19) ... Had four double-figure strikeout games overall in 2019, five in career ... Named Summit League Female Athlete of the Month in April after winning seven games with a 0.73 ERA and 37 strikeouts ... Four-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week during season ... Compiled a 10-1 record with six shutouts, one save and 0.61 ERA in 12 appearances to earn all-Summit League first team honors ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Summit League Honor Roll ... Finished career with 53-34 record and 3.32 ERA in 112 appearances including 90 starts, 58 complete games, 17 shutouts and three saves ... Struck out 427 and walked 224 in 563.1 innings pitched ... Ranked in top 10 in 19 different NDSU career categories including No. 6 in batters faced (2,549); No 7 in starts, strikeouts, and saves; No. 9 in appearances, shutouts, innings pitched and wins, and No. 10 in complete games.
2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made 22 appearances with 19 games started and 14 complete games ... Compiled a 7-8 record with four shutouts and 3.19 earned run average ... Struck out 92 and walked 30 in 114 innings pitched ... Career-high 13 strikeouts in season opener vs. Southern Utah (2-9-18), first career double-figure strikeout game ... Had career best six putouts in 3-2 win over BYU (3-31-18)Â ... Named to all-Summit League second team for the third time after going 3-2 with three shutouts and 1.41 ERA ... Struck out 24 and walked nine in six appearances, five starts and 34.2 innings pitched ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... Summit League Honor Roll ... Career record of 31-25 in 77 appearances and 62 starts with a 3.88 earned run average and seven shutouts ... Has 250 strikeouts and 158 walks in 371.2 innings pitched.
2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Made 26 appearances including 22 games started and 12 complete games ... Compiled a 10-9 record with a shutout and 4.23 earned run average ... Struck out 81 and walked 67 in 122.1 innings pitched ... Struck out career best nine against A&M Corpus Christi (3-3-17) at Ragin Cajuns Invitational ... Recorded a career-high five fielding chances including four assists on the mound in 4-2 win over Abilene Christian (2-18-17) at the Wildcat Invitational ... Named to Summit League all-tournament team after going 2-0 with 2.47 ERA in two starts ... Struck out 10 and walked five in 11.1 innings pitched ... Notched a 5-2 record in league regular season play with a shutout and 3.47 ERA to earn All-Summit League second team honors ... Struck out 33 and walked 17 in 39.1 innings pitched .. NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete and landed spot on Summit League Honor Roll.
2016 SEASON (FRESHMAN): KK made 29 appearances including 21 games started and 10 complete games ... Compiled a 14-8 record with a pair of shutouts and 4.14 earned run average ... Struck out 77 and walked 61 in 135.1 innings pitched ... Earned Summit League Tournament MVP and all-tournament honors recording a pair of one-run wins in relief against South Dakota (5-12-16) and Omaha (5-13-16) during North Dakota State's drive to the league championship ... Struck out 11, walked six and allowed only five hits in 8.2 innings pitched ... Recorded a career-high seven strikeouts vs. Omaha (5-13-16) ... Posted an 8-0 record with a shutout and 2.84 ERA in nine league appearances to earn all-Summit League second team honors as the Bison finished the regular season with an unblemished 17-0 record ... Struck out 35 and walked 16 in 49.1 innings pitched over those games ... Had three one-hitters during the season ... Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week (5-9-16) after picking up two wins in the three-game series against Omaha ... Selected to Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letter winner, four-year varsity MVP, three-time all-Clay County Team and three-time all-St. Johns River All Conference Team. Pitched for Fleming Island High School and head coach Heather Scharf .. Following junior year selected the 2014 Clay Today Pitcher of the Year and named to the All First Coast Team … Fashioned a 1.60 earned run average and led Clay County with 176 strikeouts… Named first team 7A All-State Team as a senior, also earning 7A District Player of the Year, first team All-First Coast honors ... Pitched in the FACA All-Star Game and named as team MVP, In The Game Magazine Softball 15... She compiled a 23-5 record with a 1.03 earned run average and led the area with 256 strikeouts in 170 innings pitched.
SUMMER LEAGUE: Pitched for Jacksonville Storm, Florida Select and the Tampa Mustangs over five summers … Member of team that advanced to the ASA (Amateur Softball Association) 18U national tournament in summer of 2014, member of team that placed second in the ASA 18U national tournament in summer 2015.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Patrick and Angela Leddy … Has one brother, Cody, and one sister, Danielle ... College major is journalism.
THE LEDDY FILE
Favorite Movies:Â The Lorax, Forrest Gump
Favorite Foods:Â Chick-Fil-A
Favorite Singers/Group:Â Imagine Dragons/Miley Cyrus
Favorite Holiday:Â ThanksgivingÂ
Favorite Colors:Â Pink, Rose Gold
Favorite Actors:Â Tom Hanks and Vince Vaughn
Favorite Actress:Â Emma Stone
Favorite TV Shows:Â Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill
Favorite Song:Â Buy U a Drank by T-Pain/ P.Y.T Michael Jackson
Favorite Book:Â Safe Haven
Favorite Athletes:Â Bo Jackson
KK'S CAREER BESTS
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 9 vs. Troy, 2-22-19
Strikeouts: 13 vs. UTSA, 2-9-19; vs. Southern Utah, 2-9-18
Games W/D-F Strikeouts: 5 games (4, 2019)
No-Hitters: 1 vs. South Dakota State, 4-14-19
One-Hitters: 7 games, last vs. Omaha (6 inn.), 4-26-19 G1)
Fielding
Fielding Chances: 6 vs. BYU, 3-31-18
Putouts: 2 vs. Western Illinois, 5-5-18; vs. BYU, 3-31-18
Assists: 4 vs. three teams, last vs. BYU, 3-31-18