• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List 
• Hit .429 (6-for-14) with six runs, three RBIs, four walks, a home run and a .643 slugging percentage over five games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 12-14)

• NFCA Second Team All-American at first base
• NFCA First Team All-West Region at first base
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Pac-12 All-Defense honorable mention
• Capital One Academic All-America second team
• Capital One Academic All-District Softball Team District 8 selection
• NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Led Stanford in multiple offensive categories including: batting average (.439), runs (43), hits (68), doubles (16), home runs (13), slugging percentage (.806), walks (23), hit by pitch (16) and on-base percentage (.549)
• Registered the highest single-season slugging percentage in Stanford history (.806) – becoming the first Cardinal player to ever break the .800 mark
• Finished in the top-11 in multiple single-season categories in Stanford history including: batting average (5th, .439), home runs (T-5th, 13), RBI (T-7th, 54), doubles (11th, 16) and fielding percentage (T-2nd, .997)
• Finished in the top-10 among Pac-12 players in multiple categories, including: on-base percentage (4th, .549), batting average (5th, .439), slugging percentage (5th, .806), doubles (T-5th, 16), hits (T-6th, 68), total bases (T-7th, 125), RBI (10th, 54) and putouts (2nd, 365)
• Finished the regular season ranked 41st in the nation in batting average (.439), 24th in on-base percentage (.549) and 39th in slugging percentage (.806)
• Had at least one hit in 40-of-54 games (74 percent)
• Committed just one error in 381 chances
• Completed the season with a five-game hitting streak from May 2-9, accumulating eight hits during that span
• Hit .556 (5-for-9) with two home runs, a double, four RBIs and two runs during a three-game series at No. 19/19 California (May 7-9)
• Led Stanford with a .429 batting average (3-for-7), producing three RBIs, two walks and a double during a three-game series against No. 24/23 Arizona State (May 1-3)
• Batted .400 (4-for-10) with two runs, two walks and a RBI in three games against No. 1/2 Oregon (April 18-20)
• Hit .375 (3-for-8) with two RBIs, three runs and a double at No. 20/19 Washington (April 2-4)
• Went 3-for-3 with a grand slam, two doubles, six RBIs and two walks at Pacific (March 31)
• Hit .333 (2-for-6) with a home run, three RBIs, two walks and two hit-by-pitches in a three-game series against Utah (March 27-29)
• Went 3-for-8 (.375) with six RBIs, a home run, a double and a run during the Oregon State Series (March 21-23)
• Hit .467 (7-for-15) with four RBIs, three doubles, four runs, two walks and a .867 slugging percentage at the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic (March 6-8)
• Was a triple shy of the cycle, going 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs at UC Davis (March 4)
• Batted 9-for-19 (.474) with five RBIs, seven runs, two home runs, a double and an .842 slugging percentage at the LB/CSF Louisville Slugger Classic (Feb. 27-March 1)
• Recorded a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 21-27
• Hit .533 (8-for-15) with five RBIs, four runs, two doubles, a home run and held an .867 slugging percentage at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20-22)
• Registered a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 7-18, accumulating 12 hits over the stretch
• Went 5-for-13 (.385) with four RBIs, four runs, a double, a triple and a .615 slugging percentage at the Stanford Nike Invitational (Feb. 13-15)
• Hit .444 (8-for-18) with two home runs, four RBIs, a double and seven runs at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 5-8)
• Started all 54 games at first base or pitcher

• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team 
• One of 50 players in the nation named to the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year award watch list (one of six sophomores included on the list) 
• Led Stanford with 44 RBI, tied for second in triples (3) and doubles (15) on the season 
• Was second in walks (29) and total bases (86), and third in hits (56) and runs (41) on the year 
• Led Stanford with eight doubles, and was second in runs (19), hits (26) and fewest strikeouts (5) against Pac-12 opponents 
• Ranked 13th in the country with five sacrifice flies 
• Tied for fifth in doubles (15), fifth in sacrifice flies (5) and tied for eighth in hit-by-pitch (7) among Pac-12 players 
• Hit a walk-off single in the Pac-12 opener against California to cap a six-run seventh inning and lead Stanford to a 14-13 comeback victory (March 14) 
• Registered 14 multi-hit games and at least one hit in 35 contests 
• Recorded a nine-game hitting streak from April 11-27 
• Started all 55 games at either first base, catcher or pitcher

As a Freshman in 2013 | Game-By-Game Statistics

• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
• NFCA Second Team All-West Region
• First Team All-Pac-12 Conference
• All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
• Played in 59 games, starting 57
• Split time as the designated player and at first base
• Led the team and ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with a .404 batting average, marking the eighth-best output in a single season on The Farm
• Led the team with 19 multiple RBI games and totaled 18 multiple-hit games on the year
• Led the team and ranked sixth in the Pac-12 with 55 RBI, tying for the fourth-most in a single season in school history
• First collegiate home run was a grand slam, coming against Florida Gulf Coast (3/9), for a season-high four RBI
• Hit a solo home run at No. 10 Oregon (3/25)
• Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in a win over No. 12 UCLA (3/28)
• Hit a two-run single and scored a run in a double-header at No. 24 Oregon State (4/2)
• Hit .556 (5-for-9), including a double and a home run, with six RBI in a three-game series at No. 14 Washington (4/20-21)
• Went 6-for-9, including a double and two home runs, with four runs scored and seven RBI in the three-game series against Utah (4/26-28)
• Registered her first career stolen base at UC Davis (5/1)
• Went 4-for-5 with four RBI and a season-best four runs scored at No. 12 Cal (5/4) ... hit a solo home run in a win over Arizona (5/10)
• Hit her first career triple against the Wildcats, also drawing a season-high three walks (5/11)
• Led the team with four RBI and tallied four hits, including a double and a home run, in the NCAA Lincoln Regional (5/17-19)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (5/13)

High School

• A 2012 graduate of Canyon Del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Ariz.
• A four-year letterwinner, captained her team as a senior
• Three-time state champions (2009, 2011 and 2012)
• Two-time all-state honoree as a junior and senior
• Three-time all-conference performer (2010-12)
• 2012 ESPN high school All-American and Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year
• Two-time team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year
• Named a first team NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American in 2011 and third team honoree in 2010
• Participated in the Under Armour High School All-America game in 2010
• Holds school career records slugging percentage (1.062), batting average (.529), hit by pitch (85) and RBI (183)
• Holds school single season records for slugging percentage (1.293), batting average (.603), runs scored (71), walks and hit by pitch (36) and triples (7)

Club

• Played for the Arizona Hotshots Gold

Personal

• Daughter of Bruce and Peggy Bonstrom
• Has two younger siblings, Ellessa and Cory
• Anticipates a major in international relations
• Selected to the Center for International Security and Cooperation Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies during her junior year to develop a thesis with the federal government related to national security
• Will be presenting senior thesis at the West Point Counter Terrorism Conference in April 2016 and will be traveling to Israel this summer through Stanford's Bing Overseas Studies Program 
• Served as a summer research assistant with Professor Lisa Blaydes, focusing on the mechanisms of authoritarianism in Iraq under Saddam Hussein in the 1990s and sanction period
• Participant in the Hoover Institute National Security Affairs Mentorship program during her junior year
• Writing correspondent for I Love Chile News while studying abroad in Santiago, Chile during the summer of 2014
• Volunteers at the Redwood City International Institute of the Bay Area, helping immigrants prepare for citizenship tests
• Enjoys riding horses and yoga
• Born in St. Louis Park, Minn.
• Full name is Kayla Christine Bonstrom