Carly Kruse

Position:
OF
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Concord, N.C.
High School:
Cox Mill

Career Honors:
» 2017 ACC Academic Honor Roll
» 2017 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete

2017 (Freshman): Joined the team mid-season on March 24 to add speed off the bench • Appeared in 11 games as a pinch runner, tallying a run and a stolen base • Pinch ran in her first game with the team, appearing in the first two games of the NC State series • Recorded her first career stolen base against Longwood • Scored her first run as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of the BC opener (4/14).

Prep: A four-year starter for the Cox Mill Chargers under head coach Holly Harris • Batted over .300 every season, including hitting .376 with a team-high 11 stolen bases, 32 hits and 35 runs as a senior • A two-time team captain, she was named 2016 South Piedmont Conference Player of the Year after leading the Chargers to the SPC 3A title • Played travel ball for the Charlotte Starz, the Lady Tigers and the Carolina Comets.

Personal: Born Carly Olivia Kruse on June 23 • Daughter of Scott and Lisa Kruse • Has a younger sibling, Parker • Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cox Mill High School • Won Awards for Excellence in Honors Pre-Calculus, Spanish I and Visual Arts III in 2015 • A Junior Marshall (2015).