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Jersey Number 11
Makalyn Kyser
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Springville, Ala.
- High School:
- Springville HS
JAX STATE CAREER
2026: Started all 61 games behind the dish for Jax State in her senior season. Kyser finished the year with a .294 batting average, 47 hits, eight doubles, and a team-leading 11 home runs. The Springville, Ala. native additionally led the team and finished second in Conference USA in RBIs with 52. Kyser earned her first CUSA Player of the Week honor in week 11 of the season after her performances at Missouri State (4/17-4/19) where she batted a combined 6-for-8 at the plate, picking up 12 RBIs and three home runs. In game two of the series (4/18), Kyser tallied a career-high eight RBIs in the contest.
2025: Appeared in 35 games for the Gamecocks and had a .325 batting average, 25 hits, 9 home runs, and 27 RBIs. Kyser had a six-game hit streak towards the end of the season where she went 8-for-14, 10 RBIs, and totaling 5 home runs (4 in 4 consecutive games).
2024: Appeared in 49 contests with 41 starts as a sophomore…tallied 19 hits, including six doubles and five home runs…earned 21 walks, the third most on the team while slugging .374 with 23 RBI’s…picked up a pair of doubles while driving in four runners on Feb. 23 in a 9-7 win over Southern Miss…had five multi-hit contests in 2024.
2023: Appeared in 22 games as a true freshman, with nine starts coming behind the plate at catcher…made her collegiate debut on Feb. 10 against Army…she hit .258 her first season for the Gamecocks with eight hits and one homerun…in the field she picked off three runners and had just one error all season for a .985 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Springville High for five seasons under the tutelage of coaches John Paul Taruc and Brandon Easterwood...a four-time all-state selection, she earned first-team honors as a junior and senior...helped the Tigers win consecutive state titles in 2017 and 2018...also played basketball for SHS.
PERSONAL
Born October 23, 2003 in Birmingham, Ala...the daughter of Destiny and Danny Kyser...has two older siblings, sister Kolyn and brother Bradyn...sister Kolyn was an all-conference softball player at Birmingham-Southern...favorite color is pink and go-to snack is Goldfish...planning to major in elementary education at JSU
2026: Started all 61 games behind the dish for Jax State in her senior season. Kyser finished the year with a .294 batting average, 47 hits, eight doubles, and a team-leading 11 home runs. The Springville, Ala. native additionally led the team and finished second in Conference USA in RBIs with 52. Kyser earned her first CUSA Player of the Week honor in week 11 of the season after her performances at Missouri State (4/17-4/19) where she batted a combined 6-for-8 at the plate, picking up 12 RBIs and three home runs. In game two of the series (4/18), Kyser tallied a career-high eight RBIs in the contest.
2025: Appeared in 35 games for the Gamecocks and had a .325 batting average, 25 hits, 9 home runs, and 27 RBIs. Kyser had a six-game hit streak towards the end of the season where she went 8-for-14, 10 RBIs, and totaling 5 home runs (4 in 4 consecutive games).
2024: Appeared in 49 contests with 41 starts as a sophomore…tallied 19 hits, including six doubles and five home runs…earned 21 walks, the third most on the team while slugging .374 with 23 RBI’s…picked up a pair of doubles while driving in four runners on Feb. 23 in a 9-7 win over Southern Miss…had five multi-hit contests in 2024.
2023: Appeared in 22 games as a true freshman, with nine starts coming behind the plate at catcher…made her collegiate debut on Feb. 10 against Army…she hit .258 her first season for the Gamecocks with eight hits and one homerun…in the field she picked off three runners and had just one error all season for a .985 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Springville High for five seasons under the tutelage of coaches John Paul Taruc and Brandon Easterwood...a four-time all-state selection, she earned first-team honors as a junior and senior...helped the Tigers win consecutive state titles in 2017 and 2018...also played basketball for SHS.
PERSONAL
Born October 23, 2003 in Birmingham, Ala...the daughter of Destiny and Danny Kyser...has two older siblings, sister Kolyn and brother Bradyn...sister Kolyn was an all-conference softball player at Birmingham-Southern...favorite color is pink and go-to snack is Goldfish...planning to major in elementary education at JSU
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