Biography
2013 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year
2013 All-Southland Conference Second Team
2014 All-Southland Conference First Team
2014 NFCA Third Team All-Region
2014 (Sophomore): One of five Huskies to start in all 50 games...led the Southland Conference with a .411 batting average, which was the eighth-highest in HBU program history in a single season...second in the conference with a .702 slugging percentage and .508 on-base percentage...in the top-10 in hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, and runs scored...had 13 two-hit games and five 3-hit contests...started the season with a hit in five of the first six games, then later had a 14-game hitting streak (3/29-4/23)...set new career highs with two doubles against Texas Southern (2/18) and four RBI at UTSA (3/26)...hit .449 with 35 hits, five doubles, three triples, four home runs, 17 RBI, and 20 runs scored in conference play...earned First Team All-Conference honors and was also named NFCA All-Region...also earned a spot on the Southland Conference Spring Honor Roll.
2013 (Freshman): One of only two Huskies to start in all 42 games...second on the team with a .366 batting average...she led the Southland Conference with a .699 slugging percentage...her 47 RBI tie her for fourth for most RBI in a single season in program history, while her 10 home runs place her seventh for most in a single season...tied for fourth in the conference with 40 runs scored and 10 home runs, and her 1.12 RBI per game led the conference...the 1.12 RBI per game was ranked 19th nationally...also recorded 45 hits, seven doubles, and two triples...led the team with 19 walks...her .988 fielding percentage led all starters...set a new program record with eight RBI against Southern (2/17)...had 11 multi-hit games....went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI and one run scored against Southeastern Louisiana (3/17)...went 3-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored against UH-Victoria (3/26)...had a perfect 3-for-3 effort against Stephen F. Austin (4/29), with three RBI and three runs scored...had hitting streaks of seven games, six games, and four twice throughout the season...hit .368 with 28 hits, 25 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, three home runs, and 18 RBI in conference play...named Second Team All-Conference and Southland Conference Freshman of the Year...earned NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete and Southland Spring Honor Roll honors.
High School: Participated in both softball and track & field all four years....four-year letterwinner in softball for head coach Sally Lozano...named Texas Softball 31-4A First Team All-District Shortstop and Texas 31-4A Softball Academic All-District as a sophomore...earned Texas 31-4A Softball First Team All-District Pitcher, Texas 31-4A Academic All-District, Corpus Christi Caller Times First Team All-South Texas Softball Pitcher, and Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) Softball All-State Team accolades as a junior...named CC Caller Times Preseason All-Star Softball Team, District Softball 31-4A MVP and Academic All-District, Tuloso-Midway Cherokee of the Year, CC Caller Times Softball All-South Texas MVP, TGCA Softball All-Star and All-State Team as a pitcher, TGCA Softball Academic All-State, and TXSWA All-State Second Team Pitcher as a senior...in the classroom, Schwirtlich graduated sixth in her class and was a four-year member of FCA...a four-year member of Tuloso-Midway "A" Honor Roll, she was a three-year recipient of the Del Mar College President's List...two-year member of the National Honor Society and Phi Teta Kappa Honor Society...named Distinguished Achievements Program Graduate...the 2011 CC Caller Times Distinguished Scholar Finalist, she was a member of Who's Who Among All-American Scholars as a sophomore and was a cum laude graduate.
Personal: Full name is Kirsten Linnea Schwirtlich...undecided on academic major...born Nov. 26, 1993, in Corpus Christi, Texas...daughter of Don and Christina Schwirtlich...has two brothers, Brad and Erik, and two sisters, Amy Cole and Lauren...Lauren also plays softball at HBU...cousin Kelsey Schwirtlich plays volleyball at UTSA and cousin Sara Mireles plays softball at Texas A&M...enjoys working out, listening to music, and dancing.
