16 - Astrid Yestness
Astrid Yestness
Born: 03/11/1985
Height: 5-7
Year: Senior
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School: Liberty HS
Position: INF/OF


2006: Played in 44 games at first base, starting 43... led the team defensively with 280 putouts... in 2007 will see the bulk of her time at first base and will look to expode offensively. 2005: Played in 21 total games and drew 16 starting assignments at first base ... ranked second on the team in putouts (99) ... led the team in fielding percentage (.990) ... made only one error in 102 total chances in the field.

2004: Saw action in nine games and drew five starting assignments ... picked a perfect time to earn her first collegiate hit ... Yestness entered the second game of a doubleheader against Utah Valley State (4/16) with no hits in six at-bats, however, she lifted an RBI double to the fence in left that plated Casey Hogue for the winning run.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Liberty HS ... set the school record for runs batted in with 35 as a junior for head coach Brenda Miller ... earned letters in softball (4), basketball (3) and track (3) ... member of National Honor Society ... honor roll student.

Personal: Born March 11, 1985, on Scott Field Air Force Base, Ill. ... daughter of Steven and Brenda Yestness ... majoring in kinesiology ... UNC Scholar-Athlete.

Yestness' Career Batting Statistics

YearGP/GSABAvg.RH2B3BHRRBI
20049/513.154021001
200521/1626.077120003
200644/4390.22213203005
Totals74/64129.18614244009