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Jersey Number 12
Kylah Reading
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lenhartsville, Pa.
- High School:
- Hamburg Area
2025 / Freshman
Started all 44 games she appeared in during her freshman season and earned CAA All-Rookie Team honors…led the team with a .325 batting average while posting a .452 slugging percentage and .379 on-base percentage…totaled 41 hits, including six doubles, two triples and two home runs…scored 19 runs and drove in 22 RBIs…recorded a season-high two RBIs against Stony Brook (5/3)…finished second on the team in games played and added 76 putouts and 16 assists defensively.
BACKGROUND
Was a four-year varsity softball player for Hamburg Area High School…helped team win the BCIAA Berks County Softball Championship in 2024…was named to the All-Berks County First Team and to the All-State First Team multiple times…was named the Berks County Player of the Year in 2023 and Hamburg Area High School’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2024…earned a spot on the Berks County Carpenter Cup Team in 2023 and earned the Best Rookie Award in 2021…left Hamburg holding a number of records, including single-season home runs, career home runs, career triples, single season stolen bases, career runs, career batting average, and career home runs.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jason and Justine Reading…mother, Justine played field hockey for Kutztown University…intends to major in nursing.
Started all 44 games she appeared in during her freshman season and earned CAA All-Rookie Team honors…led the team with a .325 batting average while posting a .452 slugging percentage and .379 on-base percentage…totaled 41 hits, including six doubles, two triples and two home runs…scored 19 runs and drove in 22 RBIs…recorded a season-high two RBIs against Stony Brook (5/3)…finished second on the team in games played and added 76 putouts and 16 assists defensively.
BACKGROUND
Was a four-year varsity softball player for Hamburg Area High School…helped team win the BCIAA Berks County Softball Championship in 2024…was named to the All-Berks County First Team and to the All-State First Team multiple times…was named the Berks County Player of the Year in 2023 and Hamburg Area High School’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2024…earned a spot on the Berks County Carpenter Cup Team in 2023 and earned the Best Rookie Award in 2021…left Hamburg holding a number of records, including single-season home runs, career home runs, career triples, single season stolen bases, career runs, career batting average, and career home runs.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jason and Justine Reading…mother, Justine played field hockey for Kutztown University…intends to major in nursing.
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