Kaylee America Rodriguez

Class:
Freshman
Position:
IF
Height:
5-5
B/T:
S/R
Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
High School:
Doral Academy

Fifth-Year Senior (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Did not see game action

Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not see game action
• Returned to the Michigan program after missing all of 2023 and beating a rare form of bone cancer, Ewing sarcoma

Sophomore (2022)
• Appeared in 39 games, starting one at second base
• Recorded a two-run home run in the fourth inning vs. Kent State (March 4)
• Scored runs in wins against #24 UCF and #21 LSU at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational (Feb. 18-19)
• Scored four runs in Big Ten play, including two in the final series at Wisconsin (May 7-8)

Freshman (2021)
• Appeared in 30 games, primarily as a pinch runner
• Went 2-for-2 at the plate and scored 11 runs
• Knocked out a three-run homer in the seventh inning at Ohio State (April 11)
• Used a seventh-inning pinch-hit single to tally first collegiate hit at Indiana (March 27)
• Scored U-M's first run in the second inning against Iowa (Feb. 27)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Purdue (Feb. 26)

Prep
• Graduated from Doral Academy (2020)
• Four-time All-Miami Dad County first team
• Six-time softball district champion (2013-19)
• Batted .639 with seven home runs and 19 RBI in a shortened senior year (2020); ranked third among Florida's home run leaders
• Triple Crown Nationals runner-up with the Gold Coast Hurricanes (2017); also earned top-10 finishes in the Junior Olympic Cup (2017, '19)
• Won an Elite 32 Baseball World Series title with Team Panama in 2014
• Also played soccer and ran track
• Contributed to two district championships in soccer (2015, '16)
• Spanish Honor Society; Honor Roll; National Honor Society for Scholar Students

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Born on December 26, 2001
• Daughter of Haniel Rodriguez and Ketty Gonzalez
• Has two siblings, Kassem and Keanu