A good fielder who isn[apos]t afraid to get in front of the ball ... Earned the starting third base job at the end of the 2007 season and had the most starts at the hot corner (43) in 2008 ... Is coming off a season where she set or tied 12 season highs ... Plays the game hard ... Swings a strong bat ... Comes up with big hits when called upon ... One of 11 lefthanded hitters on the squad ... Will be called upon to provide leadership as a returning letterwinner and one of five seniors.
2008 Season: Started 43 games at third base and appeared in 47, while starting the final nine contests of the season ... Set career-highs in games played (47), games started (43), at-bats (105), runs (6, tied), hits (21), doubles (3), RBI (11), total bases (24), walks (7), putouts (42), assists (50) and fielding percentage (.939) ... Batted .333 (9-for-27) when leading off an inning ... Hit an impressive .364 (8-for-22) against left-handed pitchers, despite being a lefty herself ... The average trailed only Megan McDonald[apos]s .385 mark ... Had four multi-hit games, the ninth-most on the squad ... Added two multi-RBI games, which tied her with Brittany Knudsen and Jen Wisneski for seventh on the team ... Had her first RBI of the season against Saint Peter[apos]s on Feb. 29 ... Had season highs of two hits and two RBI against Loyola-Chicago on March 5 ... Added two hits, including her first double of the season, versus UC Davis (March 8) ... Hit .555 (5-for-9) with three runs, three RBI and a double in four games against Oregon, Loyola-Chicago, Pacific and UC Davis from March 2-8 ... Recorded a season-long three-game hitting streak from March 17-20 ... Added two RBI over the streak ... Had two hits at San Diego on April 16 ... Set a career high with three hits in SDSU[apos]s win over Colorado State on April 20 ... Tied her career best with two RBI in the game and had her second double of the season ... Had a solid weekend at UNLV to help SDSU wrap up its fourth MWC title in seven seasons ... Drove in a run in each game and scored a run over the two contests ... Had a hit in two of the three NCAA Regional games in Fresno, Calif. ... Batted .286 (2-for-7) with a walk in the tournament ... Had a career-high four assists on two occasions ... The first came against Washington on March 20 and the second came against Fresno State in the NCAA[apos]s ... Improvement and patience showed toward the end of the season as she struck out just twice over her final 16 at-bats (1K/8 AB) ... Before that, she had struck out 25 times over her first 89 at-bats (1K/3.6 AB) ... Also improved in the field ... Committed just two errors in 54 chances over her final 24 games for a 96.3 fielding percentage ... Had four errors in 44 chances (90.9 fielding percentage) over her first 23 contests ... San Diego State was 33-10 when she started, 9-0 when she drove in at least one run and 6-0 when she scored.
2007 Season: Saw the majority of playing time at third base down the stretch ... Ended up starting 14 of the final 15 games ... On the season, she saw action in 27 games with 18 starts ... Started 13 of the 15 conference games ... Batted .290 (9-for-31) in league action, which would have put her fifth on the team had she had enough at-bats ... Had four RBI and three sacrifice hits against MWC opponents ... Hit .300 (6-for-20) with two sacrifices in nine away contests ... Batted .316 (6-for-19) with five runs scored in night games ... Was 3-for-7 (.429) over three games against conference foe New Mexico ... Hit .347 (8-for-23) over a nine-game stretch from April 14-May 5 ... Stole two bases on the season without getting thrown out ... Swipes came against Iona on March 18 and another one versus Utah on May 10 in the second game of a doubleheader ... Got her first hit of the season in SDSU[apos]s 7-1 victory over Fordham on March 16 ... Had her first two-hit game of her career against New Mexico (April 14) ... Followed that with a single and an RBI against the Lobos on April 15 ... Scored a run against Siena on Feb. 24 and another against Brown on March 28 ... Had a game-winning double to plate Dani Sidoti in SDSU[apos]s 3-2, eight-inning win over Colorado State on April 29 ... Drew walks in back-to-back games versus UNLV on May 5-6 ... Recorded a career-best four assists and a putout in SDSU[apos]s win over San Diego on April 18 ... Had a sacrifice in consecutive contests against UNLV (May 6) and Utah (May 10 - first game of doubleheader) ... The Aztecs were 11-7 when she got the starting nod.
2006 Season (Iowa State University): Attended Iowa State as a freshman, but transferred before the spring season began.
High School: Earned four letters at Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, Calif. ... Helped the Wolverines win the Sea View League championship her senior year ... Was a three-time all-Sea View League selection ... A two-year all-CIF honoree ... Was the team captain her senior year for co-coaches Joe Miller and Don Munsell ... A scholar athlete for three years ... Also ran for the Aliso Niguel cross country team her freshman year.
Personal: Christine Nicole Kulick was born April 18, 1987, in Palm Springs, Calif. ... Is the daughter of Michellene and August Kulick ... Is majoring in journalism with aspirations of writing for a magazine.