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Jersey Number 22
Kai Luschar
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Carson HS
- Hometown:
- Carson City, Nev.
Bio
CAREER NOTES
UO career steals leader with 108
Career batting average of .401 ranks second on the UO career list; she is just the second Duck to record a career average over .400
Eighth on the UO career runs list with 151
RS-SENIOR (2025)
- NFCA Golden Shoe Award Winner (best base stealer)
- CSC Academic All-America Second Team
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
- All-Big Ten First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Big Ten All-Academic Team
Set the Oregon and Big Ten single-season record with 60 stolen bases ... Just the 15th player in D1 history to steal 60 bases in a season ... Led the NCAA with 60 steals ... Oregon's lead-off batter hit .415 and started all 64 games ... scored a school-record 65 runs ... 86 hits (fourth on the UO single-season list) ... Was 60-of-68 in stolen bases ... Fourth in the Big Ten and 17th in the NCAA in runs ... Second in the Big Ten and 11th in the NCAA in hits ... Batting average of .415 is 10th all-time at Oregon ... 35 walks on the season ranks ninth for a single-season at Oregon ... Tremendous opening weekend at the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9) where she hit .647 (11-of-17), scored nine runs, drove in seven runs and was 9-of-9 on stolen bases ... Had multi-hit games and swiped two bases in four of the first five games ... Went 3-for-4 and tied the school record by scoring four runs in the season-opener versus Buffalo (Feb. 7) ... Drove in a career-best three runs against Southern Utah (Feb. 7) ... Tied career high with four steals against North Dakota (Feb. 14) ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a steal versus Loyola Chicago (March 2) ... Big weekend at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 7-10) where she hit .467 (7-of-15) and was 7-for-7 on stolen bases ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, scored three times and stole two bases March 10 against Abilene Christian ... Hit .333 (4-for-12) in the Washington series (March 14-16) with two stolen bases ... Went 3-for-4 and stole a base in the series' opener at UW (March 14) ... Went 5-for-9 (.556) stole three bases and scored four runs in the Illinois series (March 21-23) ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBI, two stolen base and scored two runs March 22 versus Illinois ... Had a 3-for-4 day with a pair of runs and a pair of steals at Rutgers (March 28) ... Hit .426 in March and was 18-of-19 in stolen bases ... Went 3-of-8 (.375) in the Michigan series (April 4-6) ... Broke the previous school record with her 41st and 42nd stolen bases of the year April 7 versus LMU ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the Minnesota series (April 11-13) and stole three bases .... Also drove in a couple of runs ... Stole three bases and scored three runs in the UCLA series (April 18-20) ... Four straight multi-hit games on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) where she reached base in 14-of-21 plate appearances and hit .625 (10-of-16) with six runs ... Recorded three-hit games against the Hoosiers on April 25 and 27, and had two-hit games at Indiana (April 26) and Notre Dame (April 28) ... Hit .444 (4-of-9) in the Michigan State series (May 2-4) and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Went 3-for-3, scored three runs and drove in three runs May 3 against Michigan State ... » Went 2-for-4 with a steal in the Big Ten Tournament versus Michigan (May 8) ... Terrific NCAA Eugene Regional (May 16-18) where she hit .500 (8-fo-16), scored seven runs and stole four bases ... Was 2-for-3, scored three times and stole two bases against Weber State (May 17) ... Went 3-for-3, stole a base and scored four runs to tie her own school record in a must-win game against Stanford (May 18) ... Went 5-for-8 (.625) in the NCAA Super Regional round versus Liberty (May 23-24) ... Was 3-for-4 and tripled in a run in Game 1 versus Liberty (May 23) ... Had a 2-for-4 date at the plate, stole a base and drove in two runs in the second game against Liberty (May 24) ... Went 3-for-6 and scored twice in Oregon's 6-5 win over Ole Miss in the Women's College World Series (May 30) ... Stole her Big Ten record-breaking 60th base of the season June 1 versus Oklahoma at the WCWS ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024)
- 2024 NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
- 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/27)
Led the Ducks with a .410 average in 51 games ... Led the team in runs (48), hits (73) and stolen bases (27) ... Second on the team with a.646 on-base percentage ... Reached base safely in 44 of 51 games in 2024 and had a hit in 41-of-51 games ... First in the Pac-12 and 25th nationally with 27 stolen bases ... The 27 steals are tied for ninth on the UO single-season steals list ... Is the the fifth Duck to claim the league’s stolen bases crown, joining Marnie McCall (1992), Courtney Kivett (2008), Janie Takeda (2013) and Alexis Mack (2017) ... Fourth in the Pac-12 in batting average (.410) ... Also in the top seven in the Pac-12 in runs (48), hits (73) and on base percentage (.464) ... Hit .550 (11-of-20) to lead the team at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11) and went 6-for-6 in stolen bases ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and 2 steals against Kansas (Feb. 9) ... Career-best four hits against Missouri State (Feb. 10) ... Went 3-for-4, stole two bases and scored twice against Army (Feb. 11) ... Went 6-for-17 (.353) at the Campbell/Cartier Classic (Feb. 16-18) with three stolen bases ... Had two hits against Texas A&M on both Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 ... Hit .588 (10-for-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic )Feb. 22-24) and scored four runs ... Tied the school record with four stolen bases Feb. 29 against Mount St. Mary’s and went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs ... The next day, had a triple against The Mount ... Nine--game hitting streak ended March 1 versus Maryland, but had two hits against the Terrapins the next day ... Hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Cal series (March 8-9) ... Also threw out a runner at the plate in the Ducks’ 4-3, nine-inning win on March 8 ... Went 4-for-11 (.364) in the Utah series (March 15-17) and scored 5 runs ... Went 3-for-7 (.429) in the UCLA series (March 28-29) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the Washington series (April 5-7) ... Went 6-for-16 (.375) with a triple. two RBI and three stolen bases on the Arizona trip (April 10-14) ... Led team with a .600 average in the April 19-21 Oregon State series (6-for-10) and scored six runs with two RBI and two stolen bases ... Scored three runs and had two RBI April 19 versus OSU ... Tied career highs with four hits and three runs April 21 against the Beavers ... Matched her career high with three runs versus Northern Colorado (April 28) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the NCAA Norman Regional opener against Boston U (May 17) ... Named to the Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023)
Hit .419 (31-of-74) after being cleared to resume hitting on April 1 ... Overall, played in 40 games, starting 23 ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases with 14, which tied for fourth in the Pac-12 ... Scored 28 runs. ... On-base percentage of .442 ... Hit .778 (7-of-9) with 5 runs and 3 steals in the week against Montana and Lindenwood (Apr. 3-7) and was named an NFCA performer of the week ... Had a career-high 3 hits and scored 2 runs vs. Montana (Apr. 3) ... Tied career high with 3 hits against Lindenwood (Apr. 7) ... Went 5-for-11 (.455) in the Arizona series (Apr. 21-23) and scored 3 runs ... Hit .538 (7-of-13) on the Pacific/Cal trip (Apr. 27-30) and scored 7 runs ... Scored a career-best 3 runs at Pacific (Apr. 27) and matched that the next game at California (Apr. 28), where she also had a career high 3 hits ... Went 5-for-10 (.500) at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 19-21) and scored 4 runs with 2 RBI ... Hit first career triple against Notre Dame (May 19) ... Was limited to pinch-running the first 31 games of the season due to an arm injury ... Hit .824 (14-of-17) and stole seven bases in seven fall games ... Pac-12 academic honor roll... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022)
Appeared in 33 games with 11 starts ... Scored 10 runs and stole seven bases in nine attempts ... Hit .243 ... at Utah/BYU (March 18-21): Went 3-for-4 (.750) with a double and a stolen base ... vs. California (March 25-27): Had two hits, scored three times, drove in a pair of runs and stole two bases ... Had a pair of hits at UCLA (April 1-3) ... vs. Portland State (April 14): Went 2-for-3 with two runs and two stolen bases.
BEFORE OREGON
Attended Arizona State in the fall of 2020.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, 2x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Runs: 4, 4x, last vs. Stanford (May 18, 2025)
RBIs: 3, 3x, last vs. Michigan State (May 3, 2025)
Doubles: 1, 7x, last vs. Liberty (May 24, 2025)
Triples: 1, 3x, last at Arizona (Apr. 13, 2024)
Home Runs: 0
Stolen Bases: 4, 2x, last vs. North Dakota (Feb. 14, 2025)
Hitting Streak: 9 games, Feb. 17-Mar. 3, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked No. 97 in Extra Inning Softball's final rankings for the Class of 2020 ... The four-year varsity standout for Carson High School was a three-time All-League recipient ... Played in 98 career games, hitting .505 with 151 hits and 90 stolen bases ... Named the 20201 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year ... Led the state of Nevada in stolen bases, while also ranking second in batting average ... Also earned PGF Western Region All-America honors in 2020 ... Named to the Nevada Preps All-State second-team following her junior season in 2019 ... Hit .579 with four homers, 26 RBIs and 44 runs scored while stealing 35 bases and finishing with a .633 on-base percentage ... Had a base hit in 27-of-28 games played ... As a freshman (2017), hit .480 with 48 hits and 36 runs scored ... As a sophomore season (2018), recorded 48 hits and scored 50 runs ... earned all-state honorable mention recognition from Nevada Preps as both a freshman and sophomore ...
PERSONAL
Parents are Judy and Steve Luschar ... Parents both competed in professional rodeo ... Younger sister Kedre is a true senior on the Ducks' team ... Major is general social science.
UO career steals leader with 108
Career batting average of .401 ranks second on the UO career list; she is just the second Duck to record a career average over .400
Eighth on the UO career runs list with 151
RS-SENIOR (2025)
- NFCA Golden Shoe Award Winner (best base stealer)
- CSC Academic All-America Second Team
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
- All-Big Ten First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Big Ten All-Academic Team
Set the Oregon and Big Ten single-season record with 60 stolen bases ... Just the 15th player in D1 history to steal 60 bases in a season ... Led the NCAA with 60 steals ... Oregon's lead-off batter hit .415 and started all 64 games ... scored a school-record 65 runs ... 86 hits (fourth on the UO single-season list) ... Was 60-of-68 in stolen bases ... Fourth in the Big Ten and 17th in the NCAA in runs ... Second in the Big Ten and 11th in the NCAA in hits ... Batting average of .415 is 10th all-time at Oregon ... 35 walks on the season ranks ninth for a single-season at Oregon ... Tremendous opening weekend at the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9) where she hit .647 (11-of-17), scored nine runs, drove in seven runs and was 9-of-9 on stolen bases ... Had multi-hit games and swiped two bases in four of the first five games ... Went 3-for-4 and tied the school record by scoring four runs in the season-opener versus Buffalo (Feb. 7) ... Drove in a career-best three runs against Southern Utah (Feb. 7) ... Tied career high with four steals against North Dakota (Feb. 14) ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a steal versus Loyola Chicago (March 2) ... Big weekend at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 7-10) where she hit .467 (7-of-15) and was 7-for-7 on stolen bases ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, scored three times and stole two bases March 10 against Abilene Christian ... Hit .333 (4-for-12) in the Washington series (March 14-16) with two stolen bases ... Went 3-for-4 and stole a base in the series' opener at UW (March 14) ... Went 5-for-9 (.556) stole three bases and scored four runs in the Illinois series (March 21-23) ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBI, two stolen base and scored two runs March 22 versus Illinois ... Had a 3-for-4 day with a pair of runs and a pair of steals at Rutgers (March 28) ... Hit .426 in March and was 18-of-19 in stolen bases ... Went 3-of-8 (.375) in the Michigan series (April 4-6) ... Broke the previous school record with her 41st and 42nd stolen bases of the year April 7 versus LMU ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the Minnesota series (April 11-13) and stole three bases .... Also drove in a couple of runs ... Stole three bases and scored three runs in the UCLA series (April 18-20) ... Four straight multi-hit games on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) where she reached base in 14-of-21 plate appearances and hit .625 (10-of-16) with six runs ... Recorded three-hit games against the Hoosiers on April 25 and 27, and had two-hit games at Indiana (April 26) and Notre Dame (April 28) ... Hit .444 (4-of-9) in the Michigan State series (May 2-4) and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases ... Went 3-for-3, scored three runs and drove in three runs May 3 against Michigan State ... » Went 2-for-4 with a steal in the Big Ten Tournament versus Michigan (May 8) ... Terrific NCAA Eugene Regional (May 16-18) where she hit .500 (8-fo-16), scored seven runs and stole four bases ... Was 2-for-3, scored three times and stole two bases against Weber State (May 17) ... Went 3-for-3, stole a base and scored four runs to tie her own school record in a must-win game against Stanford (May 18) ... Went 5-for-8 (.625) in the NCAA Super Regional round versus Liberty (May 23-24) ... Was 3-for-4 and tripled in a run in Game 1 versus Liberty (May 23) ... Had a 2-for-4 date at the plate, stole a base and drove in two runs in the second game against Liberty (May 24) ... Went 3-for-6 and scored twice in Oregon's 6-5 win over Ole Miss in the Women's College World Series (May 30) ... Stole her Big Ten record-breaking 60th base of the season June 1 versus Oklahoma at the WCWS ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024)
- 2024 NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
- 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/27)
Led the Ducks with a .410 average in 51 games ... Led the team in runs (48), hits (73) and stolen bases (27) ... Second on the team with a.646 on-base percentage ... Reached base safely in 44 of 51 games in 2024 and had a hit in 41-of-51 games ... First in the Pac-12 and 25th nationally with 27 stolen bases ... The 27 steals are tied for ninth on the UO single-season steals list ... Is the the fifth Duck to claim the league’s stolen bases crown, joining Marnie McCall (1992), Courtney Kivett (2008), Janie Takeda (2013) and Alexis Mack (2017) ... Fourth in the Pac-12 in batting average (.410) ... Also in the top seven in the Pac-12 in runs (48), hits (73) and on base percentage (.464) ... Hit .550 (11-of-20) to lead the team at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11) and went 6-for-6 in stolen bases ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and 2 steals against Kansas (Feb. 9) ... Career-best four hits against Missouri State (Feb. 10) ... Went 3-for-4, stole two bases and scored twice against Army (Feb. 11) ... Went 6-for-17 (.353) at the Campbell/Cartier Classic (Feb. 16-18) with three stolen bases ... Had two hits against Texas A&M on both Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 ... Hit .588 (10-for-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic )Feb. 22-24) and scored four runs ... Tied the school record with four stolen bases Feb. 29 against Mount St. Mary’s and went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs ... The next day, had a triple against The Mount ... Nine--game hitting streak ended March 1 versus Maryland, but had two hits against the Terrapins the next day ... Hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Cal series (March 8-9) ... Also threw out a runner at the plate in the Ducks’ 4-3, nine-inning win on March 8 ... Went 4-for-11 (.364) in the Utah series (March 15-17) and scored 5 runs ... Went 3-for-7 (.429) in the UCLA series (March 28-29) ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the Washington series (April 5-7) ... Went 6-for-16 (.375) with a triple. two RBI and three stolen bases on the Arizona trip (April 10-14) ... Led team with a .600 average in the April 19-21 Oregon State series (6-for-10) and scored six runs with two RBI and two stolen bases ... Scored three runs and had two RBI April 19 versus OSU ... Tied career highs with four hits and three runs April 21 against the Beavers ... Matched her career high with three runs versus Northern Colorado (April 28) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the NCAA Norman Regional opener against Boston U (May 17) ... Named to the Pac-12 Conference Academic Honor Roll.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023)
Hit .419 (31-of-74) after being cleared to resume hitting on April 1 ... Overall, played in 40 games, starting 23 ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases with 14, which tied for fourth in the Pac-12 ... Scored 28 runs. ... On-base percentage of .442 ... Hit .778 (7-of-9) with 5 runs and 3 steals in the week against Montana and Lindenwood (Apr. 3-7) and was named an NFCA performer of the week ... Had a career-high 3 hits and scored 2 runs vs. Montana (Apr. 3) ... Tied career high with 3 hits against Lindenwood (Apr. 7) ... Went 5-for-11 (.455) in the Arizona series (Apr. 21-23) and scored 3 runs ... Hit .538 (7-of-13) on the Pacific/Cal trip (Apr. 27-30) and scored 7 runs ... Scored a career-best 3 runs at Pacific (Apr. 27) and matched that the next game at California (Apr. 28), where she also had a career high 3 hits ... Went 5-for-10 (.500) at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 19-21) and scored 4 runs with 2 RBI ... Hit first career triple against Notre Dame (May 19) ... Was limited to pinch-running the first 31 games of the season due to an arm injury ... Hit .824 (14-of-17) and stole seven bases in seven fall games ... Pac-12 academic honor roll... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022)
Appeared in 33 games with 11 starts ... Scored 10 runs and stole seven bases in nine attempts ... Hit .243 ... at Utah/BYU (March 18-21): Went 3-for-4 (.750) with a double and a stolen base ... vs. California (March 25-27): Had two hits, scored three times, drove in a pair of runs and stole two bases ... Had a pair of hits at UCLA (April 1-3) ... vs. Portland State (April 14): Went 2-for-3 with two runs and two stolen bases.
BEFORE OREGON
Attended Arizona State in the fall of 2020.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, 2x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Runs: 4, 4x, last vs. Stanford (May 18, 2025)
RBIs: 3, 3x, last vs. Michigan State (May 3, 2025)
Doubles: 1, 7x, last vs. Liberty (May 24, 2025)
Triples: 1, 3x, last at Arizona (Apr. 13, 2024)
Home Runs: 0
Stolen Bases: 4, 2x, last vs. North Dakota (Feb. 14, 2025)
Hitting Streak: 9 games, Feb. 17-Mar. 3, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked No. 97 in Extra Inning Softball's final rankings for the Class of 2020 ... The four-year varsity standout for Carson High School was a three-time All-League recipient ... Played in 98 career games, hitting .505 with 151 hits and 90 stolen bases ... Named the 20201 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year ... Led the state of Nevada in stolen bases, while also ranking second in batting average ... Also earned PGF Western Region All-America honors in 2020 ... Named to the Nevada Preps All-State second-team following her junior season in 2019 ... Hit .579 with four homers, 26 RBIs and 44 runs scored while stealing 35 bases and finishing with a .633 on-base percentage ... Had a base hit in 27-of-28 games played ... As a freshman (2017), hit .480 with 48 hits and 36 runs scored ... As a sophomore season (2018), recorded 48 hits and scored 50 runs ... earned all-state honorable mention recognition from Nevada Preps as both a freshman and sophomore ...
PERSONAL
Parents are Judy and Steve Luschar ... Parents both competed in professional rodeo ... Younger sister Kedre is a true senior on the Ducks' team ... Major is general social science.
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