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Kim Higgins DeJianne joined the Cougar softball team before it was successful and helped to build the foundation of what has become a nationally-competitive program. A four-time all-CACC honoree, she pitched the majority of the team’s games during her four seasons as the Cougars developed. She also contributed at the plate, leading the team in batting average, home runs and runs batted in as a freshman. As a senior, DeJianne helped Caldwell post an 18-14 record for the most wins in the program’s history to that point. She was 12-11 while pitching 146 1/3 innings that year. Over the final three years of her career, DeJianne won 25 games and struck out 192 batters to rank in Caldwell’s top 10 in both categories.
“I decided to go to Caldwell to try to change the program and build something special,” DeJianne said. “I wasn’t a part of a championship team while I was playing but I feel like I helped get things started.”
DeJianne is a sales representative for the Diabetes Care division of Abbott Labs. She lives in her hometown of Nutley, N.J., with her husband Michael and their children Makenna (six) and Michael Jr. (three).
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