Fairfield University Athletics

2025: Cara Kochakian contributed in several ways during the regular season, splitting time as designated player, a pinch hitter, and a first baseman. She appeared in three of the team’s final seven games of the regular season including getting her first start as fielder at first base. She also garnered a starting nod as the team’s designated player against Canisius. Kochakian registered two runs scored (Niagara and Saint Peter’s) and one RBI (Niagara). She also had one stolen base on the season, swiping the bag against Saint Peter’s.

2024: Kochakian became one of the team’s top run producers in 2024, finishing second on the team with 18 RBI. She posted at least one RBI in 13 games with five multiple RBI efforts. She posted a personal-best three RBI in a 10-7 win over Siena. The infielder finished the season strongly by batting .400 (10 of 25) over her final nine games, picking up at least one hit in seven of those games including three two-hit games. She collected a hit in 20 of her 41 starts, finishing the season with 45 appearances overall. She was tied for second on the team with four triples.

2023: Kochakian split time between serving as a designated player and a first baseman. She put time at first base in 10 games and as the designated player five times. She earned a base hit in her first collegiate at-bat with a single against Monmouth on February 17 as a pinch hitter. She hit .286 as a pinch hitter with two singles in seven at-bats and owned a .375 on-base percentage in that role. She had a hit in back-to-back appearances when she stroked a single in both ends of a doubleheader with Hartford, driving in a run in both games. She hit .400 against MAAC opponents with two hits in five at-bats including one hit in two at-bats against the MAAC tournament field (1 for 2 against Marist).