Kaia Parnaby


Kaia Parnaby is an Australian softball player from New South Wales. She is a pitcher, and earned a scholarship to and played for the Australian Institute of Sport. She is a member of the senior Australia women's national softball team and is on the short list to compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships. She plays university softball for the University of Hawaii team.

Personal

Parnaby is from New South Wales. She attended Narrabeen Sports High School. She currently attends the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In 2011/2012, she was a junior.

Softball

Parnaby is a pitcher, and plays in relief. She started out playing softball for Manly Warringah Softball Association. In 2004, she was named to the New South Wales U16 team. In 2006, she was named to the Australian All Schools team. In 2006, she represented Australia on the junior national U19 team. She had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport in 2006. She was the first player from Manly Warringah Softball Association to earn a spot on the AIS roster. In 2006, she played for the New South Wales side that won the Australian All Schools Softball Championship.
Parnaby transferred to North Shore District Softball Association in 2007 joining their Open Women's and State League teams. In 2009, she was again with and played for the AIS team.

Senior national team

Parnaby has been a member of the senior Australia women's national softball team. In March 2009, she participated in a Brisbane-based training camp. In 2011, she was a member of the Australian side that competed at the World Cup of Softball. She played in the 8-0 loss to the United States. She is a member of the 2012 Australia women's national softball team and is on the short list to compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.

University

Parnaby plays for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the United States. She played with the team during the 2010, 2011 and currently in the 2012 season. In February 2012, her team played the UMKC Kangaroos but she did not pitch in the game. In a March 2012 game in the Bank of Hawaii Invitational against Radford University, she struck out eight players and limited them to three hits in a 7-0 victory for her team. At the time, her team was ranked twenty-second in the nation and went on to win the Invitational. Their record to the season went to 17-0 with Parnaby having a 7-0 record season to date.