Junior | 2002
Eiben played and started all 68 of Arkansas' games as a junior seeing time at firstbase and as the team's designated player. The left-hander set a single-season record last year after being hit by 16 pitches earning a pass to firstbase. In addition, Eiben reached base 44 times with hits hitting .238 for the season. Eiben was equally consistent in SEC play hitting .221 with 17 hits. She lead the team in all games with 511 putouts and was solid in the field with a .987 fielding percentage - a mark that improved to .990 in SEC-only contests where she had 189 putouts and just two errors in 30 games. In addition to her on-the-field success, Eiben earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll honors last year.
Sophomore | 2001
The starting first baseman as a freshman, Eiben saw time at first but also made appearances as the designated hitter, in the outfield and at catcher for Arkansas. Eiben played in 53 games, starting in 37 and hitting .225. One of Eiben's biggest moments came at Auburn with her first grand slam lifting Arkansas to a 7-3 win over the Tigers. Eiben was honored by the SEC as a member of its Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman | 2000
Eiben made an impact in her first season of collegiate ball. Arkansas' primary first baseman, she led the team in non-conference games hitting better than .300. Eiben finished the year hitting .257 with 49 hits. She currently ranks fifth in Arkansas' career records for batting average (.257), tenth in hits (49), seventh in doubles (11), tied for ninth in RBIs (21), ninth in slugging percentage (.325) and fourth in putouts (471).
HIGH SCHOOL: Kim Eiben did not play high school softball. The Seaquam Sea Hawks did not have softball, so the 5-9 left-hander was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball and a two-year letterwinner for the rowing team. Eiben got her softball experience from the White Rock Renegades in White Rock, British Columbia, pacing the team to a pair of Canadian National Midget titles in her four seasons. As a freshman, Eiben played in 75 games, hit .396 with 45 RBIs, 89 hits and two home runs while posting a .774 slugging percentage. As a sophomore, she played in 95 games while hitting .415 with 62 RBIs, 116 hits and four home runs. In 105 games as a junior, Eiben hit .398 with 70 RBIs, 109 hits and five home runs. The team was not sponsored during her final year for a full season but Eiben did compete in the Canada Cup and a few select tournaments.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 10, 1981, Kimberly Laraine Eiben is the youngest of four children to Larry and Laraine Eiben of North Delta, British Columbia. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Eiben has an older sister, Kristin, and two older brothers, L.J. and Kevin. A strong football family, Eiben's father played at the University of Cincinnati and her uncle played at Nebraska. Kevin played football and baseball at Bucknell and L.J. was a member of the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League. Eiben is majoring in criminology and hopes to work for the FBI after graduation.
Eiben played and started all 68 of Arkansas' games as a junior seeing time at firstbase and as the team's designated player. The left-hander set a single-season record last year after being hit by 16 pitches earning a pass to firstbase. In addition, Eiben reached base 44 times with hits hitting .238 for the season. Eiben was equally consistent in SEC play hitting .221 with 17 hits. She lead the team in all games with 511 putouts and was solid in the field with a .987 fielding percentage - a mark that improved to .990 in SEC-only contests where she had 189 putouts and just two errors in 30 games. In addition to her on-the-field success, Eiben earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll honors last year.
Sophomore | 2001
The starting first baseman as a freshman, Eiben saw time at first but also made appearances as the designated hitter, in the outfield and at catcher for Arkansas. Eiben played in 53 games, starting in 37 and hitting .225. One of Eiben's biggest moments came at Auburn with her first grand slam lifting Arkansas to a 7-3 win over the Tigers. Eiben was honored by the SEC as a member of its Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman | 2000
Eiben made an impact in her first season of collegiate ball. Arkansas' primary first baseman, she led the team in non-conference games hitting better than .300. Eiben finished the year hitting .257 with 49 hits. She currently ranks fifth in Arkansas' career records for batting average (.257), tenth in hits (49), seventh in doubles (11), tied for ninth in RBIs (21), ninth in slugging percentage (.325) and fourth in putouts (471).
HIGH SCHOOL: Kim Eiben did not play high school softball. The Seaquam Sea Hawks did not have softball, so the 5-9 left-hander was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball and a two-year letterwinner for the rowing team. Eiben got her softball experience from the White Rock Renegades in White Rock, British Columbia, pacing the team to a pair of Canadian National Midget titles in her four seasons. As a freshman, Eiben played in 75 games, hit .396 with 45 RBIs, 89 hits and two home runs while posting a .774 slugging percentage. As a sophomore, she played in 95 games while hitting .415 with 62 RBIs, 116 hits and four home runs. In 105 games as a junior, Eiben hit .398 with 70 RBIs, 109 hits and five home runs. The team was not sponsored during her final year for a full season but Eiben did compete in the Canada Cup and a few select tournaments.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 10, 1981, Kimberly Laraine Eiben is the youngest of four children to Larry and Laraine Eiben of North Delta, British Columbia. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Eiben has an older sister, Kristin, and two older brothers, L.J. and Kevin. A strong football family, Eiben's father played at the University of Cincinnati and her uncle played at Nebraska. Kevin played football and baseball at Bucknell and L.J. was a member of the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League. Eiben is majoring in criminology and hopes to work for the FBI after graduation.