Kristen Beikirch had a banner start to her collegiate career as she garnered numerous honors and acclaim for her outstanding play in 2012. By year’s end she was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Metro NY-NJ  Rookie of the Year after also earning the same honor from the Skyline Conference.

Beikirch became the first Gator to be named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year and the ECAC distinction to her resume. The second baseman made an instant impact at Sage by setting the single-season hits record at the school with 62.  She also led the team in batting average (.434).  Beikirch played in all 46 games and scored 39 runs. She drove in 31 runs, while adding a .622 slugging percentage. She also led the Gators with her 16-19 effort on stolen bases. She hit successfully in 40 of Sage's 46 games this past season and tied together a 19-game hit streak mid-season as well as 21 games with a multiple-hit effort at the plate. She was also placed on the Skyline Conference All-Star First Team at second base.

A National Honor Society student at Brockport High School, she earned four letters in softball and was a two-time first team all-county pick as a junior and senior. She also earned All-Greater Rochester Honorable Mention honors.

A biology and pre-medicine major at Sage, she was named to the Skyline Conference Scholar-Athlete Team as a rookie and earned a pair of selections to the Dean’s List. She is the daughter of David and Michele Beikirch.