Kaia Parnaby

Kaia Parnaby (born July 14, 1990) is an Australian, former collegiate All-American, 2020 Olympian, left-handed professional softball pitcher, originally from Sydney. She is a pitcher and earned a scholarship to and played for the Australian Institute of Sport. She played university softball for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine team in the Big West Conference where she was recognized as all-conference and the 2013 Pitcher of The Year. She also helped them to their first-ever appearance at the 2010 Women's College World Series. She also played for the Aussie Peppers, a traveling team affiliate in the National Pro Fastpitch. She is a member of the senior Australia women's national softball team and played in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal Parnaby is from New South Wales.

Softball Parnaby is a pitcher, and plays in relief. She started out playing softball for Manly Warringah Softball Association. In 2006, she was named to the Australian All Schools team. In 2006, she represented Australia on the junior national U19 team. 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.

Parnaby was named to the roster for the Tokyo Olympic games. She went 1–2 for Team Australia, tossing 13 innings and surrendering 13 hits, 6 earned runs for a 3.23 ERA and 1.15 WHIP, also totaling two walks and struck out 7. The team placed fifth and did not medal for the first time in softball at the Olympics. Full details are in Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

University Parnaby plays for the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Their record to the season went to 17–0 with Parnaby having a 7–0-record season to date.

Career statistics

+Hawaii Rainbow Wahine YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP 2010 19 6 35 27 19 6 2 172.2 169 86 76 46 193 3.09 1.25 2011 12 6 20 17 15 4 1 114.2 77 31 21 33 135 1.28 0.96 2012 16 3 23 21 16 9 0 124.0 86 38 27 25 124 1.52 0.89 2013 39 7 50 47 39 13 2 312.2 233 89 68 51 342 1.14 0.91 TOTALS 86 22 128 112 89 32 5 724.0 565 244 192 155 794 1.85 0.99