2024 Softball Roster
Thatcher, Katie
Jersey Number 24
Katie Thatcher
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Rock Falls
- Hometown:
- Rock Falls, Ill.
Bio
As a sophomore (2025)
As a freshman (2024)
High School/Travel:
Personal:
- Played 31 games (15 starts), batting .152 with 7 hits, including a home run
- Perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts and flawless 1.000 fielding %
- Pitched 4.1 innings without giving up a hit
- Pitched a career-high 2.2 innings against NKU (3/18)
- Recorded 2 RBIs against Kent State (2/21)
- Was walked three times and stole two bases against Bellarmine (2/26)
- Hit a home run against Central Michigan (3/1)
- Named to All-ACC Academic Team
As a freshman (2024)
- Played in 36 games with 11 starts in the outfield or at designated player
- Registered a .250 batting average with 13 hits, including a pair of doubles and three home runs
- Scored 11 runs and drove in eight
- Delivered five assists and recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage
- Her one-out solo home run in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Cardinals to a 2-1 win over No. 6/4 Duke (3/23).
- Scored two runs in the 7-6, in the eight-inning win over Georgia Southern (3/2)
- Connected on a two-run homer in the win over WKU (2/27)
- Registered her first collegiate hit, run and stolen base in the win at Coastal Carolina (2/24)
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and Honor Roll
High School/Travel:
- Played Falls High School and the Heartland Havoc travel team
- 2023 Sauk Valley Player of the Year
- Led the Rockets to the Regional title and Elite Eight in Class 2A
- As a senior, carried a .553 batting average with 57 hits, 51 runs, 42 RBIs and nine homers while posting a 19-3 record with a 1.81 ERA and 214 strikeouts in the circle
- As a junior, registered 40 hits with nine home runs and 31 RBIs and helped lead the Rockets to a 22-12 overall record and a 14-4 mark in conference play; pitched a total of 16 games, posting an 11-5 record, striking out 175 batters through 134 innings
- Named to the Illinois Coaches Association Class 2A All-State first team (2023)
- Two-time Big Northern Conference first team selection (2022, 2023)
- Also lettered in basketball
Personal:
- Birthday is June 6
- Parents are Deena Simester and Mark Thatcher
- Her mom played basketball and volleyball at Monmouth College
- Has three siblings: Madison, Kelsey and Griffin
- Major is exercise science
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
