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Tarleton State University Athletics

2024 Softball Roster

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27 Katy Schaefer

  • Class Senior
  • Position IF
  • Height 5-8
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown Sweeny, TX
  • High School Klein Collins HS
  • Prev School Houston Baptist

Biography

Junior Season (2023)
Tabbed Second Team All-WAC … Named to Preseason All-WAC Team … Appeared and started in 57 games in Tarleton’s second-straight season receiving an invite to the National Invitational Softball Championships (NISC) … Named WAC Hitter of the Week on Feb. 20 after going 13-for-20 with three three-plus hit games and nine RBI … Led the team with 12 home runs, a .359 batting average, a .647 slugging percentage, 51 RBI and 110 total bases … Posted a second-most 61 hits and third-most 11 doubles … Finished fourth in the WAC in RBI … Her 51 RBI is the tied-most in Tarleton's Division I era, while her totals in total bases, at-bats (170) and slugging rank second in a single season in Tarleton’s Division I era … Notched multiple hits in 17 games … Held an 11-game hitting streak and a three-game home-run streak … Blasted a pair of home runs against New Mexico State (April 14).
 
Sophomore Season (2022)
Helped Tarleton qualify for the National Invitational Softball Championships (NISC) and the first postseason berth in Tarleton State University’s Division I history  ...  Started 45 games and hit .359 in 145 at bats  ...  Scored 18 runs and recorded 19 extra base hits, including nine doubles and nine home runs  ...  Drove in 49 RBI  ...  Had a .607 slugging percentage  ...  Recorded four three-hit games  ...  Drove in a career high seven RBI against Sam Houston (4/8).
 
Freshman Season (2021)
Honorable Mention All-WAC  ...  Academic All-WAC  ...  Played and started in 51 games at third base in Tarleton’s Division I debut season  ...  Hit .298 with an .870 OPS and a .503 slugging percentage  ...  Tied for the team lead with eight home runs  ...  Team leader with 35 RBI  ...  Had the lowest strikeout total by any WAC player who appeared in at least 50 games (7)  ...  Had two three-hit performances and 14 multi-hit games for the season  ...  Enjoyed her first career multi-home run game against Prairie View A&M on March 10  ...  Had a season-high four RBI in Tarleton’s April 9 win over California Baptist.
 
Houston Baptist:
Started 22 games in the COVID-19 shortened spring of 2020  ...  Hit .304 with two home runs and 18 RBI in her shortened freshman season  ...  Had a season-high three hits against Loyola Chicago and drove in a season-high three RBI against Florida Gulf Coast.
 
Klein Collins High School:
Lettered two years and was a team captain for head coach Audra Troutman  ...  Led KCHS to the 2019 state championship game and finished the season with a 38-3 record  ...  Back-to-back District 15-6A MVP (Defensive in 2018 and Offensive in 2019)  ...  Two-time TGCA All-State  ...  Two-time TGCA All-Star  ...  Back-to-back KCHS Team MVP  ...  Set the single-season home run record as a senior in 2019 (24)  ...  TGCA All-Star  ...  Played four years of select ball for HTX Bombers.
 
Sweeny High School:
Lettered as a freshman and sophomore for head coach Melissa Hansen  ...  Also lettered in tennis  ...  2016 District 28-4A Newcomer of the Year  ...  2017 District 26-4A MVP  ...  All-State  ...  Team MVP as a freshman  ...  Also, district champion and MVP of the tennis team.
 
Personal:
Is a 2019 graduate of Klein Collins High School in Spring  ...  Daughter of Dan and Shannon Schaefer  ...  Has a brother, Kyle  ...  Majoring in kinesiology  ...  Born Oct. 5.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2021Freshman

    Infield
    5'8"
    27
  • 27

    2022Sophomore

    Infield
    5'8"
    27
  • 27

    2023Junior

    Infield
    5'8"
    27
  • 27

    2024Senior

    Infield
    5'8"
    27