Barren County High School
Fast Pitch Softball
Katie is a three-sport athlete that has excelled in each of her chosen sports, but this year, she has shown GRIT and determination in overcoming adversity, and has shown that she’s a great teammate and hard worker off the Court. Katie plays Varsity Volleyball, Basketball and Softball, but in June of 2023, months away from beginning her Senior Year, she tore her ACL. She worked hard every day at home and in weekly in physical therapy to get back on the basketball Court. When she couldn’t play, her coaches described her as an “assistant coach” who was constantly teaching and talking to the other players. She was also their hype man, cheering louder that anyone else at her teammate success. In December of 2023 her Dad, and high school softball coach was diagnosed with lung cancer. Katie still made it back onto the basketball Court, and despite the pain, fought hard for her team.
Softball season has begun and the adversity hasn’t ended. This week, during practice, a bad hop resulted in Katie receiving a broken nose. The next day she was back on the field, eyes almost swollen shut from the injury, playing a double header. She didn’t just play, she made incredible defensive plays, and 5/6 at bat with 2 doubles, a triple and 3 stolen bases. She’s a true leader and an incredible role model and teammate on and off the Court.
4.0
Softball:
Pre-season ranked Number 1 player in the Region -2024
First Team Academic All State
15th District Seasonal Team – ’22, ’23
15th District All Tournament Team – ’22, ’23
4th Region Seasonal Team – ’22, ’23
4th Region Tournament Team – ’22, ’23
4th Region Athletic Association Player of the Year 2023
BCHS Home Run Record Holder at 24 homeruns her Junior Year, still adding to the total with 2 HR’s already this season
3A All State Team ’22, ’23
BCHS Single Season Home Run Record – 13
All A Honor Roll –
Dual Credit Student – Having earned 30 hours of college credit
Rotary Student of the Month
Top in the Class Awards for P.E., English and Science
Perfect Attendance
National BETA Awards for On-Demand Poetry (placing top 5th and 6th nationally)
Katie has signed to play softball at Western Kentucky University and plans to pursue a career in Education and coaching, following in the footsteps of her parents. She plans to Major in Education and English. Katie is also an incredible write, having received national awards for writing since she was in elementary school, so she hopes to be able to find a way to keep writing as well. With WKU’s renowned Journalism program, hopefully she will be able to make her writing talent marketable as well as teach English at the middle school level. This nominator believes she has the experience and talent to be an incredible sports writer.
Katie along with 11 other Toyota of Bowling Green Scholar Athletes will receive a one-time $500 check in May. Submit your nomination today to STFanclub.com/Toyota
