The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 3 Softball’s Stewart tabbed to Softball America’s All-America First Team
05.19.2026 | Softball
The SEC Player of the Year has homered a program-record 27 times this season.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 3 Texas Softball junior first baseman Katie Stewart was named to Softball America's All-America First Team, the outlet announced Tuesday.
It's Stewart's first time landing on Softball America's All-America First Team after earning Freshman All-American recognition from the media outlet in 2024. Stewart is one of eight Longhorns in the last eight years to receive All-America selection by Softball America. Softball America began selecting All-America teams in 2019.
Stewart became the program's first SEC Player of the Year and fourth Longhorn to win conference player of the year. Atwood (2024), Taylor Thom (2014) and Amy Hooks (2011) each received Big 12 Player of the Year. Stewart garnered First-Team All-SEC honors and was named a top 10 finalist for USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year.
The Frankfort, Ill., continues to have a record-breaking season on the Forty Acres with a single-season program record 27 home runs. Stewart also leads the team in batting average (.444), RBI (67), slugging (1.062), on-base percentage (.570), total bases (157), walks (41) and hit by pitch (5). Stewart ranks second on the team in hits (68) and runs scored (52). Stewart surpassed the previous single-season program record of 23 which was set by Reese Atwood in 2024.
Stewart ranks fourth nationally in home runs with 27, sixth in home runs per game with 0.49, sixth in slugging percentage (1.026) and 10th in on base percentage (.570). She ranks second in the SEC in home runs, home runs per game and on base percentage while sitting third in batting average.
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