The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Kaiah Altmeyer
- Position:
- UT
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Patrick Henry
- Prev School:
- Arizona
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
A first-year player who transferred to Texas from Arizona during summer 2025 ... a 2025 All-Big 12 Second Team honoree ... named to the 2025 NFCA All-West Third Team ... started in 173 career games at Arizona.
BEFORE TEXAS
As a junior in 2025 at Arizona, she started in all 61 games for the Wildcats, split between 44 starts in right field and 17 starts in left field ... played an integral role in Arizona's offense, carrying a 1.053 OPS with a .365/.575 /.478 slash line and ranking second on the team with 66 hits and 42 walks ... was third on the team in RBI (55), on-base percentage (.478) and multi-hit games (16) ... her six stolen bases (6-of-8) were the fourth-most on the team ... earned Arizona's first-ever Big 12 Player of the Week honor on Feb. 11 following her standout performance at the Candrea Classic, where she posted a .667 batting average, five doubles and a 1.000 slugging percentage ... led Arizona with seven walks and a .773 on-base percentage during the tournament ... the right fielder walked off then-No. 11 Alabama with a three-run double to secure the run-rule victory for Arizona.
As a sophomore in 2024, Altmeyer appeared in 50 games with 30 starts in right and eight as the designated player ... hit .333 with a .418 on-base percentage, a .528 slugging percentage and .941 OPS ... connected on 35 hits with 27 runs scored, 27 RBI, five home runs, four doubles and six stolen bases ... struck out just seven times in 106 at-bats and drew 16 walks.
During her freshman campaign in 2023, she saw action in 26 games with 14 starts in the outfield, notching a .382 batting average, .447 on-base percentage, .471 slugging percentage and .918 OPS.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-time first-team all-conference player at Patrick Henry High School ... named MBP in high school ... helped her 18U team place third at Alliance Nationals and fifth at Triple Crown Nationals.
PERSONAL
Born on Jan. 5, 2004, to Greg and Julie Altmeyer ... has two older sisters, Sierra and Mariah, and one younger brother, Koa ... older sister, Sierra, played softball at UCSB ... likes to travel, hike, shop and spend time with family in her free time.
