The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2027 Softball Roster
Roster
Katie Stewart
- Position:
- C/IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lincoln-Way East
- Hometown:
- Frankfort, Ill.
- Major:
- Corporate Communication
CAREER HIGHS
- At-Bats: 5 (3x) // last vs. Alabama, 5/9/26
- Runs: 3 (6x) // last vs. Abilene Christian, 2/12/26
- Hits: 4 (2x) // last vs. Kentucky, 5/2/25
- RBI: 6 // at Texas Tech, 5/4/24
- Doubles: 2 (3x) // last vs. Abilene Christian, 2/12/26
- Triples: N/A
- Home Runs: 2 (6x) // last vs. Baylor, 5/17/26
- Total Bases: 12 // at Texas Tech, 5/4/24
- Walks: 3 (4x) // last at Prairie View, 2/28/26
- Stolen Bases: 2 // vs. Tulsa, 2/9/25
Career Accolades
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team (2024-26) ... CSC Academic All-District …(2025-26) CSC Academic All-America Honors … NFCA’s All America Second Team … Softball America’s All-America … 2026 SEC Player of the Year … All SEC First Team … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Finalist … Preseason All SEC Team (2025-26) … NFCA All-Central First Team (2025) Softball America Postseason Top 100 Ranking (2024-25) … All-SEC Second Team (2025) … NFCA Player of the Week (Apr. 30, 2024 &May 6, 2025) … SEC Player of the Week (May 6, 2025) … Softball American Star of the Week (Mar. 25, 2025) … Softball America Preseason Second Team All-American … Softball American Preseason Top 100 Ranking (2025) … D1Softball Preseason First Base Ranking (2025) … D1Softball Preseason Top 100 Ranking (2025) … NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2023-2024) … D1Softball Freshman All-American (2024) … Softball America Freshman All-American (2024) … Softball America Postseason Utility Ranking (2024) … Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2024) … All-Big 12 Second Team (2024) … All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2024*) … Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2023-2024) … Big 12 Player of the Week (Apr. 30, 2024)
*unanimous
2026, Junior
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team ... CSC Academic All-America Honors … NFCA’s All-America Second Team … Softball America’s All-America … 2026 SEC Player of the Year … All-SEC First Team … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist … USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Finalist … Preseason All-SEC Team ... one-of-two players to take the field and start in all 65 games for the Longhorns ... recorded career bests in batting average (.429) and slugging percentage (.989), while logging a .555 on-base percentage … made a statement during her 182 plate appearances, setting career highs in nearly every offensive category: 78 hits, 58 runs, 31 home runs, and 180 total bases … ranking first on the team in home runs, RBI, and total bases, while second on the team in hits and runs … tabbed .977 fielding percentage with 416 putouts (career-high) and 10 assists … appeared in and started all 24 conference games while posting .408/.817/.538 slash line … recorded 29 hits, 19 runs, nine home runs, and 24 RBI ... led the team in HBP (seven) ... hit a three-run, go-ahead homer to propel victory over No. 1 Nebraska (5/31), advancing Texas to the Women's College World Series Semifinals for the third-consecutive season ... set a WCWS record after recording her fourth-straight game with a home run during game one of WCWS Championship Series win vs. Texas Tech (6/3) ... her four home runs at the WCWS were the third-most in the single WCWS.
2025, Sophomore
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... NFCA All-Central First Team ... All-SEC Second Team ... NFCA Player of the Week (5/6) ... SEC Player of the Week (5/6) ... Softball America Star of the Week (3/25) ... Softball America Preseason Second Team All-American ... All-SEC Preseason Team … one-of-three players to take the field and start in all 68 games for the Longhorns … recorded career bests in batting average (.381) and slugging percentage (.711), while logging a .455 on-base percentage …made the most of her 197 plate appearances, setting career highs in nearly every offensive category: 75 hits, 54 runs, 17 home runs, 80 RBI, and 140 total bases … ranking second on the team in home runs, RBI, and total bases all while posting a 1.166 OPS … logged .958 fielding percentage with 142 putouts and 41 assists (career-high) … appeared in and started all 24 conference games while posting .352/.620/.418 slash line … recorded 25 hits, 17 runs, five home runs, and 22 RBI for 1.038 OPS … led the team in HBP (seven) … reached base on 12 straight games … had 23 multi-RBI games, including a team-high 10 games with at least three RBI … had two games with five RBI (tied-team best) in victories over Texas Tech (2/16) and Colorado State (2/23) … contributed two home runs when Texas tied the NCAA Softball Tournament record (six) in victory over No. 25 Michigan (5/17) … had 23 multi hit games while swinging-in four hits against Kentucky (5/3) … registered three hits, two runs, and two RBI in Texas’ WCWS victory over Texas Tech (6/4-6/6) … became the second student-athlete in program history to drive in 70-or-more runs during a single season.
2024, Freshman
Softball America, D1Softball Freshman All-American ... Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team ... All-Big 12 Second Team .. All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... one-time Big 12, NFCA Player of the Week ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... her 58 runs batted in (RBI) were the most by a first-year Longhorn in program history ... posted a team-high 15-game hitting streak from 2/16 vs. Stanford to 3/10 at Houston ... her 19-game on-base streak (2/10 vs. San Diego to 3/11 at LSU) ... credited with 15 multiple RBI games, the third most on the game ... posted 13 multiple hit games ... split time between four different positions throughout the season: C - 19, 1B - 33, 3B - 1, DP - 7) ... concluded the season with a .519 (14-27) batting average when leading off an inning ... hit .667 (16-24) with a runner on third and less than two outs ... her 20 two-out RBI were the second most on the team ... connected for her first career multi-home run (2) game in a 4-for-5 performance with a career-high six RBI, two runs scored and two doubles at Texas Tech (5/4) ... hit a go-ahead, two-out two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to propel Texas to a 2-1 win over Oklahoma and ultimately a series win over the Sooners ... drew a walk in her first career collegiate plate appearance before scoring a season-high three runs in the Longhorns' 19-0 season-opening win against San Diego (2/9) ... scored more than one run in a single game in 12 different games ... hit her first career collegiate home run versus San Diego (2/10) ... drove in four runs with a 2-for-2, two runs scored, one double, one home run and one walk in Texas' five-inning win over Florida (6/1) in the second round of the WCWS ... drove in a run against the Sooners (6/5) in game one of the WCWS Championship Series ...
Travel Ball
Over her club career, she has been named to the Colorado Sparkler Future Stars Game, a Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) Futures All-American and was selected to the 2019 PGF Platinum All-Tournament Team after helping her squad to a runner-up finish ... during her most recent season with Extreme Elite 18U National during the summer of 2022, Stewart hit at a .473 clip with 52 hits, 23 extra-base hits, including 15 home runs, and 44 runs batted in (RBI) ...
High School
A product of Lincoln-Way H.S. in Frankfort, Illinois, Stewart was listed in a tie for No. 9 according to the Extra Inning Softball 2023 Extra Elite 100 and No. 40 in Perfect Game's Top 50 Class of 2023 recruit rankings ... a multi-time all-state, All-Southwest Suburban Blue Conference and all-area selection, Stewart is coming off a junior interscholastic campaign that saw her bat .500 overall with 46 hits, 10 steals, nine doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 41 RBI ...
