2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Dreiling, Katie
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Jersey Number 44
Katie Dreiling
- Position:
- IF/P
- Height:
- 5-9
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jonesboro, Ark.
- High School:
- Valley View HS
- Previous School:
- Southeast Missouri
Bio
Awards and Honors
- Yearly Honors
- All-OVC second team (2023, 2024)
- OVC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team (2023)
- Weekly Honors
- OVC Player of the Week (4/24/23)
- OVC Pitcher of the Week (3/27/23, 3/11/24)
- Academic Honors
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020-21)
- OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22)
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
2023: Named to All-OVC second team (designated player/utility)…Tabbed to OVC Softball Championship All-Tournament team after starting all four games, pitching 21.2 innings of work and a 0.97 ERA…Tabbed OVC Player of the Week (Apr. 24) and OVC Pitcher of the Week (March 27)…Notched a .325 batting average with 18 runs scored, three doubles, 10 home runs and 21 RBIs…Posted a .408 on-base percentage and .571 slugging percentage…Posted a 13-8 overall record with a 2.54 ERA in 118.1 innings of work…Struck out 65 batters and issued 42 walks…Allowed an opponent batting average of .240…Threw two shutouts against Lindenwood (Apr. 23) and Southeast Missouri (May 11)…Ranked amongst OVC leaders in home runs (fourth), ERA (fifth), wins (sixth), opponent batting average (sixth), shutouts (seventh) and innings pitched (eighth)…Tallied nine multi-hit outings, including a three-hit game against Tennessee Tech (Apr. 7)…Strung together a nine-game hitting streak which stretched from March 25 through Apr. 8…Tallied four multi-RBI games against Loyola (March 5), Tennessee State (March 26), Tennessee Tech (Apr. 7) and Lindenwood (Apr. 23)…Posted three home runs and seven RBIs in the series against Lindenwood (Apr. 22-23) to earn OVC Player of the Week honors…Tallied two home runs against both Tennessee Tech (Apr. 7) and Lindenwood (Apr. 23)…Posted 13 scoreless appearances…Struck out a season-best seven batters against Morehead State (Apr. 15)…Pitched a season-high seven innings against Morehead State (Apr. 15), Southeast Missouri (May 11) and Eastern Illinois (May 12)…Tossed a season-high 105 pitches against Notre Dame (Feb. 24)…Named OVC Pitcher of the Week after tossing four scoreless outings against Bellarmine (March 22) and Tennessee State (March 25-26) with 13.2 innings…Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 31 putouts, 31 assists and zero errors...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
2022: Played and started in all 53 games for the Skyhawks at designated player (42) and first base (9)…Notched a .282 batting average with 29 runs scored, 46 hits, eight doubles, eight home runs and 37 RBIs…Posted a .392 on-base percentage and .479 slugging percentage…Ranked third in the OVC with 29 walks, including multiple walks against Tennessee Tech (twice, March 20 and May 11), Arkansas Pine Bluff (twice, March 23) and Eastern Illinois (twice, Apr. 15 and Apr. 16)…Posted 13 multi-hit games including three three-hit outings against Jackson State (Feb. 25), Indiana State (March 5) and Tennessee State (May 8)…Tallied 11 multi-RBI outings, including notching a trio of three-RBI performances against Tennessee Tech (March 20), SIUE (Apr. 23) and Southeast Missouri (May 13)…Scored multiple runs in eight contests…Led the team with eight home runs, including blasts against Baylor (Feb. 11), Southern (Feb. 26), Southern (Feb. 26), Middle Tennessee (March 10), Tennessee Tech (March 19 and March 20), SIUE (Apr. 23), Austin Peay (May 1) and Tennessee State (May 8)…Notched 24 appearances along with two starts in the circle…Posted a 1-4 overall record with a 3.13 ERA in 38.0 innings of work…Struck out 27 batters while issuing 13 walks…Allowed an opponent batting average of .210…Led the OVC and set a new program record with four saves…Tossed a season-high 3.1 innings against Eastern Illinois (Apr. 16) and SIUE (Apr. 22)…Picked up win over Belmont (Apr. 3)…Recorded saves against Tennessee Tech (March 20), Eastern Illinois (Apr. 15), SIUE (Apr. 23) and Austin Peay (Apr. 30)…Struck out a season-high four batters against Eastern Illinois (Apr. 15) and Mississippi State (Apr. 20)…Recorded 16 scoreless appearances…Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with 43 putouts, eight assists and zero errors…Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...Tabbed Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters.
Before UT Martin: Joins the Skyhawks from Southeast Missouri where she played one season for head coach Mark Redburn…Helped the Redhawks to an OVC regular season championship in 2021 while earning All-Newcomer honors in her debut season…Played in 43 games while starting 37 contests primarily at designated player…Ranked second on the team with a .356 batting average while tallying 12 runs scored, seven doubles, three home runs and 18 RBIs…Notched a .407 on-base percentage and .510 slugging percentage…Recorded .917 OPS…Stole two bases in two opportunities…Posted 12 multi-hit outings, including three games with a season-high three hits against Belmont (twice, March 20) and Southern Illinois (March 31)…Hit two home runs against Belmont (March 20)…Recorded a pair of multi-RBI contests with three against both Belmont (March 20) and Morehead State (March 27)…Strung together a season-long nine-game hitting streak spanning March 6 through March 24, combining for 17 hits…Made five pitching appearances and one start…Posted an 0-0 record with a 6.46 ERA in 8.2 innings of work…Struck out five while holding opponents to a .250 batting average…Posted a 1.96 WHIP…Recorded season-highs in innings pitched (three) and strikeouts (three) against Jacksonville State (May 9)…Pitched scoreless appearances against Texas Tech (Feb. 28) and Austin Peay (March 6).
High School: Prepped at Valley View High School for head coach BJ Zipfel…Three-time All-State and All-Conference selection…Named Best Under the Sun Newspaper Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior…Valley View’s Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and Offensive Player of the Year as both a sophomore and freshman…In 2018, she led the 5A East Conference in batting average (.537), slugging percentage (1.000), RBI (45), on-base percentage (.635), ERA (0.66) and strikeouts (225)…Holds Arkansas state single-season records in ERA (0.18), perfect games (6), no-hitters (9) and shutouts (21)…Her team was state runner-up her freshman year and District Champions her last two prep seasons…Earned all-conference honors one year on the basketball team.
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Personal: Born January 14, 2002…Daughter of Brian and Rhonda Dreiling.
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