2021: Member of the Big South All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 32 games, starting 31 for the Blue Hose at DP (20), 2B (9), 1B (1) and RF (1) ... Tied for the team lead with 22 hits ... Hit .250 for the season with four doubles, five RBIs and eight runs scored ... Owned the longest on-base streak by a Blue Hose with an eight-gamer ... Recorded four multi-hit games.
2020: Started 21 of the 22 games she played in ... Made starts at designated player (10), first base (7) and second base (4) ... Scored six runs for the season, including the only run in a 1-0 win over Cleveland St ... Scored a career-high two times later that day against Wright St ... Also equaled her career best with two hits in both of those contests, two of her four multi-hit games on the season.
2019: Played in 26 games, starting 11 of them … Eight of her starts came at DP, while three were at first base … Scored three runs and knocked in a pair … Collected first collegiate RBI at Savannah St ... First collegiate hit was a double against Longwood.
High School: Played second base and shortstop ... Owned a career batting average of .459 and amassed 37 doubles, 16 home runs and 128 RBIs ... Her HS team, which was 114-15, advanced to four state championships, winning three ... A varsity starter since eighth grade, she was a three-time High School Sports Report selection, as well as a three-time member of the SCACA All-State Team and the All-Region Team … Named to the Academic All-Area team her junior year ... Earned the UC Offensive Award as a freshman and sophomore ... Was also a cheerleader, lettering as a 10th, 11th and 12th grader ... Ranked first in her class in 2015 and 2017, ranking second in 2016 ... Member of the National Honor Society, the Arthur State Bank Junior Board of Directors, the Interact Club, and was Student Body Vice President ... Was also Homecoming Queen ... Worked with the Miracle League, giving fielding and hitting lessons to young softball players.
Club: Clubbed with the 3rd Degree team ... Team finished 13th at Nationals in 2014, and was Scenic City Showcase Champion in 2016 ... Won the state tournament in 2014 and 2016 ... In club play, totaled 39 doubles, 19 triples and 130 RBIs ... Batted over .350 every season.
Personal: Born Katelyn Brianna Petty in Union, S.C. ... Parents are Tom and Karen Petty ... Father played baseball at Spartanburg Methodist and USC Upstate ... Chose PC because it is a great academic school, has a small classroom environment and she loved the softball coaches ... Majoring in Business with an Accounting concentration.
