FMU: 3-year returning starter....CSC Academic All-District Team 2024....Conference Carolinas 2024 All-Tournament Team....Conference Carolinas All-Defensive Team 2024....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team 2024....CSC Academic All-District Team 2023....Conference Carolinas Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference Team 2023....Entering 2024 has career totals of 130 games, .300 average, 86 runs, 52 RBIs....Member of 2 NCAA Tournament teams....Appeared in 49 games (44 starts all in RF) during the 2023 season....10 multi-hit games and 8 multi-RBI games....Conference carolinas rankings: T-10th in triples and 66th in batting average....Batted 6-for-14 with the bases loaded....15 of her 27 RBIs came with two-outs....Played in 49 games (49 starts - 45 in RF, 4 in LF) in 2022....Registered an 11-game hitting streak....16 multi-hit games and 3 multi-RBI games....Conference Carolinas rankings: T-4th in triples (3), T-7th in sacrifice bunts (5), 18th in runs scored (38), T-22nd in doubles (11), and T-22nd in hits (52)....Batted 4-for-8 with the bases loaded....Very successful freshman season....Played in all 32 games with 29 starts (22 in RF, 7 in LF)....4 multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game....Batted .381 with runners in scoring position....Has a great attitude and is excited to attend FMU.....Both her parents are FMU alumni and her aunt works at the university....The entire family bleeds red, white, and blue.....Will play in the outfield and middle infield....Excited to see where she fits best....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2022, 2023, 2024....Member of National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS)....Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll 2021....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2020 (fall), 2021 (spring, fall), 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring)...Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring).
PERSONAL:
- Born in Greenwood, SC
- Graduate of Greenwood High School, where she played for coach Gerald Gates
- 5-year letterwinner
- As a junior, batted .323
- An All-Region pick in 2017 and 2019
- Earned her squad’s Coach’s Award in 2018
- Member of the GHS volleyball team
- National Honor Society and the Beta Club member
- Nicknames are Katie and MK
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Teacher
- How you got your nickname: Coach Vallee
- Favorite Fictional Character: Captain America
- Favorite Athlete: NiJaree Canady
- Favorite Sports Team: Clemson University Tigers
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: Money Heist, Extraction
- Favorite Food: Chick-Fil-A
- Favorite Vacation Spot: The Beach
- Favorite Musical Artist: Morgan Wallen
- Favorite Thing About FMU: My friends and softball family
- Favorite Off-Field/court Activity: Hanging out with my friends
- Goals for Upcoming Season: To win the conference tournament again and to make an impact at FMU
- Why you first chose your sport: I watched my brother play baseball when he was younger
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Control what I can control and know that failure is what helps us learn from our mistakes
- Interesting Notes: I eat Chick-Fil-A almost every day; I cried at a Justin Bieber Concert when I was little because it was too loud, LOL
- Brush With Greatness: Some of my TikToks got millions of views and I thought I was going to be famous but....
