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2019 Softball Roster

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13 Kate Arneson

  • Position Infielder
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northfield, Minn.
  • Highschool Northfield

Biography

AT ST. OLAF 
2019
(Senior) – Played in 24 games, starting 22 times… Hit .160 (8-for-50) with three walks, five runs, five RBI, two sacrifice hits and one stolen base… Was 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch, a run and an RBI in 6-5 loss to No. 20 UW-Oshkosh on Mar. 26… Posted .940 fielding percentage on 50 chances at second base.

2018 (Junior) – All-MIAC… Started all 41 games… Batted .339 (43-for-127) with .425 slugging percentage and .421 on-base percentage… Recorded six doubles, one triple, one home run, 32 runs, 10 RBI, 54 total bases and 13 stolen bases… Led team in runs and stolen bases, second in batting average, hits and on-base percentage… Tied for fifth in MIAC in stolen bases, eighth in runs… Tallied 13 multi-hit games and seven games with multiple runs scored… Was 2-for-5 with two RBI in 5-4, nine-inning loss to Saint Benedict in MIAC Playoffs on May 5… Went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and one RBI in 10-2 win over Union on Mar. 26… Season-long eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 13-22.

2017 (Sophomore) – Started all 38 games… Hit .272 (28-for-103) with a .345 on-base percentage… Tallied two doubles, one triple, 15 RBI, 16 runs, nine walks and six stolen bases… Tied for third on team in stolen bases and tied for fourth in RBI… Eight multi-hit games… Was 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs and season-high three RBI in game two of a doubleheader sweep of Concordia (Minn.) on Apr. 5… Had two hits in each game, going 4-for-9 with a run and an RBI in a doubleheader split at Macalester on Apr. 28… Season-long six-game hitting streak from Apr. 8-20.

2016 (First Year) - Appeared in five games... Had two hits in 16 at-bats.

AT NORTHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time all-conference honoree in softball... Hit .429 and posted a .500 on-base percentage in final season... Team MVP as a senior... Captained team as a senior... Three-time recipient of the Gold Glove Defensive Award... Recipient of the Senior Silver Slugger Batting Award... Five-time letterwinner... Academic All-State... Recipient of the Northfield and Region 1AA AAA Award... MnIAAA Scholar-Athlete... NIAAA Region 5 Scholar-Athlete ...Also played tennis, lettering five times... Three-time all-conference honoree and two-time MVP in tennis... Captained tennis team as a senior... Three-year letterwinner in basketball... Basketball team captain as a senior... Member of National Honor Society and an academic letterwinner.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Wendell Arneson and Beth Christensen.

FAVORITES
FOOD(S): Pasta, ice cream
MOVIE(S): Shrek, The Blind Side
TV SHOW(S): NCIS, Downton Abbey, Castle
BOOK(S): Elmer, Crime and Punishment
MUSICAL ARTIST(S): Ed Sheerna, Of Monsters and Men, Passenger, George Ezra, James Bay
ATHLETE(S): Roger Federer, Carlos Gomez, Dustin Pedroia, Aaron Craft
ROLE MODEL(S): My family

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016First Year

    Infield
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    Infield
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    Infield
    5'4"
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    Infielder
    5'4"
    13