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2019 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 21
Katie Weimer
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Orchard Park, N.Y.
- High School:
- Orchard Park
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- At Bats: 5 (3x), last at Ohio (4/29/16 -- Buffalo)
- Runs: 2 (4x), last vs. Bowling Green (4/16/16 -- Buffalo)
- Hits: 3 (4x), last at Ohio (4/30/16 -- Buffalo)
- Hit Streak: 10 games (3/16/16 - 4/1/16 -- Buffalo)
- RBIs: 5 at Arkansas (3/4/16 -- Buffalo)
- Doubles: 1 (12x), last at Missouri (4/1/19)
- Triples: 1 (5x), last vs. Cleveland State (3/14/18)
- Home Runs: 1 (12x), last at Niagara (5/3/16 -- Buffalo)
- Walks: 2 (2x), last vs. Miami (OH) (5/7/16 -- Buffalo)
- Stolen Bases: 1 (3x), last at Niagara (5/3/16 -- Buffalo)
CAREER HONORS
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll -- 2018
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll -- 2017
- MAC All-Freshman Team -- 2016
- Buffalo Softball Rookie of the Year -- 2016
AS A SENIOR (2019)
- Tallied a hit against MTSU (3/12)
- Registered a double against Missouri in a 9-3 victory over Missouri on April 1
AS A JUNIOR (2018)
- SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Played in 29 games with 13 starts, registered seven hits and five RBIs
- Had a double in Game 1 of Super Regionals against Georgia (5/25)
- Scored a run against Mississippi State (5/5)
- Registered a hit and drove a run in against Maryland (3/17)
- Had a triple in her lone at bat against Cleveland State (3/14)
- Registered a hit and drove a run in against Florida Atlantic (2/17)
- Recorded two RBIs against Boise State in her first action of the season (2/8)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI during the NCAA Super Regionals vs. No. 9 Texas A&M (5/26 - 5/28)
- Singled to drive in two runs in win at No. 6 Texas A&M (5/6)
- Singled, scored a run and drove in a run in win over Tennessee State (4/11)
- Doubled and scored a run in series finale at No. 20 Kentucky (4/9)
- Had an RBI double in series-clinching win at No. 20 Kentucky (4/8)
- Hit by a pitch and scored a run vs. NC State (4/2)
- Had a pinch-hit RBI single in loss to No. 25 Arkansas (3/17))
- First career hit as a Vol came as a pinch hitter in win over Campbell (3/6)
- Made Tennessee debut as a pinch hitter in 13-2 win over Georgia Southern (2/11/17)
AS A FRESHMAN AT BUFFALO (2016)
- Named to 2016 MAC All-Freshman Team
- Named 2016 Buffalo Softball Rookie of the Year
- Named MAC East Player of the Week (3/15)
- Set Buffalo's single-season record with 49 RBIs and posted the second most home runs in a single season with 12
- Led the team in home runs (12), RBIs (49), triples (four), total bases (109) and slugging percentage (.641)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Named the 2015 Class AA New York State Player of the Year
- Earned All-ECIC Large Schools first-team honors and ECIC I first-team accolades as a senior in 2015
- Named Orchard Park Bee Player of the Year and Varsity Softball Maroon Key MVP in 2015
- Led Orchard Park High School to its first-ever NYSPHSAA Class AA State Championship as a senior in 2015
- Batted .472, recorded 116 hits, scored 76 runs, had 78 RBIs and blasted 10 home runs while also posting 51 wins in the circle during her high school career
- Played club ball for the Amherst Lightning and New Era Diamond Girls
PERSONAL
- Majoring in Kinesiology
- Chose Tennessee because it has always been her dream school and she feels at home in Knoxville
- Was a member of the National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society, Fiddle Club and Young Life
- Her grandfather, Donald M. Hermann, is in the Western New York Softball Hall of Fame
- Says her biggest softball thrill was winning a state championship during her senior year of high school
- Biggest sports influence in her life is her father because he has taught almost everything she knows about the game
- Admires former Tennessee greats Madison Shipman, Lauren Gibson and Raven Chavanne
- Hobbies include photography, coloring and playing volleyball
- Favorite musical groups/artists are Rascal Flatts, Dan + Shay and Alessia Cara
- Can play viola and guitar
- Parents are George and Amy Weimer
- Has three younger brothers, Jon, Ben and Jake Weimer
- Kathryn Michele Weimer was born on July 22, 1997 in Orchard Park, N.Y.
- Recipient of the Movita Steiner Women's Athletic Endowed Scholarship
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.25.25)
Sunday, May 25
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.24.25)
Saturday, May 24
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.23.25)
Friday, May 23
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Ohio State (5.18.25)
Sunday, May 18
