2014 Softball Roster
Katie Zavodny
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Concord, N.C.
- Position:
- OF
- Prev School:
- Jay M. Robinson HS
2013 (Jr.)
• NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region first team
• Big South All-Conference first team
• VaSID All-State second team
• Competed in and started all 57 games at centerfield, one of two Lady Flames (Kelby Allen) to start all 57 games
• Led the Lady Flames with a .384 batting average, .430 on base percentage, 40 runs scored and a program-record 41 stolen bases
• Added five doubles and 14 RBIs
• Finished season atop league rankings and 10th in the nation with 0.72 stolen bases per game
• Ended in a tie for second in Big South in hits (76), while ranking seventh in batting average (.384) and ninth in runs scored (40)
• Tied Alycia Stevens’ (1995) school record for longest hitting streak, hitting safely in 23 straight games from Feb. 24 through April 3
• Recorded five hits against Hampton (Feb. 27), setting new program single-game record, and tied it at Charleston Southern (April 7)
• Led team with 18 multiple-hit games (11 – two hits, five – three hits, two – five hits)
• Recorded two RBIs on four separate occasions
• Stole multiple bases nine times, including three-steal games against IUPUI, Manhattan and Presbyterian College
• Scored three runs on April 7 at CSU, during game in which she tied program records with five hits and six at bats
• Registered three straight multiple-hit games at Winthrop (April 19-20), batting 8-for-12 with four runs scored and five stolen bases during series
• Also recorded three consecutive multiple-hit games, April 7-10 (10-for-15)
• Enters senior season ranked second in program history with 79 career stolen bases, one away from the school record
2012 (So.)
• Big South All-Conference second team
• VaSID All-State second team
• Competed in 36 games with 31 starts (22 – CF, 8 – LF, 1 – DP) prior to season-ending injury
• Hit .351 with two doubles, one triple, five RBIs, 22 runs scored and 12 stolen bases
• Led team in batting average and on-base percentage and ranked second in stolen bases
• Hit .417 with eight runs scored in 10 Big South games
• Posted nine multiple-hit games
• Recorded eight-game hitting streak (March 30-April 10), batting .519
• Went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored against N.C. Central (Feb. 11)
• Registered three-hit games against Savannah State and East Tennessee State
• During Charleston Southern series (April 6-7), went 7-for-12 with two RBIs and four runs scored
• Had three hits and scored two runs against North Carolina A&T (April 10)
• Sustained season-ending injury at Hampton (April 11)
2011 (Fr.)
• Appeared in 56 games, making 43 starts (24 – DP, 19 – CF)
• Batted .288 (38-for-132) with two doubles, four RBIs and 32 runs scored
• Placed second in the Big South with 26 stolen bases, the fourth-most steals in a single-season in program history
• Led team with eight sacrifice bunts
• Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in first career game against Iowa State (Feb. 25)
• Had nine multiple-hit games
• Stole two bases on four different occasions
• Went 4-for-4 hitting with two stolen bases and two runs scored versus Long Island (March 18)
• Went 3-for-3 with a career-high three runs scored against Cornell (March 24)
• Posted pair of 2-for-3 games in Big South tournament, including during the Big South final against Radford (May 14)
• Made career-best six putouts versus Texas Tech (March 20)
• Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll
Prep
• Graduated from Jay M. Robinson High School
• Four-year letterwinner as center fielder
• Named all-conference as a sophomore and as a junior
• Also named all-district, all-region and all-state during her junior year
• Ended her high school career with a .445 batting average and a .558 on-base percentage
• Played travel ball with The Magic from age 10 until her senior year in high school
Personal
• Daughter of Jon and Kelli Zavodny
• Majoring in advertising and public relations
• Birthday is June 20
