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Kat Rodriguez

Accolades

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)

56 games started, all at second base
Single season program record 83 RBI after entering the year with 61 career RBI in 144 games
Tied ACC single season RBI record
Had the fourth best batting average in a single season in program history (.435)
Had the second most runs in a single season in program history (57)
Finished with the sixth most hits in a single season in program history (77)
Ninth most total bases in a single season in program history (119)
Had a team high 25 multi-hit games
Had a team high 22 multi-RBI games including three games with five or more, five games with four, and four games with three
Hit nine home runs on the year
Registered a hit in 41 of 56 games, reached base in 48 of 56 games
Hit a grand slam against Saint Joseph’s (2/28/25)
Had a career high eight RBI against Saint Joseph’s (2/28/25)
Had seven RBI in a series against Pitt (3/7/25-3/9/25)
Had six RBI against UNCG (3/26/25)
Hit a walk off single against ECU (4/9/25)
Had nine RBI in a series against Georgia Tech (4/12/25-4/13/25)

AT PITT/QUINNIPIAC (2019-2024)

Played at Quinnipiac for one season (2020) and at Pitt for three seasons (2021-2024)
Has played in 144 games in her career, making 141 starts, with 141 hits, 61 RBIs, 83 runs, 28 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs, 24 walks, 10 stolen bases and a .323 career batting average

HIGH SCHOOL:

A three-year letter winner at American Heritage High School
Helped the team to three conference championships and a combined 64-21 record in three years
Placed first in the state with a 21-8 record junior year
Named First Team All-Broward four times, First Team Miami Herald three times, First Team All-State twice and Second Team All-State once
Member of the bowling team junior and senior year
Attended Archbishop McCarthy freshman year, where she played both softball and volleyball

TRAVEL:

Played travel ball for the Gold Coast Hurricanes
With Gold Coast, played in the 2016 All-Star game and 2016 All-American game in Colorado
Played in the 2018 USA Missouri Invitational and participated in the 2021 FGCL summer league with Team Phinz, placing second

INTERNATIONAL PLAY:

Started competing with Team Colombia since the age of 15
Played with Team Columbia, Federación Colombiana de Softbol, during the summer of 2024 in Peru, finishing as South American runners up
Competed in the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia, in June of 2022 and earned a silver medal to help Team Colombia qualify for the Pan American Games in October of 2023

PERSONAL:

Born January 10
Daughter of Elizabeth and Carlos Rodriguez and has one brother, Charlie
Both her dad and brother are pilots
Granted full citizenship to the country of Colombia at the age of 15 and holds dual citizenship in both Colombia and the United States