Katie Pippel

Photo by: © Derek Johnson 2019

Year:
Freshman
Pos.:
OF
Hometown:
Woodinville, Wash.
Prev School:
Bellevue Christian School

2020: Redshirt season

2019 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 38 of 56 games, getting 33 starts after making the team following a fall tryout ... All 33 starts came in right field ... Started the season’s final 21 games
Batted .337 to rank second on the team ... Had a base hit in 17 of the season’s final 21 games while batting .407
Had a home run in second collegiate at-bat, a two-run shot to right in 5-1 victory at Santa Clara
Was batting .200 when inserted into the starting lineup for Game 2 of the series at Sacramento State ... Had two hits and four RBIs the final two games of that series and never left the starting lineup
Had the first of seven multiple-hit games over the final month of the season with two hits in 11-7 home win over Portland State
Went 5 for 8 with five RBIs and three runs scored in series sweep at Southern Utah
Went 2 for 4 with four RBIs and two runs scored in 11-5 Big Sky tournament win over Portland State
Had eight hits and nine RBIs over the season’s final six games
One of four players with 12 or more extra-base hits despite getting just 89 at-bats ... The other three all had 161 or more at-bats
Tied for third on the team with 22 RBIs ... Had team’s third-highest slugging percentage (.528) ... Had just one error ... Ended season with a .974 fielding percentage

Career Bests (entering 2021 season)
At-bats: 4, five times
Hits: 2, seven times
Doubles: 2 (Southern Utah, 5.5.19)
Triples: 1 (Northern Colorado, 4.26.19)
Home runs: 1, two times
Runs: 2, three times
RBIs: 4 (Portland State, 5.9.19)
Walks: 2, two times
Steals: n/a

Career multiple-hit games: 7
Career multiple-RBI games: 7

Personal: A 2018 graduate of Bellevue Christian School ... The daughter of Quenten and Suzanne Pippel ... Has a younger sister, Amanda ... A psychology major.