FORMER BLUE ANGEL EARNS RECOGNITION

Kate Jolliff Rosado

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA announced its members of the 2018 NFCA Division III All-Region softball teams. Greenville University catcher/shortstop, Kate Jolliff-Rosado, was a selection for the Midwest region first team.

Kate led Greenville with a batting average of .446 with 54 hits in 121 at bats. She homered nine times and drove in 45 runs while stealing 16 bases. She also had a .818 slugging percentage.

Earlier in May, she was announced as the SLIAC Player of the Year, becoming just the second player in program history to receive the honor.

She finished conference play hitting .517 with 6 home runs and 28 runs batted in; leading all conference players in the triple crown categories.

She scored 21 times in 18 conference games and totaled 31 hits and 57 total bases while also leading the conference in on-base percentage (.561) and slugging percentage (.950).

She also had multiple hits in 12 of her 18 conference games this season.

 

While at Kaskaskia during the 2015 and 2016 seasons,  Kate led our offense with a career total of 100 hits, 22 doubles, 15 homeruns, 56 RBI's, with a .384 batting average, and a .740 slugging % in 260 at bats.

Kate played high school softball for Coach John Barnes and the Mulberry Grove Lady Aces, where she was a 4 time All-State selection, helping her team to an "Elite-8" and 3 "Sweet-16" appearances.  Her 47 career home runs at Mulberry Grove, ranks her #6 in the all-time history of IHSA softball.