Katie Kaempfer

Position:
Catcher
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bonanza
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.

Senior Year (2005): Started all 23 games she played … Second on the team in fielding with a .994 fielding percentage (one error in 160 chances) … Threw out 8-of-20 runners trying to steal (40 percent) … Threw out 30 runners for her career, the second-most in school history … Finished her career ranked eighth on the SU all-time games played list (130), seventh on the games started list (127), ninth in hits (74), fifth in doubles (17), eighth in extra-base hits (21) and ninth in total bases (103) … Completed her SU tenure with 708 putouts, the most of any Orange player … Had two hits at Cal State Northridge … Was 2-for-3 in the game-two win at Seton Hall … Had a four-game hitting streak from April 13-24 .. Was 5-for-13 (.385) during the run … Had two hits and drove in a run in the game two versus Rutgers … Threw out all three Notre Dame runners trying to steal in her final game ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.

Junior Year (2004): Started 28 games, 27 of them as the catcher and one as the designated player … Split the catching duties with Jaime Grillo … Along with Grillo, was named team’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year …Batted .211 with six runs scored and another four knocked in … One of five players to draw at least 10 walks … Finished the season batting .313 (10-for-32) in her last 11 games … Third on the team with a .977 fielding percentage … Made just three errors in 128 chances … Threw out 7-of-15 would-be base stealers … Picked off another three runners … Drove in two runs against Pennsylvania … Had three mutli-hit games, including a career-best three hits in the second game against Pittsburgh … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.

Sophomore Year (2003): Started 32 games behind the plate … Picked off three runners and threw out another six attempting to steal … Scored six runs drove in seven … Tied for second on the team with 11 walks Recorded two hits and an RBI versus Florida Atlantic … Had her second multi-hit game of the season with two hits at Pittsburgh … Drove in two runs in the second game at Providence … Had a hit and an RBI in the first game versus Rutgers ... Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.

Freshman Year (2002): Named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team … Set a Syracuse single-season and freshman record with 13 doubles … Ranked 28th in the country in two-base hits … Hit first career home run at Connecticut and also hit a home run in the victory at Notre Dame … Ended the year with a 2-for-4 game with two home runs vs. Notre Dame in the BIG EAST Tournament (5/10/02) … Had 10 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Tied for third in doubles (7) and for eighth in runs batted in (12) in the BIG EAST during conference play … Nearly half of her hits were for extra bases (17 out of 35) … Started 44 games behind the plate.

High School: All-state selection in 2001 … Two-time all-conference pick (1999, 2000) … Played summer ball for the Vegas Stars.

Personal: Born November 18, 1982 … Daughter of Christine and Christopher Kaempfer … Two sisters and one brother … Majoring in psychology.