University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Kate Lappe
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bondurant-Farrar HS
- Hometown:
- Bondurant, Iowa
2026: MVC Player of the Week (3/24) ... Softball America No. 14 April Third Baseman Rankings (3/31) ... Softball America No. 11 May Third Baseman Rankings (4/28) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... All-MVC First Team ... NFCA All-Region Second Team ... CSC Academic All-District … Appeared and started in all 53 games in the infield … Batted .409 with 65 hits in 159 at-bats … Led UNI with 37 extra-base hits, including an MVC-leading 21 home runs … Set a UNI single-season record with 51 drawn walks … Recorded 20 multi-hit performances, including a season-high four hits against Iowa (4/22), three hits in six games, and two hits in 13 games … Finished the season with a .981 fielding percentage with 211 putouts and 52 assists in 268 chances … Led the Valley in home runs, home runs per game, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, total bases, and walks per game … Tallied 0.96 walks per game, the seventh-best mark in NCAA Division I.
2025: MVC Player of the Year ... All-MVC First Team Third Base ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Player of the Week (4/7 and 4/21) ... D1Softball.com National Player of the Week (4/22) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... NFCA All-Region First Team ... CSC Academic All-American Third Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... Preseason All-MVC Third Base … MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared and started in 49 games … Batted .433 with 61 hits and 34 runs in 141 at-bats and 36 walks … Recorded an MVC-leading .915 slugging percentage, the second-highest single-season slugging percentage in UNI history at the time, with 19 home runs, 11 doubles, and 48 RBIs … Led the Valley in batting average (.433), home runs (19), on-base percentage (.542), slugging percentage (.915), and total bases (129) … Was 12th in the nation with a .915 slugging percentage … Finished the season with 153 putouts and 77 assists for a .966 fielding percentage and assisted on 11 double plays … Posted a season-high 13 putouts against Missouri State (4/4) and six assists at Furman (2/23) … Had a multi-home run game against Southern Illinois (4/19) ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2024: Easton/NFCA Scholar All-America ... CSC Academic All-District ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team … MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Started all 50 games at third base … Posted a .293 batting average with 44 hits, eight doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 32 RBIs, four sacrifice flies, a .513 slugging percentage, 29 runs scored, 26 walks drawn and one stolen base … Recorded ten multi-hit games, which included a four RBI game against Missouri State (4/5) … Notched 40 putouts and 78 assists at the hot corner for a .959 fielding percentage.
2023: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 19 games in her first collegiate season ... Batted .500 in six plate appearances with one double, three RBIs and two walks drawn ... Recorded her first collegiate hit and RBI at Murray State (3/17) in a 17-0 shutout ... Notched her first extra base hit against Drake (4/11) ... Posted nine assists defensively for a 1.000 field percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Bondurant-Farrar High School for four years... While with the Bluejays, Lappe was a three-sport athlete in softball, basketball, and track and field... Lappe was a three-year softball captain while making First Team All-State and First-Team All-Conference in 2022 and 2021... During her time with Bluejay softball, Lappe set a school record for most home runs in a season (21) in 2021... Off the field, Lappe was involved with the student council, including being the vice president her senior year... Lappe was also a member of the National Honor Society and FCA with a 4.0 GPA throughout high school.
PERSONAL: Lappe is the daughter of Jim and Kathy Lappe ... Has one younger sibling, sister Elizabeth ... Lappe's aunt and uncle graduated from UNI ... Lappe is majoring in accounting while at UNI ... Also recruited by Minnesota State, Iowa State, South Dakota State, DMACC, and Indian Hills ... Enjoys playing basketball, hanging with friends, and going to church.
