2026 Softball Roster

Jill Williams

28 Katarina Zarate

  • Position Utility
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Victoria, Texas
  • Highschool Victoria West HS
  • Twitter @KatarinaZarate1
  • Instagram katarina.zarate
  • Major Exercise & Sports Science

Biography

2025:
Did not compete due to injury.

2024:
Started in 56 of the Bobcats games at second base ... had a .248 batting average with 35 hits, 20 runs scored and tallied 25 RBI ... was good for 13 extra-base hits including six home runs ... was one of five Bobcats to slug over .400 this season ... was walked 12 times while going a perfect 4-4 on stolen base attempts ... she had seven multiple hit games ... had six multiple RBI games including one four RBI outing on 5/3 vs Marshall where she hit a home run in one of her multiple hit games ... her last home run of the game came in walk-off fashion during the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, where she hit the home run in extra innings to earn the Bobcats a spot in the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... also had 3 RBI night in a win over Louisiana where she hit a double and a home run in the Bobcats 5-0 win ... had the 2nd best batting average of any Bobcat in conference play with a .367 average, where she slugged .551 and was good for 18 hits, 10 runs and 14 RBI in 49 at-bats

2023:
Came in and made an immediate impact as a true freshman ... started in all 61 of the Bobcats' games at second base ... made her presence known with 38 hits and 19 runs with 18 RBI in 155 at-bats ... was walked 25 times, the second most of any Bobcat ... batted .245 on the year as freshman ... had 13 extra base hits including four home runs ... her four home runs came against James Madison (5/5), Sam Houston (4/11), Pennsylvania (3/3), and App State (3/31) ... in conference play she had the second best batting average on the team with a .321 which included 18 of her hits and two of her home runs ... had the highest on base percentage of any Bobcat in conference play with .435 ... went a perfect 4-4 on stolen base attempts in conference play ... went three for three with two RBI against App State on 4/2 ... went four for three with three RBI versus Marshall on 4/30 ... had seven multi-hit games with the two three hit games ... had a five game hit streak and a nine game reached base streak ... and five multi-RBI games ... had the second most fielded double plays of any Bobcat and third most of any Sun Belt player (14) ... had the fourth most put outs of any Bobcat and a .944 fielding percentage in the process

High School:
Was a four-year starter at Victoria West ... helped the Warriors appear in consecutive regional semifinals in 2021 and 2022 ... hit .519 with 22 home runs and 94 RBI en route to being selected as the 2021 Victoria Advocate All-Area Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-area selection in 2022 ... was selected as the team's offensive most valuable player, twice, team's defensive most valuable player and team most valuable player throughout her prep career ... earned a spot on the All-A Honor Roll all four years of high school, an academic all-state honor, Top 10% UIL Scholar selection and a Top 10% Cum Laude graduate ... played travel ball with Texas Bombers travel program, which won the Colorado Sparkler tournament in 2021 and finished runner-up in the Alliance National Championships in 2022.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2023Freshman

    Utility
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2024Sophomore

    Utility
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2025Junior

    Utility
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2026Redshirt Junior

    Utility
    5'9"
    28