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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Softball - California

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SOFTBALL

Kate Munnerlyn

Left-handed pitcher
ST. FRANCIS HS
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.52

ERA

107.1

Innings Pitched

.356

Batting Average

35

RBI
“Kate is clearly the best player on the best team in the state. She has command of all her pitches. She can throw it by you, but if you gear up for the heat, she mixes in an unbelievable change-up that she can throw for a strike whenever she wants to.”
Randy Frey
Head Coach - head coach of Los Gatos High
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 senior left-handed pitcher led the Lancers to a 28-1 record and the Central Coast Section Open Division Tournament championship this past season. Munnerlyn posted a 15-0 mark in the circle with a 0.52 earned run average, striking out 183 batters while allowing just 41 hits in 107.1 innings pitched. Ranked as the nation’s No. 28 recruit in the Class of 2024 by Extra Inning Softball, she hit .356 with six home runs and 35 RBI. 

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Academic Achievement

Munnerlyn has maintained a 3.60 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at Texas A&M University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Munnerlyn has volunteered locally at Martha’s Kitchen preparing food for the homeless and she has donated her time at the Order of Malta, assembling hygiene kits for people in need.