2023 Softball Roster
Roster
Vara, Kate
IF
/ SoftballIF/UTL
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballP/3B
/ SoftballP/1B
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballIF
/ Softball1B
/ SoftballUTL
/ SoftballP/OF
/ SoftballSS
/ SoftballC
/ Softball2B/SS
/ Softball3B
/ SoftballIF
/ SoftballP
/ Softball
Jersey Number 16
Kate Vara
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Our Lady of Mercy
- Hometown:
- Rochester, NY
Bio
2023: Earned Academic All-MAC honors...Appeared in 42 games with 38 starts...Totaled nine hits with one home run and six RBIs...Recorded a career-high two hits against Queens University of Charlotte (3/4)...Had four RBIs at Ohio (5/6) in a 5-3 victory.
2022: Appeared in 19 games and earned 16 starts in her first season in the blue and white… Recorded a .147 batting average on five hits, three RBI and two runs scored on the season… Notched her first UB hit in a win over Cleveland State (2/18)… Smacked an RBI single in a win over Ball State (4/23) and added another RBI single at Northern Illinois (5/7).
2021 (Fordham): Appeared in 10 contests, making two starts, as a sophomore… Notched one hit and one walk… Singled for first career hit in a win at La Salle (5/1)… Named to A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (Fordham): Appeared in 11 games, making nine starts, as a freshman before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic… Did not commit an error… Scored a run against Valparaiso (2/8)... Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Our Lady of Mercy... Named Second Team All-Country and the team's Offensive MVP as a freshman... Defensive MVP as a junior and senior... Four-time Private Parochial First Team selection... Two-Time All-Greater Rochester First Team honoree... Helped her school to two Section 5 championships, in 2017 and 2018, the latter while being named Second Team All-State as a junior... Played her club ball with the Conklin Raiders. Off the field, graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a four-time Scholarship Roll and Scholar-Athlete recipient.
2022: Appeared in 19 games and earned 16 starts in her first season in the blue and white… Recorded a .147 batting average on five hits, three RBI and two runs scored on the season… Notched her first UB hit in a win over Cleveland State (2/18)… Smacked an RBI single in a win over Ball State (4/23) and added another RBI single at Northern Illinois (5/7).
2021 (Fordham): Appeared in 10 contests, making two starts, as a sophomore… Notched one hit and one walk… Singled for first career hit in a win at La Salle (5/1)… Named to A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (Fordham): Appeared in 11 games, making nine starts, as a freshman before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic… Did not commit an error… Scored a run against Valparaiso (2/8)... Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Our Lady of Mercy... Named Second Team All-Country and the team's Offensive MVP as a freshman... Defensive MVP as a junior and senior... Four-time Private Parochial First Team selection... Two-Time All-Greater Rochester First Team honoree... Helped her school to two Section 5 championships, in 2017 and 2018, the latter while being named Second Team All-State as a junior... Played her club ball with the Conklin Raiders. Off the field, graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a four-time Scholarship Roll and Scholar-Athlete recipient.
UB Softball vs. Akron Double Header (4/30) @ 1pm
Thursday, April 24
UB Softball vs. Canisius Double Header (4/23) @ 1pm
Tuesday, April 22
UB Softball vs. Toledo (4/20) @ 12pm
Monday, April 14
UB Softball vs. Northern Illinois doubleheader (4/12) @ 1pm
Thursday, April 10
