Kat Rodriguez

Photo by: Justin Pondexter/Pitt Athletics

2024

Named one of three team captains for the 2024 season
Leads the Panthers in batting average (.336), runs scored (27), hits (50), and triples (2)
Batted .310 in conference play with 13 runs scored, and a triple. Rodriguez has struck out just four times in 71 at-bats against ACC opponents
Hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to right field to secure the 5-4 win against Ohio in the bottom of the seventh inning (4/24)
Batted .455 (5-for-11) with three runs scored and a triple in three games against Syracuse.
Went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored at Akron
Batted .412 with two doubles and three RBI in five games at the Kennesaw State Tournament ... recorded three-straight multi-hit games from Feb. 16-17
Recorded two of the Panthers’ four hits against No. 4 Washington (2/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored
Had first-career multi-homer game after going 2-for-3 with two home runs and two RBI against Purdue
Went 3-for-4 in back-to-back days against Western Michigan (3/9) and Purdue (3/10) at the FGCU Spring Break Classic
Recorded a hit in four straight games against No. 12 Virginia Tech and No. 18 Florida State from 3/17-24 ... batted .556 (5-for-9) in that span
Went 2-for-2 with a walk (3/24) against No. 18 Florida State

2023

Appeared in 48 games with 45 starts, all at second base
Set a program record by going 6-for-6 at the plate against Georgia Tech (4/15)
Became the first DI player to record six hits in a single game since Sydney Canessa (Fordham) in 2017
The six-hit game is the first by a Power 5 player in the last nine years
Reached base in 14 straight games from March 19-April 15
Batted .488 (21-for-43) with six RBI, six doubles, two home runs, and drew a walk and a hit by pitch in that span
Finished second on the team in doubles (14) and hit by pitch (9), third on the team in batting average (.307), runs scored (27), and hits (42)
Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022

2021 (at Quinnipiac)

Appeared and started in all 36 games
Led the team in batting average (.352) and OPS (.880)
Tallied team-highs in hits (43), runs (24), doubles (8), total bases (59) and slugging percentage (.484)
Recorded two home runs, 18 RBI and six walks
Named All-MAAC Second Team.

2020 (at Quinnipiac)

HIGH SCHOOL

Attended American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla.
Helped the team to three conference championships and a combined 64-21 record in three years
Placed first in the state with a 21-8 record junior year
Claimed First Team All-Broward four times, First Team Miami Herald three times and First Team All-State twice along with Second Team All-State once
Member of the bowling team junior and senior year
Attended Archbishop McCarthy freshman year, where she played both softball and volleyball.

INTERNATIONAL PLAY

Started competing with Team Colombia since the age of 15
Competed in the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, Colombia, in June of 2022 and earned a silver medal to help Team Colombia qualify for the Pan American Games in October of 2023.

CLUB

Played for the Gold Coast Hurricanes
With Gold Coast, played in the 2016 All-Star game and 2016 All-American game in Colorado
Played in the 2018 USA Missouri Invitational and participated in the 2021 FGCL summer league with Team Phinz, placing second.

SUMMER LEAGUE

Competed in the Florida Gulf Coast League for Team Phinz during the summer of 2022.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Elizabeth and Carlos Rodriguez
Has an older brother, Charlie
Both her dad and brother are pilots
Granted full citizenship to the country of Colombia at the age of 15 and holds dual citizenship in both Colombia and the United States.