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Jersey Number 5
Katie Raper
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hixson, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- NC State | Austin Peay
at Florida Atlantic
2027 (Senior)
at Austin Peay
2026 (Junior)
- Finished season with career high 15 home runs, tied for third most in a season and putting her at No. 5 all-time in program history
- Batted .315 with a 1.444 OPS, to go with the 15 homers and 35 RBI
- Led team with 34 walks
- Recorded season high of three RBI in multiple games
- Drew three walks in second game of the season
- Homered in three consecutive outings from Feb. 21 to Feb. 27
- Logged three hits against Central Arkansas (March 29)
- Closed season with a hit versus Florida Gulf Coast in the ASUN Tournament (May 5)
2025 (Sophomore)
- Started all 50 games she appeared in, with 49 starts at right field and one at catcher
- Led Austin Peay with 14 home runs, second on the team and sixth in the ASUN with a .618 slugging percentage, the 11th-best mark in a single season in program history
- Third on the team with 16 walks, fifth on the team with 32 runs
- Had a hit in 29 games and six multi-hit performances
- Reached base in each of her first 10 games of the season
- Had her first of two multi-home run games of the season against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 8) at Mercer’s Heart of Georgia Classic, with her season’s first home run coming in a first-inning grand slam to finish the day with a season-high five RBI – the second-most by a Governor in 2025 and the seventh-most by an ASUN student-athlete
- Had her first of six doubles against Tarleton State (Feb. 14) at its Whataburger Invitational
- Hit a two-run homer against South Dakota State (Feb. 14)
- Her fourth home run of the season came at Furman (Feb. 21) at the Furman Classic
- Hit home runs in both of Austin Peay’s home tournaments, with the first coming against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 28)
- Hit two home runs at APSU’s Cathi Maynard Invitational, with the first coming in a two-hit performance against Appalachian State (March 7) and the second against UMass Lowell (March 8)
- Went 3-for-3 from the plate with three RBI and two home runs against Lipscomb (March 21)
- Hit another home run the following day against the Bisons (March 22)
- Her first-career appearance at catcher came at Tennessee Tech (April 23)
- Homered in the series opener at Lipscomb (May 1)
- Had a hit in each of Austin Peay’s final three games of the season, including a career-best three hits and one home run in a win against Florida Gulf Coast (May 8) in the 2025 ASUN Softball Championship
- Ended the season two runs, one hit, and a home run against Stetson (May 9)
at North Carolina State
Freshman (2024)
- Began her collegiate career at NC State
- Appeared in 17 games, making three starts at DP for the Wolfpack
- Recorded her first-career hit against St. John’s (Feb. 11)
- Had her first-career and lone home run of the season against Presbyterian (April 20)
- Played catcher for the final game of the season against Pitt (May 5), recording 10 putouts
High School
- Four-year varsity starter at Baylor School
- Helped lead the Wildcats to the 2022 and 2021 Division II AA State Championship, increasing the team’s State Championship streak to a Tennessee-record eight-straight
- Led the team with 12 home runs as a junior and was named an All-Region recipient during her senior season
Personal
- Born on August 23
- Is the daughter of Shannon and Billy Raper
- Has one sibling Bryce
Thursday, August 27
Thursday, August 20
Tuesday, May 12
Tuesday, May 05
