Redshirt junior second baseman Pate Cathey is making an impact on the diamond for the Miners softball team. This season, Cathey has four home runs and 24 run’s batted in. Defensively, Cathey is averaging around a 1.000 on fielding.
Other accomplishments include Conference-USA All Freshman team in 2019, Conference-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll 2019, 2020, 2021, and finally, Conference-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal 2020, 2021. Cathey is originally from Frisco, Texas, and attended Heritage High School while playing just about every sport possible, with softball being the last sport she played in high school.
“I started off with soccer, went (to) basketball, soccer, volleyball, track & field, gymnastics and lacrosse, all the sports with softball being the last sport I would play in high school,” Cathey said.