Outlook
Katie Courter (KOR-ter) is a talented middle infielder and great communicator … Has found some extra pop in her bat this year … Has great spend and potential to play a short game … Has a way of being an impact in whatever role is given to her.

Freshman Year 2026  
JCCC Student-Athlete Academic Award Winner with a 4.0 GPA.

High School
Was a four-year starter for coach Bill Finucane at Eudora High School, Eudora, Kan. … Graduated 2025 … Was a three-time Kansas 4A All-State selection … Earned honorable mention as a sophomore, second-team as a junior and first-team her senior year … Was also a three-time All-Frontier League performer … Named honorable mention as a sophomore, second-team as a junior and first-team as a senior … Helped lead the Cardinals to  three Frontier League championships, four consecutive 4A Regional championships, a 4A State Championship her freshman year, a runner-up finish her senior year and third-place finishes her sophomore and junior years … Hit .300 with 21 hits, three doubles, a triple, a home run, 25 runs, 12 stolen bases and 14 RBI as a freshman … Followed with a .307 average with 23 hits, four doubles, a triple, 31 runs, 28 stolen bases and 11 RBI as a sophomore … As a junior batted .427 with 44 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, a home run, 39 runs, 44 stolen bases and 19 RBI … Her finals season hit at a .485 clip with 47 hits, 10 doubles, three triples, 51 runs, 55 stolen bases and 15 RBI … Her 51 runs and 55 stolen bases set new seasons records … Finished her career with 135 hits, 32 doubles, seven triples, two home runs, 146 runs, 139 stolen bases and 59 RBI … Owns the career records for runs scored and stolen bases and ranks second all-time in career hits … High Honor Roll all four years … National Honor Society.

Personal
Born Katie Lynn Courter on January 10, 2007, in Topeka, Kan. … Daughter of Trevor and CeCe Courter … Has an older brother, Trevor … Majoring in business … Career ambition is to be a hair stylist and own her own business … Also recruited by Farleigh Dickinson University, Missouri Southern State University and Murray State University … Favorite foods are fruit, chicken and Mexican … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurants are Jefferson’s and Olive Garden … Favorite TV shows are Breaking Bad, Ted Lasso, Summer I Turned Pretty and Love Island … Favorite movies are Mean Girls, Matilda and Hunger Games … Favorite sports movies are Benchwarmers and A League of their Own … Favorite actress is Jennifer Lawrence … Favorite book is Hunger Games … Favorite music entertainer is Zach Bryan … Favorite cartoon character is SpongeBob SquarePants … Has a superstition of always putting her batting gloves on left then right … Favorite athletes are Patrick Mahomes and NiJaree Canady … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and Oklahoma City Thunder .. Her greatest sports moments were winning State, hitting a home run in the State semifinals her freshman year and earing the season and career stolen base records … Best player she has played against is University of Alabama pitcher Victoria Moten … Notable alumni from her school are former Creighton and professional basketball player Mitch Ballock and former JCCC volleyball All-American Lauren Kracl.