2014 [Junior]: Was a Second-Team NAIA All-American and a First-Team All-South Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association … earned First-Team All-Southern States Athletic Conference honors for the second straight season … was selected a NAIA Scholar Athlete … also named to the SSAC All-Academic team for the second consecutive year … was voted to the Capital One Academic All-District first team … named the 10th recipient of the AUM Army ROTC Achievement award … selected to the 2014 NAIA Softball All-World Series Team … started all 51 games for the Warhawks, hitting . 361 with nine home runs and 39 runs batted in … added 10 doubles and a team-high 26 walks … scored a team-leading 51 runs, a mark which ranked 44th in the nation … was a perfect 12 for 12 on stolen base attempts … slugged .600 on the year and had an on-base percentage of .449 … hit .329 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in conference play … tied for third on the team with 15 multi-hit games … had eight multiple-RBI games … had hitting streaks of seven and eight games … hit .583 (7 for 12) with a runner on third and two outs … drove in 15 runs with two outs … opened the season with a 3-for-3 performance against Point on Feb. 18 … was 2 for 3 with a double and three runs scored against Thomas on Feb. 28 … went 2 for 3 with a double, home run, three RBIs and a three runs scored at Emmanuel on March 14 … drove in a season-high four runs with a pair of hits against Brenau on April 16 … was 1 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs against Lindsey Wilson in the NAIA World Series on May 24 … finished 2 for 4 with a double, two stolen bases and two runs scored against William Carey in the NAIA World Series championship game on May 29.
2013 [Sophomore]: Named a Second-Team NAIA All-American and also received SSAC All-Conference recognition after rewriting the AUM offensive record books … was also named to the SSAC All-Academic team … set new team marks in home runs (15), RBIs (56) and runs (46) … started 56 of 57 games, finishing with a .367 average … had 18 multi-hit games and a team-high 14 multi-RBI games … drove in a season-high five RBIs against Talladega (Feb. 21) and Mobile (April 23) … had a pair of homers against Talladega (Feb. 21) and Campbellsville (March 8) … added long balls in four-straight conference games from March 28-April 2 … had a dominant two-game series against Emmanuel on March 2, finishing 5 for 7 with seven RBIs, four doubles and a homer … went 4 for 4 in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Faulkner on April 9, driving in four runs on a pair of doubles and a homer … her final long ball of the season came in AUM’s NAIA tournament victory over Lee on May 25 … was named SSAC Player of the Week on Feb. 25 after going 5 for 6 with six RBIs, five runs scored, two homers and her only triple of the season … ended year with a .932 fielding percentage at third base after starting the season on a 14-game errorless streak.
2012 [Freshman]: Played in 52 games, making 45 starts … finished with a .276 batting average, .343 on-base percentage and .386 slugging percentage … added two home runs, four doubles, 15 RBI and two stolen bases … recorded nine multi-hit games, including a 3-for-3 performance against Thomas on April 14 … added a home run and two RBI in that game … had back-to-back two-hit games against Spring Hill (April 2) and Faulkner (April 10) … finished tied for fourth on the team in walks (13) … had a .942 fielding percentage at second base … stole bases against Trevecca Nazarene (Feb. 24) and Walsh (March 9) … named to the Provost’s Honor Roll for recording a grade-point average over 3.50.
Prep: Was a four-year letterwinner in softball for head coach Ginger Larsin at La Serna High School in Whittier, Calif. … was an all-league and all-area selection as a senior … as a junior, led LHS in home runs, runs batted in and runs scored, while posting a 10-6 record in the circle … struck out 120 batters in 94.0 innings and tossed a pair of no-hitters … was an all-area selection, an honorable mention all-league choice and a Player of the Week selection by The Daily News as a junior ... earned Most Valuable Player honors from the Arroyo Tournament as a freshman and was an all-tournament selection as a sophomore … was also a member of the California Interscholastic Federation Championship team during her freshman campaign … finished 10-for-14 in the Diamond Bar Tournament, where she had two home runs, three doubles, 10 runs scored and four runs batted in to begin her senior season.
Personal: Full name is Katie Kalene Spain ... was born on Nov. 30, 1993 … is the daughter of Norman and Valerie Spain … had an older sister, Marcella, and a younger brother, Zachary … is majoring in exercise science … sister played softball at Auburn from 1998-2002 … has two cousins who played college baseball; Eric Norbut (Missouri Valley State) and Lucas Casso (Williams) … also has a cousin, Isabel Casso, who swam at Loyola Marymount.
