Katie Gross

Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Hoban
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio

All-MAC Freshman Team (2011)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2011): Started 47 of 48 games for the Zips, splitting time primarily at second base and designated player … Hit .283 in a team-high 152 at-bats … Scored 27 runs and stole eight bases in 11 attempts … Notched 43 hits, including eight doubles, one triple, and five home runs … Drove in 22 runs while slugging .447 … Led the team with 11 sacrifice hits … Finished second on the squad with 13 multi-hit games … Also notched six multi-RBI games … In conference play, hit .304 and led the team with 13 RBI … Against Central Michigan on Apr. 23, went 2-for-4 with a season-best four RBI and two runs scored … Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team.

As a Freshman (2010): Saw limited action before being granted a hardship waiver due to injury.

At Hoban High School: A two-time North Coast League second team honoree … named one of the Plain Dealer’s Best of the Best as a junior when she hit a .370 batting average ... received honorable mention on the Northeast Ohio team as a sophomore ... received the "Best Defense Award" all four seasons ... was voted a co-captain as a senior ... played in three All-Star games ... also strong academically, receiving highest honors every grading period.

Personal: Daughter of Vince and Mary Kay Gross … has two siblings … father coached 1989 championship basketball team at Hoban High School.