2024 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Cate Bade
- Position:
- Infield/Outfield
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Plano Senior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
Awards
CSC Academic All-District (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021)
At Princeton
2024
Tri-captain ... CSC Academic All-District honoree ... started 31 games, primarily in the outfield as well as four early-season games at second base, and played in all 48 ... had a three-hit game at Yale on April 21 and drove in three runs in a game against Dartmouth the previous weekend ... had three three-hit games on the season, adding a two-hit game against Brown on April 27 ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
2023
Played in 48 games and made 34 starts, playing primarily at second base ... went 3 for 4 in the first game of the Columbia series on April 8 and had two hits in the series opener at Penn on March 31 ... hits came across 13 games ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
2022
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... played in 33 games and made 21 starts, primarily at second base ... raised batting average 173 points to .306 with a seven-game stretch between April 23 and May 13, going 11 of 19 (.579) over that span ... had a .970 fielding percentage with two errors in 66 chances.
2021
Played in the Drexel doubleheader on May 4, starting at second base and in the opener and getting a hit in her only at-bat while drawing two walks and swiping a base ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Before Princeton: DFW All Metroplex Team 2020 with DFW Fastpitch ... USA Softball JO Cup second place 2019 with Glory Adkins ... helped Plano Senior to third-place state tournament finish in 2018 ... three-time second-team all-district by district coaches ... four-time academic all-district ... four-year varsity starter.
Personal: Daughter of Mary Bade and Jake Bade ... majoring in economics.
CSC Academic All-District (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2022)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021)
At Princeton
2024
Tri-captain ... CSC Academic All-District honoree ... started 31 games, primarily in the outfield as well as four early-season games at second base, and played in all 48 ... had a three-hit game at Yale on April 21 and drove in three runs in a game against Dartmouth the previous weekend ... had three three-hit games on the season, adding a two-hit game against Brown on April 27 ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
2023
Played in 48 games and made 34 starts, playing primarily at second base ... went 3 for 4 in the first game of the Columbia series on April 8 and had two hits in the series opener at Penn on March 31 ... hits came across 13 games ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
2022
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... played in 33 games and made 21 starts, primarily at second base ... raised batting average 173 points to .306 with a seven-game stretch between April 23 and May 13, going 11 of 19 (.579) over that span ... had a .970 fielding percentage with two errors in 66 chances.
2021
Played in the Drexel doubleheader on May 4, starting at second base and in the opener and getting a hit in her only at-bat while drawing two walks and swiping a base ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Before Princeton: DFW All Metroplex Team 2020 with DFW Fastpitch ... USA Softball JO Cup second place 2019 with Glory Adkins ... helped Plano Senior to third-place state tournament finish in 2018 ... three-time second-team all-district by district coaches ... four-time academic all-district ... four-year varsity starter.
Personal: Daughter of Mary Bade and Jake Bade ... majoring in economics.
Princeton Athletics Career Networking Breakfast (Fall 2025)
Wednesday, September 24
Reflections from the Princeton Athletics Class of 2025
Tuesday, May 27
Softball Highlights vs. Columbia & Brown, Ivy League Tournament, 5-10-25
Saturday, May 10
Softball Highlights vs. Harvard, Ivy League Tournament, 5-9-25
Friday, May 09
