2024 Softball Roster
Bade, Cate
Jersey Number 3
Cate Bade
- Position:
- Infield/Outfield
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Plano Senior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
Bio
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.
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
Beyond The Stripes -- Princeton Softball's Legacy Of #2
Thursday, May 08
