Outlook
Katie Kolarik (ko-LARE-ik) is a versatile defender with the ability to move from the outfield to the infield and vice versa when needed ... Smart player... Provided a powerful bat in the line-up last season ... Expected to feared on the national level with her ability to hit for power.

Freshman Year 2025
Named All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and All-Region 6 Division II first-team … Played in and started 53 games … Batted .430 (61-for-142) with 19 doubles, 11 home runs, 31 walks, 41 runs scored and 51 driven in … Produced 15 multiple-hit games and led the team with 16 multiple-RBI games , which ties for the third-most in a season in JCCC history …  Also ranks tied for fifth in walks, tied for 13thin extra base hits (30)and tied for 17^th in home runs … Slugged .796, third-best on the team and 14th-best in the conference … Also ranked tied for seventh in conference in hits, tied for sixth in doubles, tied for eighth in home runs and ninth in RBI … Opened her first collegiate season with a 10-game hitting streak … Belted a three-run home run for her first collegiate hit, walked and scored in a 17-6 win over Missouri State-West Plains in the season opener (2-14-15) … Got on base three times with a single, double and walk, scoring a run and driving in one in a 10-9 loss to No. 25 North Iowa Area (2-14-25) … Belted a three-run home run and walked to drove in a run for a four RBI effort in a 26-8 romp over Mineral Area (2-15-25) … Followed with a two-run double and a run scored in a 15-2 win over North Idaho (2-15-25) … Selected the KJCCC D-II Player of the Week for week four after hitting .615 (8-for-13) and slugging 1.462 with two doubles, three home runs, four runs scored and seven RBI at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Georgia … Belted a solo home run in the third inning and a blasted a three-run shot in the fifth to drive in four and score three in an 11-10 setback to No. 11 Pearl River in the opening game (2-21-25) … Went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI single and a solo home run in a 12-9 loss to Chipola (2-23-25) … Hit .517 over the streak (15-for-29) with four doubles, five home runs, eight walks, 10 runs and 17 RBI … Went 3-for-3 with a double, home run, walk, three runs scored and two RBI in a 10-6 win over McCook (3-7-25) … Belted a two-run homer in a 9-0 win over Dawson in the first game of the series (3-11-25) … In the second game ripped a bases-clearing double, walked and scored twice in a 16-3 victory (3-11-25) … Hit a two-run home run, singled, walked twice and scored two runs in an 11-8 win at Iowa Western (3-13-25) … Doubled to drive in two runs in a 9-1 win over Labette in the conference opening series (3-27-25) … Prevented a shutout with a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh in a 6-2 loss to Cowley (4-3-25) … Had a pair of RBI doubles in a 1-2 win at Fort Scott (4-10-25) … Followed with two singles and a run scored in a 6-0 win over the Greyhounds (4-10-25) … Had two doubles and an RBI in a 2-1 loss to Coffeyville (4-17-25) … Produced an RBI double in the second, an RBI single in the third and drove in two more with a double in the fourth to help JCCC to a 13-1 win at Highland (4-22-25) … Named to the Region 6 Division II All-Tournament Team after batting .400 (4-for-10) with two home runs, two runs scored and five driven in … Drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly in the second and a solo shot over centerfield in the fourth in a 9-1 win over Fort Scott in the first game of the tournament (5-6-25) … Drove in two runs with an RBI single in the third inning and hit a solo homer in the sixth to help propel the Cavaliers to a 9-4 win over Kansas City Kansas in the tournament semifinal round (5-9-25) … Had a RBI single in JCCC’s 4-3 win over the Blue Devils in the championship game (5-10-25) … Was the team’s top hitter at the World Series, batting .571 (8-for-14) with three doubles, two runs scored, two walks, and four RBI … Her .571 average ties the fourth-best ever by a JCCC player in World Series play … Also her three doubles tie the second most recorded and her eight hits tie for fifth … Had an RBI double and scored in a 6-5 win over Kirkwood in the opener (5-19-25) … Had a single, double and a game tying RBI in a 2-1 walk off win over Phoenix (5-21-25) … Went 3-for-4 in a 3-2 10-inning win over Iowa Central (5-22-25) … Her three hits tie the third-most in a game in World Series play … Had a double and drove in two runs in an 18-8 elimination loss to Murray State (5-22-25) ... JCCC Student-Athlete Academic Award winner.

High School
Was a four-year starter for coach James Pearson at Bishop Miege High School, Roeland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2024 … Was a four-time All-Eastern Kansas League performer as an infielder … Earned second-team as a freshman and sophomore and first-team her junior and senior seasons … Batted .460 with 34 hits, eight doubles, two triples, three home runs, 22 runs scored and 29 RBI as a freshman, helping the Stags to a runner-up finish in the EKL and a fourth-place finish at the 4A State Tournament … Followed with 36 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 25 runs and 35 RBI with a .490 average as a sophomore while helping the team to runner-up finishes in the EKL and 4A State Tournament … Hit at a .530 clip as a junior with 34 hits, 10 doubles, a triple, six homers, 24 runs and 34 RBI and finished her capped her career with .535 average with 34 hits, 10 doubles, a triple, six home runs. 35 runs and 29 RBI … Tallied 138 hits, 38 doubles, six triples, 20 home runs, 96 runs and 107 driven in … Honor roll student.

Personal
Born Kaitlyn Rose Kolarik on October 27, 2005, in Overland Park, Kan. … Nicknames are Katie and K … Daughter of James and Michelle Kolarik … Has two siblings; Nick and Jennifer … Nick played baseball at JCCC and Indiana State University, and Jennifer played softball at Washburn University … Majoring in diagnostic medical imaging … Her career ambition is to be an ultrasound technician …  Also recruited by Murray State University … Favorite foods are sushi and steak … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite restaurant is Toro Hibachi Sushi and Asian … Favorite TV shows are Shameless, Breaking Bad and Stranger Things … Favorite movies are Bohemian Rhapsody, 21 Jump Street and Chips  … Favorite sports movies are Rookie of the Year and The Sandlot … Favorite actor is Timothee Chalamet … Favorite book is Atomic Habits … Favorite music entertainer is Drake … Favorite cartoon character is Pink Panther … Favorite athletes are MJ Melendez and Travis Kelce … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals … Her greatest sports moment was hitting a home run in the state final … Best players she has played against are Wamego pitcher, 2024 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year and Tennessee commit Peyton Hardenburger and former Miege and Oklahoma basketball guard Payton Verhulst … Notable alumni from her school are Olympic gold medal swimmer Catherine Fox, North Carolina State head football coach Dave Doeren and former Kansas Jayhawk basketball player Travis Releford.