2025 Softball Roster

kate dowden doing gangnam style after triple vs. loyola
Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics
January 9, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Softball team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 77

Kate Dowden

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    First-Year
  • High School:
    Lawrence North High School
  • Hometown:
    Indianapolis, Indiana
2025: Appeared in 11 games and made a start as a first-year … Batted .500 (4-for-8) on the year with a double, a triple, and a run batted in … Picked up her first career hit with a single against Mississippi State (3/22) … Collected her first career RBI in a win over Minnesota (3/29) … Tripled and scored in a win over Loyola Chicago (4/16) … Notched a single in a win over Wisconsin (4/25).

Career Highs:
At-Bats............... 1 (8x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Hits......................1 (4x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Runs...................... 1 (2x), last vs. Rutgers (4/20/25)
RBI.................................. 1, vs. Minnesota (3/29/25)
Doubles………………….............. 1, at UIC (4/22/25)

High School: A four-year varsity letter winner for Lawrence North High School … Named to the All-USA Central Indiana Super Team following her junior season in 2023, while also earning Third-Team All-State honors … Ranked among the state leaders with 59 runs scored (Top-10 all-time in state history) while batting .519 with 55 hits, eight triples, five homers, 33 RBI and 17 stolen bases during her junior campaign, helping lead the Wildcats to a Sectional Championship for the second time in three seasons … Four-year honor roll student … Played in the same high school conference as fellow Wildcat Kansas Robinson … Parents are Lance and Nicole Dowden … Anticipated major at Northwestern is communications.

Drohan on Dowden: "Kate is a very dynamic, speedy player who will impact the game in many ways. A true left-handed outfielder, she will be a force on both sides of the ball."

Dowden on Choosing Northwestern: "I chose Northwestern because I wanted to push myself not only in sports but in academics as well. I feel as though I will be able to thrive as not only an athlete, but as a whole at Northwestern and it will show me all the things that I need to know when leaving college."
Baseball - 'Cats Take Down No. 14 UCLA, 9-4 (5/15/25)
Friday, May 16
Baseball - Wildcats Top Beacons, 12-4 (5/13/25)
Wednesday, May 14
Baseball - Northwestern Run-Rules Ohio State to Secure Series (5/11/25)
Sunday, May 11
Baseball - Wildcats Run-Rule Buckeyes at Wrigley Field (5/9/25)
Saturday, May 10