Katie O'Leary

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Infield
Height:
5-10
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Manteca, Calif.
High School:
Ripon Christian

2022: Was named All-Ivy Honorable Mention as a third baseman and named Academic All-Ivy ... Finished fifth in the ivy League with a .423 on base percentage and was hit by a league-leading 11 pitches ... Hit .282 on the season and led the Bears with 19 RBI ... Was second on the team with three home runs and six doubles ... Finished the year with 22 hits and 16 runs scored ... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored against Prairie View A&M (March 4) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and three runs batted in against Prairie View A&M (March 5) ... Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI against Holy Cross (March 22) ... Finished with three hits, a double, a home run, two RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader against Penn (March 26) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a career-best seven RBI with a run scored against Bryant (March 30) ... Had three hits with two RBI and scored six runs in a three-game series at Yale (April 2-3) ... Drove in two runs with a double in the series finale at Dartmouth (April 10).

2021: Started both games at third base … Posted a .286 batting average (2-for-7), a triple, two RBIs, and a run scored … Tallied a 1.000 fielding percentage on six chances … Hit a triple with an RBI vs. Johnson & Wales (Apr. 11) … Season shortened due to COVID-19.

2020: Started all 10 games … Posted six hits, three RBIs, four runs, one home run, and one double on the year … Notched a .200 batting average, .250 on-base percentage, and .333 slugging percentage … Hit a home run vs. Long Beach State (Feb. 29) … Tallied two runs, an RBI, and a hit vs. UNC Wilmington (Feb. 21) … Registered a double, an RBI, and a run vs. North Dakota (Feb. 28) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2019: Won the team’s Zucconi Strength Award for the second straight year … Played in 25 games with 24 starts, primarily at third base and shortstop … Posted a .130 batting average and .309 on-base percentage with seven hits, seven runs, nine walks, and a home run on the year … Hit first collegiate home run in game one vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 27) … Went 2-for-3 in game one at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Worked two walks in each of three games … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

2018: Earned the team’s Zucconi Strength Award … Played in five games with six at bats on the year … Made three appearances in Ivy League play.

Before Brown: Earned All-League honors as a junior and senior … Won Team MVP accolades in 2016 and 2017 … Gained Manteca Bulletin All-Area MVP laurels … Played for head coach Lenny Rizzuto … Competed on the club level for OBS Monarchs, California Grapettes Gold, and Team California … Garnered Scholar-Athlete plaudits … Finished as Ripon Christian’s valedictorian.

Personal: Katherine is the daughter of Theresa and David O’Leary … Has three older siblings, Nathan, Zach, and Sarah; Zach played football at Penn (2014-17) and Sarah swam at Penn … Geological Sciences concentrator.

Why Brown? “Not only does Brown provide an excellent balance in academics and athletics, but it has an appealing culture that supports diversity and all sorts of academic pursuits. Curiosity and genuine interest have the opportunity to thrive, which is rare.”