UNC Wilmington Athletics

2012: Started 50 of 51 games played ... Tallied 22 hits, including six doubles ... Drove in seven runs ... Paced team with six sacrifice hits ... Tied for team lead among outfielders with four defensive assists.

2011: Started 42 of 48 games played, splitting time between first base and shortstop positions … Finished season with 20 hits, highlighted by four extra-base knocks … Was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts … Tied for team lead with two triples … Ranked second on the team in putouts (197) and fifth in assists (24).

2009: Took part in 40 games with 35 games started ... Registered 14 hits with three extra-base knocks ... Recorded team-high 193 putouts and was fifth with 36 assists ... Was tied for second on team with .979 field percentage in team-high 234 total chances ... Hit first career home run against N.C. Central. 

HIGH SCHOOL: North Carolina District 1 Player-of-the-Year and NCSCA All-State selection following senior season ... Two-time All-County and All-Conference honoree at J.H. Rose ... Led Rampants to Big East Conference championship as a freshman ... Also played volleyball, guiding squad to back-to-back conference titles and state runner-up finish.  

PERSONAL: Full Name: Katie Frances Houmard ... Born Sept. 30, 1989 in Greenville, N.C. ... Daughter of Joe and Kandy Houmard ... Both parents are faculty members at East Carolina ... Majoring in Biology.