2026 Catamount Softball Roster
Biography
| Hits |
3, 4x last vs Mercer (4/25/2026) |
| Runs |
4 vs Gardner-Webb (4/14/2026) |
| RBIs |
5, 3x last at N.C. Central (4/21/2026) |
| Doubles |
1, 17x last vs Mercer (4/24/2026) |
| Home Runs |
2 vs Furman (3/21/2026) |
| Stolen Bases |
1, 5x last at N.C. Central (4/21/2026) |
| Hitting Streak |
9 games, April 18-May 1, 2026 |
2026 (Senior): SoCon Second-Team All-Conference selection... Appeared in all 58 games with 57 starts coming at first base for the Catamounts... Stewman made an imprint in her final season in Cullowhee, finishing third on the team with a .345 batting average, tallying 59 hits which included eight doubles and finished second on the squad with 16 home runs... also placed third on the team with 42 RBIs and scored 36 runs... drew 12 walks and reached base twice on a hit-by-pitch... recorded three stolen bases... one of four Catamounts to hit 10+ home runs...finished in a tie for fourth in the league in homers and 10th in the league in RBIs... totaled 16 multi-hit games with a quartet of career-high tying three hit games against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 24), Gardner-Webb (April 14), N.C. Central (April 21), and Mercer (April 25)... picked up first career multi-homer game in SoCon play against Furman (Mar. 21), including a grand slam in an 11-7 win over the Paladins... tallied five RBIs in three seperate games against N.C. A&T (Feb. 11), Furman and N.C. Central... posted a nine-game and eight-game hit streak throughout the 2026 season...  in her season-high nine-game hit streak, Stewman had six multi-hit games... she closed her career with a bang, going 22-of-53 (.415) over the last 15 games with four doubles and four homers to pair with 16 RBIs... in SoCon play, she posted a .315 batting average, including two doubles, 13 runs, a team-best eight homers and tied for team-best with 17 RBIs... she picked up an impressive .997 fielding percentage as she committed only one error on a team-best 379 chances... helped turn 11 of WCU's 15 double plays that pushed the Catamounts to a tie for fourth in the league with 15 DPs and a 96.3 fielding percentage...one of six Catamounts to connect on a grand slam for WCU... part of an offense that broke single-season team records in batting average (.313), slugging percentage (.505), on-base percentage (.385), hits (504), doubles (73), runs (368), runs batted in (337), total bases (812), steals (79), and sacrifice flies (24)... finished in a tie for fourth in the program's single-season record with 16 big flies... had the base hit against Mercer to help break the single-season hit record for WCU... finished second in the single-season record for putouts with 369 and finished her Catamount career fourth with 884 putouts...Stewman's second-team honors marked the squad's most all-conference honorees in program history with nine representatives, the most since 2021...Â
2025 (Junior): Saw action in 39 games with 35 starts which included 33 starts at first base… totaled six hits with eight runs scored and 11 RBI… recorded a pair of doubles and a pair of homers… drew a pair of walks with a hit-by-pitch… tallied a stolen base in league play against Furman (April 27) which led WCU to set the single-season team record for steals in a season… recorded multi-hit games against NCCU (March 11 DH), UNCG (May 3) and ETSU (May 7)… homered in nonconference play against NCCU and league action against Chattanooga (April 4)… had a three RBI game against NCCU… recorded a .985 fielding percentage throughout the 2025 season… perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in Southern Conference action… 2025 Spring Academic All-SoCon… 2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...
2024 (Sophomore): Played in 52 games while earning 49 starts including 48 starts as WCU’s first baseman… batted .250 with 14 runs scored, 33 hits and 16 RBI… finished in a tie for third on the team with seven doubles and also connected on three homers… had six multi-hit games including four in SoCon action against Furman (twice), Wofford and ETSU… clocked four doubles against conference foes… hit first homer of the season in run-rule win over N.C. Central… added a blast in nonconference play against Appalachian State… finished off her homers in 2024 with a shot against Chattanooga in final home series… had season-high three RBIs in same run-rule win over NCCU…CSC All-District Team selection... 2024 Spring Academic All-SoCon…2023-24 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...Â
2023 (Freshman): Played in 29 games with 27 starts…Recorded her first collegiate hit in her first at-bat in the season opener against Tennessee Tech…Drove in a pair of runs with a double against Radford…Hit her first collegiate home run in the home finale against ETSU…2022-23 Commissioner’s Medal…2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll
Senior: All-Conference, All-Region, All-State
Junior:Â All-Conference, All-Region, All-State
Sophomore:Â Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Freshman:Â All-Conference
Nickname: Tate
- As a senior, Named Jackson County Senior Athlete of the Year helping her team, Smoky Mountain, to a record of 13-9 and a Mountain 7 conference championship reaching the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs.
- Â In her senior campaign had a .530 batting average hitting 17 home runs. Her 17 home runs were a school record.
- As a junior, helped Smoky Mountain to a 10-2 record in a historic season that saw the Mustangs win the Mountain 6 Conference and advancing to the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs.
- In her junior year had a .489 batting average with a .538 on base percentage and a 1.089 slugging percentage.
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Historical Player Information
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2023Freshman
Infield
5'6"
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2024Sophomore
Infield
5'6"
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2026Senior
Infielder
5'6"
