Cadie O'Donnell

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Salina South
Hometown:
Salina, Kan.

O'Donnell's Ball State Statistics
CAREER | 2017 GBG

CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2018 SEASON
• Played in 48 of a possible 58 games over her Ball State career, earning 11 starts with nine coming in right field, one in left field and one as the designated player

2017 (Jr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … played in 48 games, earning 11 starts … made nine starts in right field, one in left field and one as the designated player … scored 18 runs and tallied a pair of RBI … finished the season with a .220 batting average, collecting nine hits over 41 at bats … also drew three walks … went 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts on the year … scored her first run of the seasons in Ball State’s 5-2 season-opening victory versus DePaul (Feb. 10) … made her first start for the Cardinals in left field versus Iowa State (Feb. 12) … recorded her first Ball State hit in the 17-2 (5) win over Drake (Feb. 17), leading off the sixth inning with a pinch hit bunt single and later coming around to score … collected a pair of hits versus Georgia Southern (Feb. 25) … her first Ball State RBI came courtesy of a squeeze bunt in the 11-1 (6) victory over Penn (March 3) … also drove in a run with a pinch hit infield single in the 9-4 second game victory over Toledo (April 21) … tallied 11 putouts and finished the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE – 2016 (So.): Helped guide the Cougars to a 51-8 (.864) overall record, which is the most wins in program history … Barton finished second in its conference with a 19-5 (.792) league record … played in all 59 games, finishing the year with a .379 batting average, a .422 on base percentage and a .458 slugging percentage … ranked second on the team with 63 runs scored, while tying a program record with 32 stolen bases … also led the team with four triples, while adding seven doubles … drove in 29 RBIs … recorded a career-high three hits in five different games … her first hit for the Cougars was a two-run triple in the bottom of the fourth inning of a 13-5 (6) victory over Bethany College (Feb. 10).

COWLEY COLLEGE – 2015 (Fr.): Helped guide the Tigers to a 34-14 (.708) record … played in 29 games, boasting a .263 batting average and a .300 on base percentage … logged 13 stolen bases … scored 13 runs and tallied eight RBIs … recorded her lone double of the season versus Seminole State (OK) (Feb. 3), which was also the first of her three two-hit games on the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball at Salina South High School for coach Kurt Wolf… named Second Team All-State and Salina South’s Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior … First Team All-League as a junior and senior, after earning second team accolades as a sophomore … also earned two letters in basketball and four letters in volleyball at Salina South … named Second Team All-League in volleyball as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Julie and Kenny O’Donnell … has one sister, Kellie, and one brother, Tanner … born Sept. 6, 1995 in Salina, Kan. … full name is Cadie Nicole O’Donnell … majoring in marketing.

WHY I CHOSE BALL STATE: I chose Ball State in all honesty for softball. I get to be part of an elite program with an elite coaching staff and it's an incredible opportunity. Once I got here though, I'm finding out there is more to Ball State than just athletics. I'm figuring out it is a wonderful community to be a part of and the beautiful campus is a bonus. Being from out of state I was a little nervous, but it didn't take long for Ball State to become home.