Benedictine University Athletics

Kate Heidkamp, one of the most decorated pitchers in NCAA Division III history, took over the reigns of the Benedictine softball program in 1998. Heidkamp began her administrative duties in 2009 when she became the university's Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator. In 2015 she was promoted to Associate Director of Athletics and still remains the SWA. 

THE HEIDKAMP FILES
• Has over 500 career wins and a .659 winning percentage
• Has earned the conference automatic bid to the NCAA Championship in six of the last seven seasons
• Posted four consecutive 30-win seasons
• Has coached her teams to a top three conference finish every year since 2008
• In 2016, her team tied for the most wins in school history (28) and surpassed the most hits in a season record (478)
• Her 2016 team advanced to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time since the 1993 season when Heidkamp was a pitcher for the Eagles

CONFERENCE ACCOLADES
• Has coached 80 all-conference honorees
• Has coached six Player of the Year selections including 2017's Holly Haberkorn who was also named Benedictine's first-ever NACC Woman of the Year
• Named the conference Coach of the Year seven times
• Has won the NACC Tournament title six times

AS A PLAYER AT BENEDICTINE
• Four year starter for both the softball and tennis teams
• Earned All-Conference honors four times
• Helped her team make the NCAA Appearance three times (1993, 1994, and 1995)
• As a freshmen, she went 22-2 in the circle for a .917 winning percentage which still ranks amongst the best ever in NCAA DIII history
• Earned All-American honors each season, culminating with a first-team selection in 1996
• Ranks among the NCAA DIII leaders in victories (80), winning percentage (.860), innings pitched (645.2), strikeouts (545), shutouts (41), and earned run average (0.73)