2025: Appeared in 11 games and made a start as a first-year … Batted .500 (4-for-8) on the year with a double, a triple, and a run batted in … Picked up her first career hit with a single against Mississippi State (3/22) … Collected her first career RBI in a win over Minnesota (3/29) … Tripled and scored in a win over Loyola Chicago (4/16) … Notched a single in a win over Wisconsin (4/25).
Career Highs:
At-Bats............... 1 (8x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Hits......................1 (4x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Runs...................... 1 (2x), last vs. Rutgers (4/20/25)
RBI.................................. 1, vs. Minnesota (3/29/25)
Doubles………………….............. 1, at UIC (4/22/25)
High School: A four-year varsity letter winner for Lawrence North High School … Named to the All-USA Central Indiana Super Team following her junior season in 2023, while also earning Third-Team All-State honors … Ranked among the state leaders with 59 runs scored (Top-10 all-time in state history) while batting .519 with 55 hits, eight triples, five homers, 33 RBI and 17 stolen bases during her junior campaign, helping lead the Wildcats to a Sectional Championship for the second time in three seasons … Four-year honor roll student … Played in the same high school conference as fellow Wildcat Kansas Robinson … Parents are Lance and Nicole Dowden … Anticipated major at Northwestern is communications.
Drohan on Dowden: "Kate is a very dynamic, speedy player who will impact the game in many ways. A true left-handed outfielder, she will be a force on both sides of the ball."
Dowden on Choosing Northwestern: "I chose Northwestern because I wanted to push myself not only in sports but in academics as well. I feel as though I will be able to thrive as not only an athlete, but as a whole at Northwestern and it will show me all the things that I need to know when leaving college."
Career Highs:
At-Bats............... 1 (8x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Hits......................1 (4x), last vs. Wisconsin (4/25/25)
Runs...................... 1 (2x), last vs. Rutgers (4/20/25)
RBI.................................. 1, vs. Minnesota (3/29/25)
Doubles………………….............. 1, at UIC (4/22/25)
High School: A four-year varsity letter winner for Lawrence North High School … Named to the All-USA Central Indiana Super Team following her junior season in 2023, while also earning Third-Team All-State honors … Ranked among the state leaders with 59 runs scored (Top-10 all-time in state history) while batting .519 with 55 hits, eight triples, five homers, 33 RBI and 17 stolen bases during her junior campaign, helping lead the Wildcats to a Sectional Championship for the second time in three seasons … Four-year honor roll student … Played in the same high school conference as fellow Wildcat Kansas Robinson … Parents are Lance and Nicole Dowden … Anticipated major at Northwestern is communications.
Drohan on Dowden: "Kate is a very dynamic, speedy player who will impact the game in many ways. A true left-handed outfielder, she will be a force on both sides of the ball."
Dowden on Choosing Northwestern: "I chose Northwestern because I wanted to push myself not only in sports but in academics as well. I feel as though I will be able to thrive as not only an athlete, but as a whole at Northwestern and it will show me all the things that I need to know when leaving college."