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Katie Laing |
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AS A SENIOR (2008): Arguably one of the best
middle infielders in Irish history ... team co-captain
... winner of Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph County
Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award ... her 159
assists in 2008 set the program's single-season record
... she is first all-time in career assists with 483 ... her
55 doubles ranks first all-time as well ... 10th all-time
with 16 home runs ... sixth in the books with 133
RBI ... first team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-
District V honoree ... one of six Notre Dame student-athletes
that earned the Byron V. Kanaley Award, the
most prestigious honor presented to an Irish student-athlete
... earned the first BIG EAST Conference
Softball player of the week honor for the 2008 season
(Feb. 18) ... goes down in Irish history as the first
player to record a hit and drive in a run at Melissa
Cook Stadium, doing so against Villanova (April 13)
... recorded a team-best batting average (.429), slugging
percentage (.714), on-base percentage (.500) and
RBI total (4) over the four-game stretch at the
Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 15-17) ... totaled 10 bases at
the tournament and had multi-hit performances in a
6-5 loss to Western Kentucky (Feb. 16) and a 4-3 win
over California (Feb. 17) in front of her hometown
crowd ... against the Golden Bears, she recorded a
two-run homer to put Notre Dame on the board
early in the contest, and then knocked a walk-off
double to drive in the game-winning run in the bottom
of the seventh inning ... two doubles highlighted
her 3-for-4 day at the plate and gave her the program's
all-time career record by bringing her twobagger
total to 50 during Notre Dame's win at UC
Riverside (March 4) ... her record-setting double in
the fifth inning traveled to left-center to score Beth
Northway ... Laing also led the team with three RBI
against the Aggies ... had two triples, two doubles and
seven RBI at the Lowcountry Collegiate Softball
Invitational (March 14-15), including four RBI
against Charleston Southern on the tournament's
opening day ... part of the league's weekly honor roll
after finishing a perfect 2-for-2 at the dish against
Western Michigan (March 18) and was the lone
player on either team to record more than one hit in
the game ... she singled in her first at-bat then belted
a solo homer to deep centerfield during her second
plate appearance ... copped the conference's player of
the week award on April 17, the same week Brittney
Bargar was tagged the league's top pitcher... it was the
only time during the season that two teammates
swept the awards ... she earned the honor for the second
time with an explosive offensive output that
helped Notre Dame improve to 22-10 overall and 5-
1 in BIG EAST play ... went 10-for-19 with 13 RBI,
five runs, four home runs and one double for a .526
batting average and a 1.211 slugging percentage from
April 2-6 ... also snagged two stolen bases ... she had
four multi-hit and multi-RBI games on the week,
including two homers and two RBI in a 12-1 win at
Seton Hall (April 6) ... she was a perfect 3-for-3 from
the plate in Notre Dame's 2-1 victory over Toledo
(April 2), slamming one home run and one double for
two RBI and a run scored ... as of April 10, 19 of her
39 hits had gone for extra-bases ... her 10 doubles,
three triples, and six homers steered her towards a
.676 slugging percentage ... at the time the mark
ranked as the highest single-season average in school
history, standing on top of Melanie Alkire's .665 mark
set in 2000 ... heading into the home conference
opener (April 9) she had racked up 39 RBI on 39 hits
... closed out her home career with a hit and two runs
scored against Connecticut (April 27) ... helped Notre
Dame post a 53-14-1 (.788) home record in her four
seasons ... the 11-3-1 home record in 2008, aided by
a sweep over UConn, secured the 19th overall - and
16th consecutive - season the Irish have won at least
10 home games in a season ... seven games after
Ashley Ellis belted the first Irish grand slam of the
season, Laing added the second slam with a seventhinning
poke down the rightfield line at Syracuse (May
4) ... had 50 hits and 50 RBI in her final season ...
hit .263 and scored 31 runs ... totaled 11 doubles,
three triples and seven home runs ... boasted a .463
slugging percentage ... stole five bases.
AS A JUNIOR (2007): One of three team captains
... moved back to natural shortstop position ... second
team all-BIG EAST selection ... had a pair of fourgame
hit streaks and a season-best five-gamer from
April 17-April 21 ... third on the team with 43 hits
... second with 11 doubles and 26 RBI ... had 60
total bases with a .375 slugging percentage ... helped
glove nine double-plays ... swiped six stolen bases ...
11 multi-hit contests ... finished the season with a
pair of sacrifice flies and six sacrifice bunts ... went
1-for-3 with a run scored and walk in the season
opener against Auburn (Feb. 16) ... 1-for-2 with two
RBI and a run scored against No. 9 Oklahoma (Feb.
23) ... 1-for-3 against No. 17 California (Feb. 23) ...
2-for-4 with an RBI against UNLV (Feb. 24) ... her
RBI-single in the eighth inning plated the game-winning
run against the Runnin' Rebels ... tallied an
RBI, scored a run, and stole a base against
Jacksonville (March 2) ... scored a run and stole a
base against Virginia (March 3) ... drove in the gamewinning
run with a double against Eastern Kentucky
(March 11) ... had a 2-for-3 afternoon with two runs
scored as the leadoff batter against Fresno State at the
Judi Garman Classic (March 16) ...walked and scored
a run against No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette (March 16)
... hit a double and drove in the winning run against
IUPUI (March 22) ... finished 2-for-5 with a double,
two RBI - including the game-winner - and scored
once during a March 24 doubleheader against St.
John's ... 3-for-6 with two runs scored, one stolen
base and two RBI in the twinbill with Seton Hall
(March 25) ... had a single and scored the game-tying
run against Toledo (March 29) ... the Irish would go
on to win the contest by a 4-1 margin ... had two hits,
crossed the plate and accounted for an RBI when the
Irish took two games from Pittsburgh (March 31) ...
4-for-7 with two runs scored, an RBI and a double
over a two-game sweep versus Syracuse (April 1) ...
in the opening game of the doubleheader with the
Orange, she notched the first of her two three-hit
games on the season ... drove in the game-winning
run in the first of two games against Providence
(April 14) with a double ... also scored a run against
the Friars ... went 4-for-6 with four runs scored, a
double, a home run and four RBI in helping Notre
Dame sweep Western Michigan (April 17) ... had a 3-
for-4 game with three RBI and three runs scored in
the first game against the Broncos ... left the field 1-
for-3 after driving in the game-winner against Ball
State (April 18) ... doubled, drove in a run and scored
once against Valparaiso (April 19) ... wrapped up the
stat line with a 3-for-7 performance across a twogame
stretch with an RBI and stolen base against
South Florida (April 22) ... 1-for 2 with a home run,
two RBI, two runs scored and two walks against
Loyola (May 1) ... had three hits in the doubleheader
sweep of Rutgers (May 5) ... collected two hits, two
RBI and two walks in the two games against
Villanova (May 6) ... had two hits and a double
against No. 25 Illinois State (May 18) in the NCAA
Tournament, then scored twice after knocking two
hits one day later against Wright State (May 19).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2006): A second-team all-
BIG EAST performer ... started all 63 games for the
Irish ... third on team in sacrifice bunts (8) and stolen
bases (8) ... had a team-high 205 at-bats ... on opening
day, finished 2-for-2 with a run scored and one
stolen base against BYU (Feb. 17) ... ended up 2-for-
4 with a run scored and a double against UNLV (Feb.
18) ... crushed her first home run of the season
against Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 19) ... also went 2-
for-3 with an RBI against Florida International (Feb.
24) ... 2-for-3 with a double against No. 10 Arizona
State (March 16) ... finished 1-for-3 with a two-run
home run against No. 4 Texas (March 18) at the Judi
Garman Classic ... 2-for-3 with a double, triple and
three RBI in game one of an April 1 doubleheader
with Connecticut ... the Irish would go on to blank
UConn, 9-0 ... drove in three runs and finished 2-
for-3 in game two vs. Providence (April 2) ... 3-for-
5 with a run scored in the doubleheader vs. Eastern
Michigan (April 4) ... 2-for-5 in game two at
Syracuse (April 8), including two doubles and one
RBI ... doubled to lead off the top of the 10th inning
against the Orange then scored the game-winning
run on teammate Carissa Jaquish's home run ... finished
2-for-5 with a run scored in game two at
Pittsburgh (April 9) ... 2-for-3 with a two RBI, a
triple and a double vs. Ball State (April 11) in Notre
Dame's 6-0 win ... chipped in two hits and an RBI
in a doubleheader sweep of DePaul (April 13) ... 1-
for-3 with a double and RBI against Toledo (April
19) ... moved to the top of the lineup to sub for leadoff
hitter Stephanie Brown in an April 23 date with
Rutgers, and ended up 3-for-3 in game two against
the Scarlet Knights with two doubles and two runs
scored ... doubled in both of her first two at-bats
against Valparaiso (April 27), driving in three runs
and finishing the game 2-for-4 ... 3-for-4 with three
singles and a run scored in game one at South
Florida (April 29) ... 2-for-4 with an RBI single and
a run scored in game two against the Bulls ... 1-for-
4 with an RBI single in game two at No. 21
Louisville (May 1) ... finished 2-for-3 with two runs
scored and an RBI double vs. Loyola (May 2) ...
cranked a three-run home run in the first inning of
game one at Seton Hall (May 6), highlighting a 2-
for-4 effort in the 4-3 Irish victory ... 2-for-3 with an
RBI-double against Pittsburgh (May 14) in the BIG
EAST Tournament ... 2-for-4 with an RBI and two
runs scored against Southern Illinois (May 20) in the
NCAA Tournament ... had a pair of hits, two RBI
and a run scored in the NCAA Tournament season
finale against No. 11
Northwestern (May
21).
AS A FRESHMAN(2005):
Started 59 of 61
games for the Irish ...
began the year as the
starting shortstop, but
eventually developed
into the team's top
glove at second base
... earned first-team
all-BIG EAST honors
after torching conference
pitchers for 15
RBI, three homers
and a .333 batting
average ... her overall
numbers also earned
her NFCA All-
Mideast Region second
team accolades
... tied current Irish
assistant coach Lizzy
Lemire's Notre
Dame record for
doubles in a season
with 17 ... 2-for-2
with a double and run scored in Notre Dame's 2-1
loss to Seton Hall (May 14) in the BIG EAST
Tournament ... 2-for-3 with two runs scored in game
two of a May 1 doubleheader versus Syracuse ... 2-
for-3 with two RBI and a double in the first of two
games with St. John's (April 22) ... drove in Megan
Ruthrauff with an RBI-double in Notre Dame's 2-1
extra-inning victory in game one at DePaul (April 19)
... her third consecutive game-winning hit came in the
eighth inning of game two with UConn (April 17),
driving in Megan Ciolli with a double to center field
... ended 2-for-2 with two doubles, an RBI and run
scored against the Huskies in the nightcap ... before
that contest, she posted another game-winning hit
with a solo home run to lead off the second inning in
game one at Connecticut, keying Notre Dame's 2-0
victory ... hit the game-winning double in the top of
the seventh at Providence (April 16) to complete
Notre Dame's come-from-behind victory ... 2-for-3
with a double and two RBI in game two at Pittsburgh
(April 9) ... launched her second home run of the year
in game one at Pittsburgh, wrapping up the contest 1-
for-3 at the plate with two RBI and a sacrifice fly ...
hit her first career home run, which would prove to
be the game-winner, in the second inning of game
two at Villanova (April 4) in Notre Dame's 2-0 win ...
went 2-for-3 and crossed the plate twice in the doubleheader
opener against the Wildcats ... kick-started
Notre Dame's eleventh-inning rally against Western
Michigan with a one-out single, eventually scoring the
tying run ... Notre Dame would win, 2-1 ... 2-for-3
with an RBI, two runs scored and a double vs.
Oakland (March 20) ... 2-for-3 with a run scored vs.
Marshall (April 19) ... 2-for-4 with a run scored and
one RBI vs. Nevada (April 11) ... 2-for-3 with a run
scored and one stolen base at Hawaii (April 9) to
spurt the Irish to a 9-1 win in only five innings ... 1-
for-2 with a sacrifice, RBI and run scored vs.
Campbell (March 9) to open the Hawaii Spring Fling
... 2-for-2 with two doubles and two runs scored in a
4-2 victory over No. 19 Florida (Feb. 13) ... tallied her
first career hit - a double - against Coastal Carolina
(Feb. 12), and would later score in Notre Dame's 2-0
win.
THE LAING FILE: Four-year letterwinner at
Corona del Sol (Tempe,Ariz.) ... helped the team win
the Central Region Championship on three straight
occasions (2002-04) while claiming the
Marcos/McClintock Tournament championship four
consecutive times ... won the Class 5A state championship
in 2003 as a teammate of former Irish standout
Stephanie Brown ... named Corona del Sol's Most
Valuable Offensive Player and Most Inspirational
Player in 2004 ... earned Arizona Republic all-
Arizona second-team accolades as a senior ... named
to the 5A first-team infield by the Arizona Tribune ...
nominee for the Corona del Sol Student-Athlete of
the Year in 2004 ... a nominee for the Wendy's High
School Heisman in 2003 ... member of the California
Worth Firecrackers Gold ASA team, which finished
third at the 2003 National Tournament ... also played
junior varsity and freshmen volleyball ... highly active
in extracurricular activities and community service ...
member of the National Honor Society, Spanish
Honor Society and the Key Club ... daughter of
Barbara and Greg Laing ... oldest of two children ...
has a younger sister,Taylor ... born March 21, 1986,
in Phoenix, Ariz. ... member of Notre Dame's
Academic Honors Program for Student Athletes ...
graduated from the Mendoza College of Business and
the College of Arts & Letters with a pair of degrees
in marketing and psychology.
| Laing's Career Stats |
| Year |
Avg |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
SLG |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
GDP |
OB |
SF |
SH |
SB-ATT |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD |
| 2005 |
.308 |
61-59 |
169 |
30 |
52 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
23 |
80 |
.473 |
7 |
3 |
22 |
0 |
.344 |
1 |
9 |
6-7 |
120 |
77 |
7 |
.966 |
| 2006 |
.283 |
63-63 |
205 |
22 |
58 |
16 |
3 |
4 |
34 |
92 |
.449 |
5 |
3 |
32 |
0 |
.310 |
0 |
8 |
8-10 |
127 |
132 |
7 |
.974 |
| 2007 |
.269 |
56-56 |
160 |
27 |
43 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
26 |
60 |
.375 |
10 |
3 |
30 |
0 |
.320 |
2 |
6 |
6-8 |
57 |
115 |
16 |
.915 |
| 2008 |
.263 |
61-61 |
190 |
31 |
50 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
50 |
88 |
.463 |
14 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
.317 |
0 |
8 |
5-8 |
100 |
159 |
7 |
.974 |
| Total |
.280 |
241-239 |
724 |
110 |
203 |
55 |
7 |
16 |
133 |
320 |
.442 |
36 |
10 |
110 |
0 |
.322 |
3 |
31 |
25-33 |
404 |
483 |
37 |
.960 |
