2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Blunt, Kate
OF
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/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballSS
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballC
/ SoftballC/UTIL
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballUTIL
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP/OF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballC/INF
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Jersey Number 44
Kate Blunt
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- High School:
- Tesoro HS
- Hometown:
- Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Bio
Career
Blunt played in 21 games and made two starts at shortstop over four seasons at UCLA … logged all 10 at-bats and four base hits in her senior season … finished her career with 11 runs scored, three runs batted in and two doubles … registered seven putouts and four assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
2025
Blunt played in 12 games and made two starts at shortstop in her final season at UCLA … recorded the first four hits of her collegiate career, going 4-for-10 with a pair of doubles … drove in the first three runs of her career … scored eight runs … recorded the first two hits of her career against Weber State, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs, three runs scored and a double (March 1) … smacked an RBI double at Howard (March 26) … logged seven putouts and three assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
USA Baseball (2024)
Blunt made one relief appearance on the U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team at the 2024 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals in Thunder Bay, Ontario, held July 28-Aug. 3 … threw one inning of no-hit ball against Chinese Taipei (July 31).
2024
Blunt made her first-career appearances in the field in 2024, coming off the bench to play shortstop in two games against LMU (March 16) and CSUN (April 30) … logged one assist … pinch ran in two games … scored one run versus DePaul (March 2).
2023
Blunt did not appear in a contest.
2022
Blunt made two pinch-run appearances, scoring a run in both games … did not have an at-bat.
High School
Blunt was a baseball and softball star at Tesoro High School (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) … on Tesoro’s baseball team in 2019, she played in 30 games, posting a .286 batting average and eight RBIs … pitched in 11 games on the mound that 2019 season, recording 15 strikeouts in 14.2 innings … ranked 83rd among infielders and 106th overall in Extra Inning Softball's rankings … named to the 2019 U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team, pitching in three games and striking out four in 2.1 innings to help the U.S. win gold at the COPABE Women’s Pan American Championships … played travel ball for the OC Batbusters Lara/Portesi 18U team.
Personal
Born Kate Elizabeth Ai-Blunt in Placentia, Calif … parents are Ken and Thanh Blunt … has one older brother, Cameron … has one older sister, Lauren … chose UCLA because it is “the combination of the best education and softball, and it has always been my dream school” … lists Corey Seager and Kiké Hernandez as athletes she admires most … describes her greatest athletic trill as making the 2019 U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team roster … enjoys going to the beach and snowboarding … lists the Los Angeles Dodgers as her favorite baseball team … favorites include musical artist Harry Styles and the show New Girl ... says what she likes most about softball is “the competitiveness of the game and playing with people as passionate as I am” … graduated from UCLA with a degree in biology ... pursuing a career in sports medicine.
Kate Blunt's Career Highs
Blunt played in 21 games and made two starts at shortstop over four seasons at UCLA … logged all 10 at-bats and four base hits in her senior season … finished her career with 11 runs scored, three runs batted in and two doubles … registered seven putouts and four assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
2025
Blunt played in 12 games and made two starts at shortstop in her final season at UCLA … recorded the first four hits of her collegiate career, going 4-for-10 with a pair of doubles … drove in the first three runs of her career … scored eight runs … recorded the first two hits of her career against Weber State, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs, three runs scored and a double (March 1) … smacked an RBI double at Howard (March 26) … logged seven putouts and three assists for a 1.000 fielding percentage.
USA Baseball (2024)
Blunt made one relief appearance on the U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team at the 2024 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals in Thunder Bay, Ontario, held July 28-Aug. 3 … threw one inning of no-hit ball against Chinese Taipei (July 31).
2024
Blunt made her first-career appearances in the field in 2024, coming off the bench to play shortstop in two games against LMU (March 16) and CSUN (April 30) … logged one assist … pinch ran in two games … scored one run versus DePaul (March 2).
2023
Blunt did not appear in a contest.
2022
Blunt made two pinch-run appearances, scoring a run in both games … did not have an at-bat.
High School
Blunt was a baseball and softball star at Tesoro High School (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) … on Tesoro’s baseball team in 2019, she played in 30 games, posting a .286 batting average and eight RBIs … pitched in 11 games on the mound that 2019 season, recording 15 strikeouts in 14.2 innings … ranked 83rd among infielders and 106th overall in Extra Inning Softball's rankings … named to the 2019 U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team, pitching in three games and striking out four in 2.1 innings to help the U.S. win gold at the COPABE Women’s Pan American Championships … played travel ball for the OC Batbusters Lara/Portesi 18U team.
Personal
Born Kate Elizabeth Ai-Blunt in Placentia, Calif … parents are Ken and Thanh Blunt … has one older brother, Cameron … has one older sister, Lauren … chose UCLA because it is “the combination of the best education and softball, and it has always been my dream school” … lists Corey Seager and Kiké Hernandez as athletes she admires most … describes her greatest athletic trill as making the 2019 U.S. Women’s Baseball National Team roster … enjoys going to the beach and snowboarding … lists the Los Angeles Dodgers as her favorite baseball team … favorites include musical artist Harry Styles and the show New Girl ... says what she likes most about softball is “the competitiveness of the game and playing with people as passionate as I am” … graduated from UCLA with a degree in biology ... pursuing a career in sports medicine.
Kate Blunt's Career Highs
| At-Bats | 3 vs. Weber State (3/1/25) |
| Runs Scored | 3 vs. Weber State (3/1/25) |
| Hits | 2 vs. Weber State (3/1/25) |
| Runs Batted In | 2 vs. Weber State (3/1/25) |
| Doubles | 1, Two Times (last at Howard, 3/26/25) |
| Triples | -- |
| Home Runs | -- |
| Total Bases | 3 vs. Weber State (3/1/25) |
| Walks | 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara (5/18/25) |
| Sacrifice Flies | -- |
| Sacrifice Hits | -- |
| Stolen Bases | -- |
| Hit-By-Pitches | -- |
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