Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science...Two-time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2021, 2022)...Two-time Big Sky All-Academic selection (2020, 2021).

2022 (Junior): Appeared and started in all 23 matches...Played all 92 sets...Led the team and was ranked seventh in the Big Sky with 8.91 assists per set... Had 820 of team's 970 assists to reach 1,410 in her career...Earned career-high 57 assists vs. New Mexico on Sept. 16...The sixth-most assists in a match for any Big Sky player that season...Ranked third on the team with 17 service aces...Second on the team with a 2.58 hitting percentage...Ranked second on the team with 239 digs and 2.60 digs per set...Earned career-high 17 digs in four sets at New Mexico on Sept. 14...Had a career-best 81 kills over a season...Earned career-high nine kills and 13.5 points on Senior Day vs Idaho State on Nov. 12.

2021 (Sophomore): Appeared in 21 matches with seven starts...Played in 74 sets...Ranked second on the team with 320 assists and 4.32 assists per set...Tallied career-high 26 assists vs. UC Davis...Recorded 20 or more assists in three matches...Averaged 1.58 digs per set and totaled 117 digs...Recorded a season-high 11 digs vs. Idaho State in only double-double of the season...Totaled 21 kills and averaged 0.28 kills per set...Had a hitting percentage of .404...Ranked fourth on the team with 15 aces and averaged 0.20 aces per set...Recorded at least one ace in nine matches with five matches with multiple aces...Notched a season-high three aces at Sacramento State.

Spring 2021 (Freshman): Appeared in all 16 matches and played in all 61 sets...Ranked second on the team with 270 assists and 4.43 assists per set...Recorded season-high 23 assists twice at Portland State and vs. Weber State...Recorded 20 or more assists in five matches...Averaged 1.67 digs per set and totaled 102 digs...Recorded double-digit digs in three matches...Posted two double-doubles...Totaled a season-high 15 digs at Portland State...Recorded 14 kills and averaged 0.23 kills per set...Had a hitting percentage of .464...Ranked fourth on the team with 0.23 aces per set and 14 aces...Recorded at least one ace in eight matches and had multiple aces in three matches...Tallied a season-high five aces vs. Eastern Washington.

High School: Four-year starter and two-year team captain at Mesa HS...Averaged 6.9 assists and 2.6 digs per set as a senior...Totaled 841 assists, 317 digs, 237 kills, 71 aces and 83 blocks during senior season...Amassed over 3,000 assists and 1,100 career digs...Named 6A East Valley Region Player of the Year and team MVP as a senior...Three-time All-Region First Team...Two-time First Team 6A All-Conference in 2018 and 2019...Four-year All-Academic All-Arizona First Team...Earned Prep Senior Ace...Broke school career assists record...Helped team win three consecutive region championships...Also played for Arizona Storm Elite club team...4.86 high school GPA.

Personal: Katherine J. Hatch was born April 25 in Mesa, Ariz....Daughter of Kirk and Amy...Has three older brothers, JT, Drew and Mark, and one older sister, Annie...Brother, JT, played volleyball at UCLA...Brother, Mark, is currently playing basketball at Dixie State...Sister, Annie, is currently playing volleyball at Iowa State...Hobbies include hiking with her dogs, hanging with her friends and shopping...Most exciting event was watching her brother play for the national championship at UCLA...Chose NAU because it was close to home and she loved the location.