2024 Bay Area News Group softball player of the year: Texas A&M-bound Munnerlyn went 15-0 with a 0.52 ERA
Kate Munnerlyn, the Bay Area News Group 2024 softball player of the year, throws a pitch for St. Francis in the 2024 CCS Open Division softball title game Facing the top of the formidable Archbishop Mitty lineup and clinging to a slim 4-2 lead entering the sixth inning, St. Francis looked to left-handed ace Kate Munnerlyn to close out the Central Coast Section Open Division championship.
For this, Munnerlyn repeated as the Bay Area News Group softball player of the year. Not only was she the team’s top pitcher and a formidable hitter, but Munnerlyn also took on more of a leadership role in the dugout.St. Francis’ Kate Munnerlyn gestures and she runs the bases after hitting a three-run homer in the fifth inning against Archbishop Mitty High at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
Those gaudy strikeout numbers continued once the Lancers got back to the Bay Area. She K’d 17 in victories against Archbishop Mitty and Valley Christian. St. Francis softball players welcome back home their teammate Kate Munnerlyn after hitting a three-run homer in the fifth inning against Archbishop Mitty High at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
“This is what we’re supposed to do,” Munnerlyn said after St. Francis beat Mitty to improve to 28-0. “We were supposed to win last year, too, honestly. We came out and got our redemption, or our get back.” “I am so sad to lose her after this year,” Jaime Oakland said. “She blows us all away in practice and works her butt off.”
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