University of West Alabama

2010: Pitched in 43 games and started 26 games for the Tigers … Amassed a 25-6 recorded in her first year with UWA with a 2.92 ERA and logged 189.2 innings … Started the season with an 13-0 record … Recorded 205 strikeouts … Registered 11 games with at least seven strikeouts and three games with double digit strikeout totals … Pitched a complete game one hit, 11 strikeout performance against Judson College on April 13.

Johnson City Community College: Named National Junior College Athletic Association All-American as a sophomore at Johnson City CC … A two-time Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference selection, earning First Team status last season and a Second Team honoree in 2008 … Named to the KJCCC All-Region VI teams in 2008 and 2009 … Helped guide JCCC to 72 wins in two seasons and a pair of regional championships … Finished a combined 32-6 in the circle at JCCC after turning in an impressive 13-1 mark last season … Finished her second season at JCCC with 124 strikeouts in 97 innings pitched … Allowed just 23 earned runs and posted a 1.65 earned run average … Tabbed to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s 2008 All-Region VI Team … As a freshman, she led the staff in ERA (1.93), games played (34, complete games (15) and strikeouts (102) … Her ERA ranked 25th in the NJCAA … Stellar performer in the classroom after earning Academic All-American honors from the NFCA and the NJCAA in 2008 and 2009.

Prep: Attended Garden City High School in Garden City, Kan. … Coached by her father, John Ford … Earned four varsity letters in softball and three in cheerleading … Named by the Kansas Softball Coaches Association as a Second Team All-State pitcher her sophomore, junior and senior years … Named the Hutchinson News Pitcher of the Year in 2007 … Also selected the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Garnered First Team All-Area honors by the Hutchinson News in 2005 and 2006 … Was a four-time Western Athletic Conference and Garden City Telegram All-Area First Team selection … Won 55 games in her prep career … Struck out 201 batters and posted a 17-4 record her sophomore year … Went 17-5 her junior year and a 12-8 as a senior with 156 strikeouts … Owns the school record for most career strikeouts with 678 and innings pitched with 513 … Also set a game record for most batters struck out with 18 … Nationals Honors Society member … Three-time academic letter winner … Was a 2007 Kansas Amateur Softball Association scholarship winner.

Personal: Katherine Elizabeth Ford was born on April 28, 1989 in Garden City, Kan. … The daughter of John and Sharon Ford … Has three siblings, brother JJ (22) and sisters Kelli (16) and Leslie (14) … JJ is a member of the Midwestern State University football team … Enjoys watching football, shopping, eating and spending time with friends when away from the softball diamond … Her highest ambition in sports is to win a national championship … Her objective beyond sports is to teach high school math and be a coach … Participated in travel ball with the Garden City Magic and the Wichita Vipers.