Kate is the daughter of Jeff and Andrea Pippenger. She is the granddaughter of Mike and Sue Scifres and John and Cindy Pippenger. She is the proud little sister of three brothers, Jase, Tye and Brett and one sister, Alex.

Kate is a member of the National Honor Society and Oklahoma High School Honor Society. She has been the Vice President of her class for three years. She has participated in FCA and Native American Cultural Club.

She has played fastpitch softball, basketball and slowpitch softball for four years and track for one year.

She was named Fastpitch All Conference for three years and was the Most Valuable Player this year.

She was named 2024 Oklahoma Fastpitch All State and Native All State Fastpitch. She has been named Slowpitch All Conference for three years and was the Offensive Player of the Year 2023.

Kate loves to read, spend time with her family and talk politics. She is always ready for the next adventure. She loves her church family at North Fork Baptist Church.

Kate is planning to go to Oklahoma State University, where she is weighing her career options.