Completed Event: Softball versus Iowa State on April 25, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 2 , (8 Inn.)
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vs Iowa State
(8 Inn.)
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2026 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 5
Kadence Stafford
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-9
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Bentonville, Ark.
- High School:
- Bentonville High School
Career Honors: 2026: CSC Academic All-District.
2026: Played and started 54 games in 2026, batting .310 on the season with a .425 on base percentage and .574 slugging percentage in 129 at bats... Recorded a career-high 40 hits, 38 runs, 74 total bases, 21 walks, 32 RBIs and 7 home runs... Had a career high 3 hit game against Utah State on May 6... Recorded a career high 5 RBI game against Utah on March 22, recording two doubles in three at bats... Had a fielding percentage of .948, with 69 assists and 58 putouts.
2025: Appeared in 42 games with 21 starts … Recorded career highs across the board with 13 hits, including a triple and a home run, along with four RBIs … Also tallied four stolen bases, tying for the third-most on the team … Hit her first career home run against East Texas A&M (March, 1) … Finished the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
2024: Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Appeared in 30 games, the most out of the freshman class, primarily as a pinch runner … Had two at-bats and two assists against Illinois (Feb. 16) … Contributed two putouts versus Belmont (March 2) … Produced a total of six runs.
High School: Earned 6A All-State honors her senior season (2023) … In 2023, Stafford hit .400 with 1.313 OPS, seven home runs, 29 RBI, 47 runs and added 26 stolen bases … Helped lead her team to a third-place finish in the state tournament (6A) … Helped lead her team to back-to-back state championships in 2021 and 2022 … Named the 6A Newcomer of the Year in 2021 … Recognized by Extra Inning Softball as one of the best 60 players in the country in the 2023 class … She was also ranked in the Extra Innings Softball rankings, coming in at 97th in their annual Extra Elite 100 rankings.
Personal: Daughter of Michael and Laurie Stafford … Has one sister, Karlie
Softball Highlights vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball Postgame Press Conference vs. Michigan
Friday, May 15
Softball NCAA Selection Show
Monday, May 11
Softball Highlights vs. UCF
Thursday, May 07
