Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Bowling Green on September 3, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 1
Final
Women's Volleyball
3
vs Bowling Green
1
2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Stafford, Kadence
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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
Bio
Single-Game Career Highs
- At-bats: 3 | 4 times, last vs. Wichita State (4/30/25)
- Hits: 2 | vs. East Texas A&M (3/1/25)
- Triples: 1 | vs. East Texas A&M (3/1/25)
- Total Bases: 7 | vs. East Texas A&M (3/1/25)
- RBI: 4 | vs. East Texas A&M (3/1/25)
- Runs: 4 | vs. East Texas A&M (3/1/25)
- Walks: 1 | 2 times, last at Arizona St. (4/5/25)
- Stolen bases: 1 | 4 times, last at Utah (3/23/25)
- Putouts: 4 | at Utah (3/22/25)
Sophomore (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.
Freshman (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/Club
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
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Kansas at Iowa State Highlights - Game 3
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