Overview: Will compete for time and add depth to all three outfield positions ... Expected to platoon in right field with fellow senior Anne Creighton ... Ranks as the Braves active career leader in stolen bases with 10 and provides a left-handed bat off the bench.
Hayes on Dammer: "One of our most aggressive outfielders, she also has one of our strongest arms. Katy has been working hard on her hitting, and she knows she will need to stay consistent in order to win a starting spot."
2008 Season (Junior): Played in 31 games, making four starts ... Had RBI singles in back-to-back outings against Indiana State and Northern Iowa ... Scored an insurance run late in the March 2 game against Southern Illinois, helping Bradley to its first win against the Salukis since 2003 ... Made all four starts in the outfield ... Stole two bases on the year.
2007 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in 36 games, starting 14 games in the corner outfield positions ... Finished the year with a .265 average, 11 runs scored, a double, a triple, and three RBI ... Perfect in two stolen base attempts ... Recorded her first career hit Feb. 17 against Western Illinois ... Notched first career RBI March 10 at Southeast Missouri State ... Scored two runs in a 3-for-4 effort with a triple and RBI in a March 11 win over Belmont ... Collected two hits in a March 29 victory over Illinois-Chicago ... Doubled in her only at bat against Drake April 1.
2006 Season (Freshman): Was used as a pinch runner, making just one plate appearance ... Played in 33 games and was second on the team with six stolen bases on just seven attempts ... Also scored 11 runs which was tied for seventh on the team and tied for the most among the Braves reserves ... Scored in four consecutive games, crossing the plate in both games of doubleheaders against Illinois and Evansville ... Was successful on each of her first six stolen base attempts and swiped her first base against Middle Tennessee State.
High School: A team captain she was named one of the top 100 players in the Chicagoland area ... Helped Lincoln-Way East to the 2002 IHSA Class AA State Championship as a freshman ... Hit .347 as a junior, scoring 16 runs and stealing seven bases.
Personal: The daughter of Jean and Mike Dammer, Katy was born March 14, 1987 in Palos Heights, Ill. ... The oldest of three children, she has two younger brothers Mike (19) and Jake (15) ... Majoring in elementary education with a concentration in mathematics ... Member of the Braves Council, the student-athlete advisory committee ... Has been named to the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll five times.
