Western Colorado University Athletics

2021 (Senior): RMAC All-Conference Second Team ... Finnerty started in all 27 matches, playing in a total of 103 sets ... Was second on the team in kills with 230 and had 12 service aces ... Had a team high 114 blocks, 34 of those being solo which also led the team ... Kat best game in terms of kills came against South Dakota Mines (Oct. 23) where she had 16 kills, and accounted for 22.5 points. 

Prior to Western: Played four seasons for Lindenwood University. 

2020-21 (Covid Season): GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award ... GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar honoree ... Academic All-GLVC selection ... GLVC James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award … appeared in 19 matches while playing 64 sets for Lindenwood … totaled 167 kills alongside a career-high 15 assists, 15 service aces, and 157 digs, along with 31 total blocks for averages of 2.61 kills, 0.23 assists, 0.23 service aces, 2.45 digs, and 0.48 blocks per set … finished the season with 198.5 points … 12th in the GLVC in points per set (3.10) and kills … 14th in the league in attacks per set (8.42) and kills per set … tied a career-high with three assists against Quincy on March 26 … finished with four service aces at No. 20 Drury on March 5, tying a personal-high, the second-most in a single-match in program NCAA-era history … her 19 digs against Quincy were a career-high and tied for the fifth-most in a single-match in team NCAA-era history … recorded a season-high 20 kills at No. 8 Missouri-St. Louis on April 10 … finished with a season-best four blocks in two different matches … second on the team in kills and service aces, third in assists, and fourth in digs and blocks … tallied seven matches with double-digit kill totals … notched a double double against McKendree on Feb. 27 with 13 kills and 13 digs … finished the match against Quincy with her second double double of the season, going for 10 kills and 19 digs.

2019 (Junior): Appeared in 23 matches for Lindenwood … GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar … 2019-20 GEICO Academic All-GLVC honoree … 2019 James R. Spalding Sportsmanship nominee … recorded 148 kills for the Lions … averaged 2.00 kills per set … tallied five aces, and 51 digs during the season … season-high 21 kills against Montevallo on Sep. 14 … notched 22 points, a season-best, against Montevallo … finished with nine total blocks against Ursuline on Oct. 19.

2018 (Sophomore): Played in 30 matches with 28 starts ... was fourth on the team with 213 kills (2.11 per set) while hitting .285 attack percentage ... at Pitt State, posted a season-best 13 kills with a .500 attack percentage ... at Missouri Southern, notched 11 kills with three aces and five digs ... On Sept. 22 against Emporia State, recorded 13 total blocks, the fourth-best five-set total in the NCAA that season.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 20 matches, making 14 starts in her freshman season ... recorded 77 kills (1.38 per set) with 51 blocks (.91 per set) ... against Washburn on Sept. 30, notched 10 kills with a .429 attack percentage and four blocks ... had six blocks against Southwest Baptist on Oct. 7.

High School: Attended Waterloo High School … earned first-team and second-team all-conference honors … won the offensive award and Vernie Moffitt MVP.