Career Accolades
2025 NFCA First Team All-American ... 2025 SAC Player of the Year ... 2025 Academic Third Team All-America ... 2025 NFCA All-Region First Team ... 2024 NFCA National Gold Glove (RF) ... 2025 First Team All-SAC .. 2024 First Team All-SAC ... 2023 Third Team All-SAC ... 2023 All-SAC Tournament team
2025 (Junior)
Gallagher had a standout junior year at Catawba… Started and played in all 46 games, breaking the record for highest batting average in a single season(.480), home runs in a season(16), and highest slugging percentage in a season(.907)... Gallagher was named SAC Player of the Year, NFCA First Team All-American, All SAC First Team, and NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team…
2024 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 50 games during the 2024 season ... Earned First Team All-SAC honors and a spot on the NFCA National Gold Glove award at right field, the first in Catawba softball history to earn a national Gold Glove award ... Hit .385 with 60 hits, including nine doubles and five homers ... Recorded 41 RBI with 26 walks, three stolen bases and 41 runs scored ... Had a 3-for-4 day with a double and four RBI in the 6-5 win over Florida Tech on Feb. 3 ... Recorded two hits, including a homer with four RBI in the 12-4 win over Belmont Abbey on Feb. 13 ... Went 3-for-4 with a homer, a walk and two runs scored in the 16-9 win over Tusculum on March 20
2023 (Freshman)
Played in all 45 games as a freshman ... Earned All-SAC Third Team honors as well as a spot on the All-SAC Tournament team ... Hit .420, ranking second on the team with 60 hits, including eight doubles, nine homers and team-high 46 RBI with seven walks and two steals ... Scored a season-high three runs in the 11-2 win over W.V. Wesleyan on Feb. 18 ... Went 4-for-4 in the regular season finale vs. Coker on Apr. 23 ... Tied a program-record with seven RBI with two homers, one of which was a grandslam, in the SAC Tournament win vs. Limestone on Apr. 28
High School
Four-year letterman in both softball and basketball ... Her stellar play led to many honors: All-Conference selection three years, Conference Player of the Year, All-District class 3A twice, All-District class 4A, All-State class 3A twice, All-State class 4A, and 4A NC State Player of the Year for the WestÂ
Personal
Daughter of Brian and Theresa Gallagher ... Born in Burlington, N.C. ... Grew up in Graham, N.C. ... Her brother, Preston Gallagher, plays lacrosse at Tusculum University
