2026 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Katie Wetteland Joins Hogs

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.  – Former Nevada infielder and 2026 Mountain West Freshman of the Year Katie Wetteland has transferred to Arkansas to join Head Coach Courtney Deifel and the Razorbacks.

In addition to earning Mountain West Freshman of the Year honors, Wetteland was a D1Softball Second-Team Freshman All-American, a First-Team All-Mountain West Selection, and a Second-Team NFCA All-Mountain Region honoree. The Rocklin, Calif., product started all 53 games for the Wolf Pack while batting .400 with 70 hits, 12 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs, 49 RBI, 23 walks, 52 runs scored, and five stolen bases. She posted a .490 on-base percentage and a .686 slugging percentage. Defensively, she recorded a .966 fielding percentage with just four errors in 117 total chances at third base.

Wetteland posted 23 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games during her freshman campaign. She opened her collegiate career with a pair of home runs and a single in the season opener against Illinois. Wetteland was named Mountain West Freshman of the Week and D1Softball Mid Major Freshman of the Week after batting .647 with 11 hits, seven RBI, and five extra-base hits across five games, highlighted by three-hit and four-hit performances that included a double and home run in each contest against Oregon State.

Prior to her time at Nevada, Wetteland was a standout at Rocklin High School, where she was a multi-year starter. As a senior in 2025, she was named a First-Team All-Metro selection by the Sacramento Bee in addition to being a first-team all-league honoree after batting a single-season school record .523 with 12 home runs and 43 RBI as a senior. Wetteland led Rocklin to a sectional championship as a junior in 2024. Her sister Becky played at Boise State under current Arkansas Associate Head Coach Justin Shults in 2023.

Wetteland is the second transfer to join the Razorbacks in the 2026 cycle, alongside Notre Dame transfer infielder Ava Zachary.

Arkansas is coming off a historic 47-13 campaign, which featured the Razorbacks’ first trip to the Women’s College World Series in program history. The 2026 Arkansas squad’s 47 victories were the second-most in program history, while the Razorbacks’ 26 run-rule wins were a program record. At Bogle Park, Arkansas posted a 29-3 record, which marked the second-most wins and second-best winning percentage since the stadium opened in 2009, trailing only 31 wins in 2022 and a .931 winning percentage during a 27-2 campaign in 2018.

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