Marshall University Athletics
Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2017
- Class:
- 2005
As a four-year starter for the Thundering Herd, Katie Stein re-wrote the setter record in the Marshall books and helped lead the Herd to a C-USA regular season and tournament title in 2005, Marshall’s first title in the new league, en route to a 15-1 mark in league play. That season, Marshall also advanced to just the second NCAA Tournament in school history.
Over the course of her career, the Sussex, Wisc., product helped the Herd to 89 wins, including 26 in 2005. Stein was the first recruit landed by head coach Mitch Jacobs when he took over the program in 2002, and Jacobs called Stein, "the most important recruit of his career" at that time. Marshall's 20 wins in 2002 was a first since 1998, and Marshall won the "Golden Ball" from WVU for the first time - a traveling trophy that has never left Huntington. Marshall was the runner-up in the Mid-American Conference tournament in both 2003 and 2004.
Stein received Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2005 on the AVCA Coaches team, the first setter so honored at Marshall. She was also AVCA All-Mid-East Region and first team All-C-USA and was on the All-MAC Freshman team in 2002. Stein is the all-time assists leader at Marshall with 5,888 and is second in aces with 200.
She was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.
