Former Kuemper Catholic star Dani Stipe is one of four former players being inducted into the 2017 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Softball Hall of Fame this week during the State Tournament. The induction ceremony will be Thursday at 7:00pm in Fort Dodge.

The three other inductees include; Cindy Johnston, Norwalk, Jenna Spratt, Clear Creek, Amana, and Jeree Carlson, From Sioux City, East.

Stipe played at Kuemper from 2002-to-2006.  She owned a career batting average of .560, scoring 190 career runs with 187 career stolen bases, which ranks second in Iowa. Stipe’s 287 career hits rank second in Iowa and seventh on the national all-time lists. She was a two-time Elite All-State selection, batting .646 with 117 hits as a junior, both state records while the 117 hits in a season is a national record.  As a senior, Stipe led Kuemper Catholic to a sixth-place finish at the state tournament, where was named to the all-tournament team after hitting .600 with four stolen bases. She hit .554 for the season and was the Iowa offensive player of the year. Stipe went on to compete for the Northern Iowa Track and Field team as a successful heptathlon and was inducted into the IGHSAU Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012. Stipe is the daughter of former Nishna Valley coach Dan Stipe.