WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Head coach Magali Frezzotti welcomed six players for the 2025-26 academic year, featuring Bella Douglas (utility), Bri Fontenot (pitcher), Anna Moore (middle infield), Kendyl Rainey (outfield), Kate Sarago (outfield) and Haley Waggoner (catcher).
"The 2025 class is loaded with talent, work ethic, and personalities," Frezzotti said. "Offensively, we are adding a ton of power and speed, and defensively, they are solid all around - plus, we are adding a high-level battery to the bullpen. They are going to complete us and elevate Purdue Softball. I cannot wait to see the way they compliment our existing group of talented Boilermakers."
The additions hail from five states: Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah.
Bella Douglas
Position: UTL
Hometown: Howell, Utah
High School: Bear River
Intended Major: Exploratory Studies
Club Team: Impact Caymol Premier 18U
Bri Fontenot
Position: RHP
Hometown: Kinder, La.
High School: Kinder
Intended Major: Kinesiology
Club Team: Strykers National Esparza
Anna Moore
Position: MIF
Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
High School: Cathedral
Intended Major: Engineering
Club Team: Indiana Magic Gold
Kendyl Rainey
Position: OF
Hometown: Munster, Ind.
High School: Marian Catholic
Intended Major: Exploratory Studies / Business / Psychology
Club Team: D1Vision 18U National
Kate Sarago
Position: OF
Hometown: Chamblee, Ga.
High School: Chamblee
Intended Major: Biomedical Health Sciences
Club Team: Athletics Gold Tamborra
Haley Waggoner
Position: C
Hometown: Athens, Ala.
High School: West Limestone
Intended Major: Architecture
Club Team: Indiana Magic Gold-Green
"The 2025 class is loaded with talent, work ethic, and personalities," Frezzotti said. "Offensively, we are adding a ton of power and speed, and defensively, they are solid all around - plus, we are adding a high-level battery to the bullpen. They are going to complete us and elevate Purdue Softball. I cannot wait to see the way they compliment our existing group of talented Boilermakers."
The additions hail from five states: Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana and Utah.
Bella Douglas
Position: UTL
Hometown: Howell, Utah
High School: Bear River
Intended Major: Exploratory Studies
Club Team: Impact Caymol Premier 18U
- Ranked the #2 utility player and #19 overall player for the class of 2025 by Extra Innings Softball
- Two-time 4A First Team All-State honoree
- 2023 4A State Champion
- Helped the team to a 2022 Regional Champion title
- As a junior, registered a .465 batting average with her club team and a .950 fielding %
- Posted 10 home runs between her club and high school teams during her junior campaign
- Posted a .510 on-base %, 1.181 OPS and 30 RBI for Bear River High School as a junior
- During her sophomore year, owned a .510 batting average after blasting 14 homers and 55 RBI
- Career goal is to work in behavioral profiling or forensic psychology
- Parents: Brooke and Justin Douglas
- Sisters: Pearl, Perri and Louee
Bri Fontenot
Position: RHP
Hometown: Kinder, La.
High School: Kinder
Intended Major: Kinesiology
Club Team: Strykers National Esparza
- Finalist for the 18u 2024 PGF
- Received the team's pitching and hitting award for all three years at Kinder
- During the fall 2024 club season, has notched 20 strikeouts while batting .385
- As a junior, struck out 94 batters with a 1.7 ERA for Kinder
- Totaled 50 RBI and 18 homers behind the plate as a junior for Kinder with a .583 batting average
- As a sophomore, totaled 90 strikeouts for Kinder
- Registered a 522 batting average with 40 RBI and nine homers at Kinder in her sophomore campaign
- Owns the Strykers National club record for home runs (8) as a freshman
- Notched a .516 batting average and 146 strikeouts with a 1.85 ERA from the circle as she helped lead Kinder to the state semifinals
- Parents: Shanna and Brandon
- Siblings: Brother William and sisters Anna Camille and Kennedi
Anna Moore
Position: MIF
Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.
High School: Cathedral
Intended Major: Engineering
Club Team: Indiana Magic Gold
- First Team All-State as a junior
- Three-time all-city selection
- Posted an on-base % over .550 in each season at Cathedral
- Registered a .634 batting average as a junior with a .699 on-base % and 52 hits
- Currently batting .438% this fall for the Indiana Magic Gold club team with a .486 on-base %
- Secured a .966 fielding % as a junior for Cathedral
- As a sophomore, posted a .746 slugging % which included five triples
- Began her high school career with a .496 batting average with 49 hits and 15 stolen bases
- From a family with nine Purdue alums, including parents David and Nany Moore and sister Valerie
Kendyl Rainey
Position: OF
Hometown: Munster, Ind.
High School: Marian Catholic
Intended Major: Exploratory Studies / Business / Psychology
Club Team: D1Vision 18U National
- Helped lead her team to a 2024 D1Vision Fall Death Valley Championship title
- As a junior with her travel team, batted .379
- Led her club team in stolen bases while maintaining a perfect 100% stolen base rate
- Threw out 26 runners from the outfield with a perfect 1.000 fielding % as a junior
- Throughout her freshman and sophomore campaigns, maintained a batting average over .340%
- Registered a batting average of .463 and POS of .990 with 25 hits, 26 runs as a freshman for her club team
- Parents: Kason and Cory Rainey
- Brothers: Alijah and Cylis with Alijah playing baseball at Olive Harvey Junior College
Kate Sarago
Position: OF
Hometown: Chamblee, Ga.
High School: Chamblee
Intended Major: Biomedical Health Sciences
Club Team: Athletics Gold Tamborra
- Ranked #13 among all outfielders in the nation and #4 in the southeast by Extra Innings Softball
- Ranked as high as #12 overall player by Extra Innings Softball while a sophomore
- Named Dekalb County Player of the Year, Regional Player of the Year in addition to First Team All-Region as a junior
- Competed at the Georgia Dugout Club All-State Game at Truist Park
- Re-wrote the Chamblee High School record book for runs scored in a single season (49 as a senior), home runs in a single season (7 as a senior), career runs scored (178), career RBI (109), career home runs (13)
- Helped guide her senior class to the all-time career wins record for a graduating class with 102 wins
- Registered a .525 batting average as a senior with a .633 on-base %, 1.546 OPS and .913 slugging %
- Totaled 49 runs, 42 hits, 27 RBI, 22 stolen bases and seven homers as a senior
- Recorded a .563 batting average as a junior with a .873 slugging % and .627 on-base % during her junior campaign as she totaled 49 hits, 49 runs and 24 RBI
- Letterwinner in track & field, making the State Championship Meet as a junior in long jump and triple jump, broke the 4x200m school record. She was the long jump county champion, made second team all-district and was named Field Athlete of the Year
- Parents: Dan and Karyn Sarago
- Sister: Emi Sarago
Haley Waggoner
Position: C
Hometown: Athens, Ala.
High School: West Limestone
Intended Major: Architecture
Club Team: Indiana Magic Gold-Green
- 2022 Alabama All-State Champion
- 2024 PGF National Champion with the Indiana Magic club team
- Alabama All-Area selection as a sophomore
- Named First Team All-State Catcher as a sophomore
- Selected Athens HS Defensive MVP as a sophomore
- Helped her club team the Birmingham Thunderbolts to a PGF national championship and a PGF Show me the Money tournament titles
- Member of the National Honors Society
- Parents: Shelli and Michael. Shelli played softball and basketball at UT Martin