ORLANDO, Fla.. – Washburn Ichabod softball head coach Brenda Holaday has announced that Kierra Goos, a 5-8, junior-to-be pitcher from Manhattan, Kan., will join the Ichabods for the 2025-26 season. Goos played the previous two years at South Dakota State.

"We are excited to welcome Kierra to our softball program!" Holaday said. "We believe she will make an immediate impact on our pitching staff and our program in general. She has a great work ethic and a strong desire to showcase her talents on the field. It's great to have an area athlete come back closer to home and we can't wait to get her on campus."

In her two seasons with the Jackrabbits, Goos appeared in nine games and was a Summit League Academic Honor Roll member. At Manhattan High School, Goos helped lead the Indians on the mound and in the field to team's first state tournament appearance since 2004 in the spring of 2023. In the circle as a senior, she pitched 112 innings, struck out 204 batters while recording a 2.18 ERA, and led Indians at the plate with a .462 batting average to go along with five home runs and 27 RBI. She was named the 2023 Spring All-Flint Hills Female Athlete of the Year. She was a two-time Kansas Class 6A All-State Softball Team, including a first-team selection as a junior as a utility position player after hitting .372 that season along with a .439 on-base percentage and .640 slugging percentage connecting on two home runs with eight runs scored and 24 RBI. She also pitched 103 innings in 2022 and struck out 94 batters en route to first team all-state and all-league honors. In 2021, she earned all-league honors with 96 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched. She was part of the Missouri 4A State Championship in 2019 at Blue Spring High School tossing 66 innings as a freshman with 41 strikeouts before moving to Manhattan. She is the daughter of Nick and Karen Goos and has a brother, Jackson, and a sister, Maya. Her dad played football at Central Missouri and her mother played volleyball and was a member of the track and field team.

"Washburn was the right choice for me because of the support from the coaching staff and the opportunity to add to a great team," Goos said.