Name: Katie Te Atamarra Johnson
Nickname and reason why: Kay Te Pai
Date of birth: 26/09/1993
Place of Birth: Henderson, West Auckland
Club: Papatoetoe Cricket Club
Highest honours: Representing Northern Spirit
Batting style: Right-handed bat
Bowling style: Medium pace
Favourite ground: Bert Sutcliffe Oval
Most memorable game and why: When Baradene beat Diocesan in the Secondary Schoolgirls 2008 qualifier – it was the first time Baradene qualified to go to the NZCT Tournament
Greatest influence on career and why: My Father, he has taught me everything I know
My favourite holiday destination: Rotorua with my family
The best advice I’ve ever received is: Do something you want to do not what everyone else wants you to do
My sporting hero is: Don Bradman
My non sporting hero is: Walt Whitman
When I was young
I wanted to be: A zoologist
Interests/hobbies outside cricket: Hockey, Kapa haka, playing the guitar
Favourite band: Paramore
Favourite movie: Army Intelligence
If I wasn’t a cricketer I would be: Playing hockey and writing scripts!
An interesting fact people do not know about me: I have a half-sister.