While at Connecticut, Cate pitched for USA Baseball's collegiate team in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, he briefly played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2018, his season was interrupted by discomfort in his left arm that led the Huskies to shut him down before he returned at the end of the spring. Across three seasons as a Huskie, Cate pitched to a 2.99 ERA in 37 games, starting 32.
