Kate Christian

Photo by: Judy Stapleton

Photo by: Judy Stapleton

Awards/Accolades:
2018 All-Southern Conference Academic Team
2018 Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Senior):

Saw action in 14 games, including five starts.
Totaled four goals, eight assists, 12 points, eight shots, seven shots on goal, six groundballs and three caused turnovers for the season.
Recorded a game-high two goals, four assists, three shots on goal, one caused turnover and two draw controls against Detroit Mercy (5/3/18).
Registered a .875 percentage for shots on goal.

2017 (Junior):

Saw time in 11 games.
Added eleven goals for the season, including a season-high of four goals against Old Dominion.
Averaged a .789 percentage for shots on goal.
Led the team with 15 assists, including a career-high of five assists.
Totaled eight ground balls, including a season-high of two ground balls against Old Dominion.
Recorded a career-high of nine points against Old Dominion.

2016 (Sophmore):

Played in 18 games and earned 17 starts for the Bears.
Finished the season third on the team with 35 points off 16 goals and 19 assists.
Was second in assists and fourth in goals for the year.
Added 24 ground balls, eight draw controls and six caused turnovers.
Is second on Mercer’s career points (64) and assists (28) leaderboards.

2015 (Freshman):

Played in 12 games for Mercer and earned five starts in her rookie season.
Was named to the Atlantic Sun Freshman Team.
Finished the season third on the team with 29 points and 22 goals.
Also registered seven assists, 12 draw controls, 10 ground balls and a caused turnover.
Averaged 1.83 goals per game and had a .900 shots on goal percentage.
Went 4-of-6 in free-position shots, scoring the second-most free-position goals for the Bears.

BEFORE MERCER:

Four-year letter winner for Hinsdale Central, where she was coached by Lindsay Owens.
Named to the 2014 Midwest Region Player of the Year watch list.
2013 All-American Honorable Mention.
2013 All-State First Team selection.
2014 and 2012 All-State Honorable Mention.
Led Hinsdale in scoring in 2013.
Helped her team to a state runner-up finish in 2011.
Helped Hinsdale to 2012, 2013 and 2014 state semi-final appearances.
Holds the Hinsdale Central record for single-game assists (6).
Academic All-American.
Honor Roll and Dean’s List member.