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2018 Field Hockey

19 Kathleen Young

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Essex Junction, Vt.
  • High School Essex
  • Position Forward
  • Major Human Evolutionary Biology
  • House Affiliation Winthrop

Biography

Career Highs:
Goals: 2 (4x, most recent vs. Brown, 10/6/17)
Assists: 2 (vs. Dartmouth, 10/31/15)
Points: 4 (4x, most recent vs. Brown, 10/6/17)

Senior • 2018
Senior captain…A Second Team All-Ivy selection…Returned from a major injury last year and was again a big factor in Harvard''s offensive attack, recording 21 points (eight goals, five assists)…Helped guide the Crimson to its best regular season in program history, and scored several key goals for Harvard, including the lone goal in Harvard''s 1-0 win over No. 13 Boston College…Scored the game-winning goal and had an assist in the 3-2 win over Brown…Scored a goal and had an assist in Harvard’s first ever NCAA tournament victory, a 6-1 win over No. 9 Penn State…Scored a goal in Harvard’s 2-1 NCAA quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Princeton  

Junior • 2017
In 11 contests, had 23 points (10 goals, three assists), leading the team in scoring before a season-ending injury...NFHCA All-Northeast Region...Second Team All-Ivy...NFHCA All-Academic Squad...COOP Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 18-24) … Totaled two points twice in games against UC Davis (Sep. 1) and No. 2 Connecticut (Sep. 10) … registered a season high three points against Northeastern (Sep. 15) … Back to back games with a goal against Yale (Sep. 23) and Lafayette (Sep. 24) then added two goals against Holy Cross (Sep. 27) … Registered five goals in four games with a goal against Penn (Sep. 30) … Had another two goal game against Brown (Oct. 6) … Suffered season ending injury on Oct. 6 against Brown.

Sophomore • 2016
Second team All-Ivy League ... NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Played in all 18 games, making 16 starts … Had an assist in win over No. 19 Maine (Sep. 25) … Had an assist on the game-winning goal win at Brown (Oct. 8) … Scored twice, including the game-winner at No. 11 Princeton (Oct. 22) … Recorded one goal in season-ending win over Columbia (Nov. 5).

Freshman • 2015
All-Ivy League honorable mention … Finished the season with five goals and four assists … Played in all 17 games, making six starts … Scored first career goal in win over Bryant (Sept. 7) ... Notched first career assist in Ivy win at Yale (Sept. 26) … Found the back of the net twice in 4-0 shutout of Fairfield (Oct. 4) … Had one assist in win over Brown (Oct. 10) … Beat the goaltender vs. Princeton (Oct. 24) … Provided two helpers in 4-1 victory over Dartmouth (Oct. 31) … Scored in the season finale at Columbia (Nov. 8).

Before Harvard
Won 10 letters at Essex High School, four in field hockey and ice hockey and two in lacrosse … Helped facilitate five state titles, three in ice hockey and two in field hockey … In field hockey, she holds the record for most assists in a single season and career … 2014 second team All-America, two-time Harrow Sports/NFHCA High School All-Region, two-time Burlignton Free Press Player of the Year, two-time BFP first team all-state and 2014 Metro Division Coaches Pick Player of the Year … Selected to the U19 National Tournament, U19 Futures Elite, U16 Junior Olympic team and the U16 National tournament team … On the ice, she scored 97 goals and reached the state finals all four years of her career … In 2015, she was named “Miss Hockey” and first team all-state by the BFP, Metro Division Player of the Year and Rotary Senior All-Star Classic Team MVP.

Personal
AP Honor Scholar … National Honors Society Member … 2015 NIAA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Head coach and creator of FUNdamental Field Hockey Program Site in Essex Junction … Member of Essex Above the Influence … 2014 summer intern at the Howe Cancer Research Lab at UVM … Member of NHS subcommittee for peer-tutoring  … 2014-15 Executive Board Member for the EHS Athletic Leadership Council … Enjoys reading … Parents are Lisa and Robert.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2015First-Year

    Forward
    19
  • 19

    2016Sophomore

    Forward
    19
  • 19

    2017Junior

    Forward
    19
  • 19

    2018Senior

    Forward
    19