Senior (2021-2022)
2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-District I Team ... Appeared in and started 24 games ... Notched 11 points and seven rebounds against Dartmouth (Mar. 5) ... Picked up 11 points, two rebounds and two assists against Princeton (Feb. 27) ... Scored a career-high 19 points and collected four rebounds at Princeton (Feb. 25) ... Compiled 10 points, seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks against Cornell (Feb. 19) ... Tabbed seven points and three rebounds against Columbia (Feb. 18) ... Netted nine points with five rebounds at Penn (Feb. 12) ... Totaled three points, three rebounds and two blocks against Yale (Feb. 9) ... Recorded two points and two rebounds at Yale (Feb. 5) ... Compiled 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals at Brown (Feb. 4) ... Added ten points and four rebounds against Penn (Jan. 28) ... Had six points, two rebounds, two assists and four steals at Cornell (Jan. 22) ... Scored nine points along with six rebounds in victory at Dartmouth (Jan. 17) ... Tabbed 14 points, two rebounds and two steals at Columbia (Jan. 15) ... Netted six points to go along with two rebounds and two steals against Brown (Jan. 7) … Totaled 13 points, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals against Howard (Dec. 21) ... Scored nine points with three rebounds and two assists against Holy Cross (Dec. 19) ... Picked up 10 points, two rebounds and one steal against Rhode Island (Dec. 1) ... Recorded 11 points, four rebounds and three assists against Northeastern (Nov. 27) ... Added five points, three rebounds and one assist against Colgate (Nov. 24) ... Had 12 points, a career high of four steals, three rebounds and one assist at Siena (Nov. 22) ... Tabbed 15 points and five rebounds against MIT (Nov. 20) ... Notched four rebounds, three points and two assists at Albany (Nov. 17) ... Tallied two points and two rebounds at Iona (Nov. 13) ... Scored eight points with eight rebounds against Morehouse (Nov. 9).
Junior (2020-21)
Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League... Named to the NABC Player Development Coalition... Earned a spot on the 2020-21 NABC Honors Court.
Sophomore (2019-20)
Saw action in four games, scoring in two of them ... Played three minutes and made a three-pointer in his season debut at Howard (Dec. 22) ... Had one assist in four minutes in the win vs. Cornell (Feb. 14) ... Logged a season-high 15 minutes and contributed three points, two rebounds and one assist vs. Yale (March 7).
First-Year (2018-19)
Appeared in 16 games with six starts … Averaged 3.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.6 steals per game … Scored four points against George Washington (Dec. 22) … Tallied seven points at Brown (Feb. 22) … Scored a career-high 16 points with four rebounds and three steals in first-career start at Yale (Feb. 23) … Had 12 points and five rebounds against Princeton (March 2) … Tallied eight points and nine rebounds in the Ivy League semifinal against Penn (March 16) … Helped Harvard to its second-straight Ivy League Championship, its seventh in nine seasons, and a berth in the NIT for the second-consecutive season.
Before Harvard
One-year starter for Liberty, previously a three-year starter at Christian Brothers College HS … Played for Bradley Beal Elite (formerly St. Louis Eagles) on Nike EYBL circuit … HS team captain in 2016-17 and 2017-18 … Two-time all-state and all-district honoree in 2017 and 2018 … All-MCC in 2016 and 2017, All-GAC in 2018 … GAC Central Player of the Year in 2018 … Holds Liberty career record for points per game, as well as season records for total points, field goals made, free throws made and rebounds … Valedictorian at Liberty … Aunt, Tamika Catchings, was a four-time Olympic gold medalist in basketball, and a WNBA MVP and champion … Grandfather, Harvey Catchings, played in the NBA for 11 seasons.
Kale Catchings with Claudine Gay, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Harvard College. Gay is also the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African American Studies and is the founding chair of Harvard’s Inequality in America Initiative. Kale and Dean Gay spoke about Kale''s upbringing in Saint Louis, and about balancing academic and athletic pursuits at Harvard. Dean Gay expressed her excitement to visit some games in the future!
