Kate Faasse
.jpg) Faasse with North Carolina in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Louis Faasse[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 4, 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 67 | (24) |
Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her junior season, she paced the nation with 20 goals as she led the Tar Heels to the 2024 national championship. She was named first-team All-American and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year.
Early life and college career
[edit]Faasse was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse. She attended Pinnacle High School, where she scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore in 2019. She was named her conference's offensive player of the year as a senior with 31 goals and 12 assists in 2021.[1][2] She captained her high school team and her SC del Sol club team.[1] She trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level and virtually at the under-18 level.[1] She committed to the University of North Carolina in her senior year.[2]
North Carolina Tar Heels
[edit]Faasse was used as a substitute during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels behind starters like Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances.[3] Before her junior season, she was one of only 12 returning players in the program and stepped into a starting position for the 2024 season.[4] She scored her first two goals of the year in the last three minutes of an away 3–2 comeback win against Colorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In the first round of the ACC tournament, she scored her third brace of the year by way of one penalty and one header in a 2–0 win against Virginia Tech.[3] She did the same for her fourth brace in the conference final, helping take a 2–1 lead against Florida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in six games of the NCAA tournament, including the golden goal in a 2–1 quarterfinal victory over Penn State, as North Carolina claimed their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][4] Faasse finished the 2024 season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games (the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008). She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year.[8][9]
Honors and awards
[edit]North Carolina Tar Heels
Individual
- TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year: 2024
- First-team All-American: 2024
- First-team All-ACC: 2024
- ACC tournament all-tournament team: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Kate Faasse". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Mackie, Theo (September 2, 2021). "azcentral Sports Awards Girls Athlete of the Week, 2021–22 season". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Crowther, Harry (November 5, 2024). "'Do it for Kate': Faith in Kate Faasse leads to brace in first round of ACC tournament". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Anzidei, Melanie (December 9, 2024). "UNC women's soccer wins 23rd national title, tops Wake Forest to reclaim crown". The Athletic. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Koh, Michael (August 18, 2024). "Faasse's Heroics Give UNC Women's Soccer Thrilling Comeback Win at Colorado". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Six Tar Heels Recognized As All-ACC Performers". North Carolina Tar Heels. November 16, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ "Faasse Named MAC Hermann Trophy Finalist". North Carolina Tar Heels. December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Women's DI Postseason Awards". TopDrawerSoccer. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.