Completed Event: Field Hockey versus Villanova on August 29, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 2
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2020 Field Hockey Roster
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Nelson, Caitlin
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Jersey Number 30
Caitlin Nelson
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Denver, Pa.
- High School:
- Garden Spot
- Major:
- Writing, rhetoric and technical communications
Bio
2020-21 as a senior:
Before JMU:
Personal
- Did not play
- Fall '20 CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Spring ’21)
- Dean’s List (Fall ’20)
- Dean’s List (Spring ’21)
- Tied her career-high of 13 saves at #4 Maryland (9/15)
- Played in a total of 6 games and started in five
- Sat out the final 13 games of the season with an injury
- Tallied her first career shutout against Bucknell (8/26)
- Notched her second shutout stopping five shots against App State (9/9)
- Registered a career-high 13 saves at #4 Duke (9/23) which was the most saves in a game by a single goalie since 2011
- Played in all 18 games, making 17 starts
- Stopped 100 shots
- Recorded a .658 save percentage
- Tallied two shutouts
- Played nine complete games in the cage
- Made collegiate debut when she came in cold for the shootout, where she successfully denied the Monarchs’ final four shot attempts to clinch the 3-2 (2-1) win for #19 JMU over #23 ODU
- Played in 8 games starting 2 of them
- Made 7 saves during her freshman campaign
Before JMU:
- Two-time Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star First Team honoree (2015, 2016)
- Three-time Outstanding Defender award recipient (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Three-year varsity player
- Head team captain as a senior
- Competed for X-caliber Field Hockey club
- Canadian Indoor Classic champion (2016)
- JPOL champion (2016)
- Three-time NITs Gold medalist (2013, 2014, 2015)
- 2013 Festival Gold Medalist
- Honor roll
- Health Council
Personal
- Daughter of Aimee and Jeff Nelson
- Majoring in writing, rhetoric and technical communication
- Sister, Bryn, plays field hockey at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (defender)
- Traveled to Amsterdam with X-caliber FHC
JMU Field Hockey | Drawing MAC Member Logos
Friday, August 02
JMU Field Hockey | Senior Day 2023
Monday, June 03
JMU Field Hockey 2023-24 | Hype vs App State
Thursday, December 07
JMU Field Hockey 2023-24 | Hype vs Queens
Thursday, December 07
