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Jersey Number 40
Kat Buchanan
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Milton, Mass.
- High School:
- Milton
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
2023 as a Redshirt Senior:
- IWLCA Second Team All-South Region
- Tewaaraton Watch List
- American Athletic Conference Second Team All-Conference
- VaSID First Team All-State
- 2x American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Week (Mar. 6, Mar. 27)
- 2x IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 7, Mar. 28)
- Started all 22 games in goal
- Earned 19 wins, the most in a season for a goalkeeper in JMU history
- Registered an 8.08 goals-against average, fourth-best in the country
- Made 149 saves
- Had a save percentage of .473
- Stopped at least 50% of her shots during four different games
- Stopped 10 shots on a .588 clip against Maryland (Mar. 1)
- Made a career-high 12 saves on a .600 percentage against Virginia (Mar. 22)
- Had 11 saves in JMU's NCAA second round win against Maryland (May 14)
- Scooped 36 ground balls
- Came up with three ground balls in six different games
- Caused six turnovers
- Two caused turnovers against Army West Point (May 12)
- Had an assist against Liberty (Mar. 8)
- The assist was the first for a JMU goalkeeper since 2014
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
- Dean's List (Fall 2021)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
- Appeared in seven games for the Dukes
- Had a career-high six saves on eight shots faced against Liberty (Apr.13)
- Played a season-high of 26 minutes vs. Elon (Apr. 9)
- Forced one caused turnover and noted two ground balls at William & Mary (Apr. 16)
- Played in seven games, making two starts in goal
- Had a 1-0 record between the pipes
- Made 10 saves (.435 sv%) with a 6.71 goals against average
- Had three caused turnovers and eight ground balls
- Had four saves in opener and first career win vs. High Point (Feb. 26)
- Also had three stops vs. William & Mary (Apr. 23)
- Career highs of three caused turnovers and five ground balls in HPU win
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- Dean's List (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
- Played in two games
- Made three saves with a 100% save percentage
- Had two saves vs. UConn (Feb. 16) and added another at Rutgers (Mar. 7)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
- Saw action in two games
- Made 3 saves (.500 sv%) in 15:17 of action
- Recorded one save in relief in collegiate debut against Canisius (Mar. 1)
- Also had two saves at Drexel (Apr. 12)
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2019)
- Bay State League All-Star as a senior
- Boston Globe and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic as a senior
- Eighth ranked player in Bay State League, making 380 saves with a .670 save percentage as a senior
- Team MVP as a senior
- Unsung Hero as a junior, with a .550 save percentage
- Team captain as a junior and senior
- Received Coaches Award as a freshman and sophomore
- Played club lacrosse for Boston Laxachusetts
- Dual-sport athlete who also played hockey and soccer
- All-Scholastic hockey player who was a Shriners Class All-Star
- Massachusetts' second-leading scorer for hockey as a senior
- Received Milton Youth Hockey Scholarship
- Hockey’s Unsung Hero as a sophomore and junior and Coaches Award as a freshman
- Soccer’s Spirit Award recipient as a junior and senior
- Honor roll student
- Received a DELF diploma
- National Honor Society member
- Century Club
- Thomas Spirit Award
- Milton High Booster’s Impact Award
- French Student of the Quarter
- Gym Book Award
- Full name is Katherine Elizabeth Buchanan
- Daughter of Gregory and Elizabeth Buchanan
- Has a brother, David
- Majoring in sport and recreation management
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