Katie Klimczak

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Elk Grove Village, Ill.
High School:
Elk Grove Village

General Information
Three-time returning letter winner • saw great improvement in her game in 2008 & `09, seeing action in 30 games over the past two seasons • tallied her first career points in '08 • will continue to be an important reserve on the Tar Heel front line this season • one of the Tar Heels' most improved players over the past two campaigns.
Junior Season (2009)
Saw action in 14 games as a junior • played 156 minutes, including a season-high 34 against both NC State and Clemson • scored her only goal of the season off a corner kick late in the win over UCLA.
Sophomore Season (2008)
Played a reserve role at striker and saw action in 16 games • logged 189 minutes overall • had the first goal of her career in the season opener against Charlotte, scoring with 1:03 left in the game off a Tar Heel corner kick • had two assists on the season, one against Fordham in the Duke adidas Classic and one against Western Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • she played a season-high 30 minutes in the NCAA match against the Catamounts.
Freshman Season (2007)
Appeared in four games on the season and tallied one shot on goal.
ODP, National Teams & Club Soccer
Played for KUFC Premier Soccer Club • played on 2005 U.S. club national champion and 2006 runner-up team • NSCAA All-America in 2006 • named to Illinois state ODP team in 2006 and Region II team the same year.
Prep
Graduated from Elk Grove Village High School in Elk Grove Village, Ill. on June 3, 2007 • played soccer for four years as a forward, midfielder and de-fender • also played basketball for four years as a forward, shooting guard and point guard • 2007 all-conference selection in basketball when she was also an Arlington Heights Daily Herald player of the week selection • captained soccer team for four years • named all-conference, all-area and all-sectional on the pitch for four years. • All-State selection in 2006 • Illinois State Scholar in 2007 • MSL leadership award winner • named to "A" honor roll for seven semesters • winter 2007 MSL All-Academic athlete award • member of student council for four years • senior class president • National Honor Society member • member of Homecoming Court.
Personal
Given name is Katelin Rose Klimczak • daughter of Marcia Klimczak and Thomas Klimczak • born January 20, 1989 in Elk Grove Village, Ill. • has two brothers, Steven, 25, and Michael, 22, and one sister, Sarah, 27 • majors in education.

20 Questions With Katie Klimczak
Section #1: Soccer
• The best thing about being a Tar Heel soccer player is getting embraced into every one of my teammates' families.
• My favorite thing about competing for Coach Dorrance is he holds us to a high standard because we knows that we all have amazing potential and he constantly reminds us to get to another level.
• Since my last competitive season, the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is trying to take corner kicks.
• My best friend on another college soccer team is Kelsey Havell at Coastal Carolina.
• My greatest strength as a soccer player is my throw in.
Section #2: Interests
• Away from the pitch and academic pursuits, I like to spend time making my teammates laugh at themselves and each other.
• On a long bus trip, I'd like to watch the opposite of what Dino or Tom agree to watch.
• If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be track because that would mean I was fast.
• If I received free concert tickets via a radio/Internet promotion I would love to see Pink!
• The one interest I have that people would be surprised to know is I love to cook!
Section #3: Food
• After a game at Fetzer I'd love to see a buffet spread at McCaskill that included Chick-fil-A nuggets, Mrs. Kling's bean bundles, Mrs. Givan's caramel brownies and Dino's shrimp.
• My favorite beverage is Tahitian Treat Fruit Punch.
• I'm allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks, one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet stuff? I enter the room with the salty stuff. I love salt and vinegar chips and I wouldn't regret eating the things in that room, but I would hope there would be drinks included.
• My favorite food made by a relative is my Aunt Lynore's pudding squares!
• On my birthday, I'd love to be treated by my friends to dinner at Kanki!
Section #4: Personality
• If I possessed the gift of time travel I would go to September 17, 2008 because I regretted something I did that day.
• My most prized personal possession is my big heart.
• My iTunes library includes nothing because I don't have an iPod.
• In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be to travel the world building schools and playing soccer with underprivileged children.
• The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is Tom Sander because he knows everything about anything and if he doesn't know he does a really good job of making you believe it's true.