Kiley Mottice

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Downingtown, Pa.
High School:
Archbishop John Carroll

CAREER HONORS

2023, 2024, 2025 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Goals: 5 vs. Louisville, 3/23/24
Assists: 2 (5x), last at Liberty, 2/9/25
Points: 6 at Pitt, 4/13/24; at Liberty, 2/9/25
Ground Balls: 4 vs. Liberty, 2/13/24; vs. Pitt, 3/7/26
Caused Turnovers: 3 vs. Pitt, 3/7/26

SENIOR (2026) – Appeared in all 21 games ... A third-team All-ACC selection ... Served as a team captain ... USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American ... Tallied 22 goals and six assists for 28 points to go along with 25 groundballs, 13 caused turnovers and three draw controls ... Two goals and a groundball at #13 Syracuse ... Three goals and three groundballs vs. Ohio St. ... Two goals, an assist, three groundballs and a caused turnover vs. Louisville ... Two draw controls vs. FSU ... Two goals at #11 Clemson ... Three goals, four groundballs and three caused turnovers vs. #21 Pitt ... Three goals and an assist at Cal ... Two groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. #16 BC ... A goal, a groundball and a caused turnover vs. #11 Northwestern ... Three goals vs. ECU ... A goal, two groundballs and a caused turnover at #22 UVA ... A draw control vs. #12 Stanford ... A goal at #20 Duke ... An assist vs. #19 Duke in the ACC Tournament ... Two groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. #6 Syracuse in the ACC Tournament semi ... An assist, two groundballs and two caused turnovers in the ACC Tournament final vs. #11 Stanford ... A goal and an assist vs. #12 Clemson in the NCAA Tournament Second Round ... An assist vs. #6 Stanford in the NCAA Quarterfinal ... Two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. #3 Maryland in the NCAA Semifinal ... Two groundballs vs. #1 Northwestern in the NCAA Final.

JUNIOR (2025) – Started all 22 games ... Served as a Team Captain ... Tallied 30 goals and five assists for 35 points, while adding 23 groundballs and 17 caused turnovers ... Scored game winning goals against Syracuse and Clemson ... one assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers vs. #18 James Madison in season opener ... Four goals, two assists, one ground ball, one caused turnover at Liberty ... One goal, one ground ball, one caused turnover at #5 Florida ... Three goals, two caused turnovers, one ground ball vs. #4 Syracuse ... Two goals at Louisville ... One goal, one ground ball, one caused turnover vs. Temple ... One goal, one caused turnover vs. #14 Virginia ... One goal vs. #9 Clemson ... One goal and one ground ball at Virginia Tech ... Three goals at #3 Northwestern ... One goal at #20 Notre Dame ... One goal, three groundballs and one caused turnover vs. #1 Boston College ... Two goals, two grounballs and two caused turnovers at ECU ... Two goals and a caused turnover vs. Cal ... Three groundballs and a caused turnover at #10 Duke ... One groundball and a caused turnover vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC Quarters ... Two goals, two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. #16 Clemson in the ACC Semis ... One goal and one assist vs. #2 Boston College in the ACC Final ... Three goals, a groundball and a caused turnover against #14 Clemson in the NCAA Second Round ... A goal, three groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. #8 Princeton in the NCAA Quarters ... Two groundballs against #4 Florida in the NCAA Semis ... A goal, a groundball and a caused turnover vs. #3 Northwestern in the NCAA Championship game.

SOPHOMORE (2024) – Had a breakout sophomore year where she played in all 17 games, earning 16 starts … Ended the year with 33 goals, seven assists, 40 points, 20 ground balls and seven caused turnovers … Led the team with 33 goals, a new single-season career high … Ranked fifth on the team with 40 points, another single-season career high … Recorded at least one point in all but one contest … Finished the season with five hat tricks and 10 multi-point games … Surpassed her 2023 goal total just seven games into 2024 … Career-high four ground balls against Liberty on Feb. 13 … First career hat trick vs. #12 Florida on Feb. 17, also with an assist for four points … Four goals at #20 Clemson on March 9 … Career-high five goals and five points vs. Louisville on March 23, also with two ground balls and her first career draw control … Career-high six points behind four goals and two assists at Pitt on April 13, also with three ground balls … Hat trick vs. #6 Virginia in ACC Quarterfinals on April 24 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

FRESHMAN (2023) – Saw action in 19 games during her first year in Chapel Hill, earning a starting role in the first five games of the season … Finished her rookie campaign with 11 goals, 10 assists, 21 points, five ground balls and two caused turnovers … Scored in seven games, with four of those contests being multi-goal games … Notched two goals vs. Liberty on Feb. 15 for her first career goals … Registered a career-high two ground balls vs. #7 Florida on Feb. 18 … Dished out two assists and added a goal at #3 Northwestern on March 19 for a team-high three points ... Matched her career-high three points behind two goals and an assist vs. High Point on March 23 … Had another three-point game vs. Sacred Heart in the NCAA First Round on May 12 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team ... Invited to the 2024 U.S. Women's U20 National Team tryouts in July.

HIGH SCHOOL — All-American … Under Armour All-America game participant … USA Lacrosse U18 Select Team … USA Lacrosse Academic All-American … 2021 Under Armour All-Tournament Team … Played for Archbishop John Carroll High School under head coach Lorraine Beers … Three-time Under Armour Underclass All-America Team Philadelphia … Ended her high school career with 168 goals, 129 assists and 87 draw controls … Led her team to an undefeated 24-0 season en route to the Philadelphia Catholic League championship title and Pennsylvania 2A championship in 2022 … Named the 2A Player of the Year, Philly Lacrosse Player of the Year as a senior, Times Herald Athlete of the Year … Served as team captain during her senior season … Also won the state title in 2021 and the league title in both 2019 and 2021 … Also played soccer in 2020 and 2021 and was team captain and team MVP … Selected to US Soccer Development Regional Team Training Centers … Also played club with Phantastix Lacrosse Club for coach Jessica Lake … National Honor Society member … High Honor Roll student all four years ... US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award winner.

PERSONAL — Kiley Mikaela Mottice is the daughter of Paige and Michael Mottice … Father played baseball at Cincinnati … Has one older sister, Peyton, who played lacrosse at Cincinnati from 2020-23 … Birthday is May 17 … Majoring in communications … Chose UNC because of the great academics, amazing winning tradition of the lacrosse program, the outstanding coaches and team culture and the great family atmosphere.