Caitlin Mara

Caitlin Mara
University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer v Clemson
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

Linda Ullmark, Caitlin Mara
University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer v Wake Forest
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, NC
Sunday, December 9, 2024

Photo by: NATE SKVORETZ

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Winchester, Mass.
High School:
Buckingham Browne & Nichols

Career Honors

2024 National Champion

Freshman Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • Saw action in 11 matches • Earned her first career start against #1 Duke in the regular season • Scored her first collegiate goal vs. USC Upstate in the NCAA Tournament First Round • Logged 391 minutes, averaging 35.5 minutes per appearance • Played a full 90 minutes vs. the Blue Devils when she joined the starting lineup • Finished the year with four shots, and her lone shot on target was her goal against the Spartans.

High School/Club
Attended Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts • Played prep soccer for coaches Graeme Blackman and Haley Katkowski • Finished her prep career with an overall record of 63-1-2 and 60 shutouts, going undefeated from October 2019 to November 2023 • Tallied 23 goals and nine assists • Two-time team captain who lead BB&N to three NEPSAC Class A titles and the No. 1 team ranking in 2021 • 2023 New England Soccer Journal NEPSAC Player of the Year • Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American • Three-time All-State, All-NEPSAC, ISL First Team and New England Soccer Journal NEPSAC Best XI honoree • Named MVP of the Independent School League in 2022 and 2023, helping her team win the ISL title from 2021-23 • Earned All-Region honors in 2022 and 2023 • Two-time Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic pick • Selected to the 2023 High School All-American game and was tabbed to Prep Soccer’s Best XI • Won BB&N Team Cup Award as a senior • Also played three years of varsity ice hockey • Co-founder of BB&N’s club A Shot For Life Soccer to raise money for cancer research • Played club soccer with FC Stars under head coach Jason Dewhurst • Named team captain and helped her team win the New England ECNL conference championship in 2021 and 2024 • Her squad reached the ECNL Round of 16 in 2024 • 2022, 2023 ECNL All-Conference First Team, 2021 ECNL All-Conference Second Team • Invited to the 2022 ECNL National Training Camp.

Personal
Caitlin Elizabeth Mara is the daughter of Liz and Rob Mara • Mother swam at UNC from 1995-1999 • Father played ice hockey at Colgate and was drafted to the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1994 NHL Draft • Uncle, Paul Mara, was drafted No. 7 overall in the first round of the 1997 NHL Draft to Tampa Bay Lightning where he played in the NHL for 12 seasons, totalling 734 games • Has three younger sisters, Emily, Alexis and Hope • Emily and Alexis are twins • Emily is committed to play soccer and ice hockey at Boston College beginning in 2025 • Alexis is committed to play ice hockey at Northeastern in 2025 • Birthday is March 9 • Plans to major in business.

Why Carolina?
I choose UNC as it provides the incredible opportunity to play soccer at the highest level surrounded by an amazing group of girls while also attending a great university.