Kate Faasse

Maddie Dahlien, Kate Faasse, Tessa Dellarose

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Kate Faasse
University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer v Minnesota
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Sunday, November 24, 2024

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Kate Faasse - 2024 NCAA College Cup Media Day

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Kate Faasse
University of North Carolina Soccer v Wake Forest
NCAA National Championship
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, NC
Monday, December 9, 2024

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Kate Faasse vs. Florida State, ACC Championship 11.10.24

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Kate Faasse - 2023 NCAA Tournament Second Round

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Position:
Forward/Midfielder
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Pinnacle

The Faasse File

Career Honors

2024 National Champion
2024 MAC Hermann Trophy Winner
2024 Honda Sport Award for Soccer Winner
2024 TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Year
2024 United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team
2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team
2024 All-ACC First Team
2024 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team
2024 ACC All-Tournament Team
2022, 2023 ACC All-Academic Team

Junior Season (2024)
2024 National Champion ... Won the coveted MAC Hermann Trophy, presented annually to the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Year ... Became the eighth Tar Heel to win the Hermann Trophy in program history ... Won the prestigious Honda Sport Award for Soccer presented by the CWSA ... Became the 11th Tar Heel to win the Honda Award in program history … TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Year … United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team … United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team … All-ACC First Team … TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team … ACC All-Tournament Team … TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Dec. 4) … Nation’s outright scoring leader with 20 goals … Fourth player this century to win a national championship while leading the country in goals, joining Catarina Macario (2019), Casey Nogueira (2008) and Christine Sinclair (2002, 2005) … Her eight game-winning goals led the ACC and was tied for first in the NCAA … Finished the year with 44 points which led the conference and ranked second in the nation … Most goals (20) and points (44) by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008 … Fourth Tar Heel with 20+ goals in a single season since the turn of the century … Surpassed her point total from her freshman (6) and sophomore (7) season combined just 10 games into the 2024 season … Had seven goals in 10 regular season ACC matches as well as eight goals throughout the ACC and NCAA Tournament … Had five braces on the year against Colorado, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Florida State and USC Upstate … Three of her five braces were during the postseason … First Tar Heel to have a brace in the ACC Tournament championship game since Casey Nogueira in 2009, also against FSU … First Tar Heel to have 3+ braces in one season since Alessia Russo also had five in 2019 … Only three Tar Heels have had 3+ braces in a single season in the last decade: Faasse (5, 2024), Russo (5, 2019) and Bridgette Andrzejewski (4, 2016) … Netted the game-winning golden goal vs. #22 Penn State in the NCAA Quarterfinals … Also had the game-winner vs. #1 Duke in the NCAA Semifinals as well as against Colorado, Columbia, Wake Forest, Pitt, Louisville and Virginia Tech … First Tar Heel to be a MAC Hermann finalist and First Team All-American since Brianna Pinto in 2020 … First Tar Heel to be a Honda Award finalist since Emily Fox in 2020 … Ranked second on the team, and first among field players, with 2,300 minutes … Logged a full 90+ minutes in 16 matches ... Fired off 67 shots with 33 landing on target • Was No. 10 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Player rankings • Ended the year as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 1-ranked player.

Sophomore Season (2023)
One of nine Tar Heels to appear in all 23 matches • Logged 716 minutes, over triple what she saw as a freshman • Played a career-high 71 minutes against Towson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • Averaged 48 minutes on the pitch across four matches during the NCAA Tournament • Finished the year with two goals, three assists and seven points • Scored against Gardner-Webb and Florida State • Dished out assists versus USC, NC State and Towson • Took 16 shots, including six on target.

Freshman Season (2022)
Played in 17 matches and logged 233 minutes • Averaged nearly 14 minutes per match • Tallied six points with two goals and two assists • Registered 10 shots, including three on goal • Made her UNC debut in the season opener against Tennessee, playing six minutes • Recorded her first assist at Texas • Scored her first goal and dished out another assists the following match against Baylor • Netted the game-winning goal versus Boston College • On the pitch for a season-high 28 minutes at Syracuse • Named to the ACC All-Academic Team.

High School/Club
Attended Pinnacle High School • Club team was SC del Sol • Missed her junior season due to injury • Named to Arizona Republic's 2022 All-Arizona girls soccer team • Named AIA’s 6A Conference Offensive Player of the Year and led her team in goals and assists with 31 and 12 • All-conference and all-region performer • Participated in the U.S. Under-14 Girl's National Team Camp, U.S. U-18 Girls National Team Virtual Camp • Member of the 2017 ODP Region IV all-tournament team • Played in the 2021 U-18/19 ENCNL National Selection Game • Served as team captain at both the high school and club level • Member of the National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Society of Women’s Scholars, Mentors and was president of the PHS Spirit Club.

Personal
Full name is Kate Louis Faasse • Born June 4, 2004 in Phoenix, Ariz. • Parents are Shelley and Adrian Faasse • Mother ran track in college and grandfather was a professional baseball player.