Kate Faasse

Kate Faasse
Faasse with North Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kate Louis Faasse[1]
Date of birth (2004-06-04) June 4, 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Tar Heels
Number 13
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– North Carolina Tar Heels 67 (24)

Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her junior season, she led the nation with 20 goals as the Tar Heels won the 2024 national championship. She was awarded the Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer.

Early life and college career

Faasse was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse. She attended Pinnacle High School, where she scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore in 2019. She was named her conference's offensive player of the year as a senior with 31 goals and 12 assists in 2021.[1][2] She captained her high school team and her SC del Sol club team.[1] She committed to the University of North Carolina in her senior year.[2]

North Carolina Tar Heels

Faasse was used as a substitute during her first two seasons with the North Carolina Tar Heels behind starters like Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson, scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances.[3] Before her junior season, she was one of only 12 returning players in the program and stepped into a starting position for the 2024 season.[4] She scored her first two goals of the year in the last three minutes of an away 3–2 comeback win against Colorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In the first round of the ACC tournament, she scored her third brace of the year by way of one penalty and one header in a 2–0 win against Virginia Tech.[3] She did the same for her fourth brace in the conference final, helping take a 2–1 lead against Florida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in six games of the NCAA tournament, including the golden goal in a 2–1 quarterfinal victory over Penn State, as North Carolina claimed their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][4] Faasse finished the 2024 season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games (the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008). She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year, and awarded the Hermann Trophy.[8]

International career

Faasse trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level and virtually at the under-18 level.[1] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.[9]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Kate Faasse". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Mackie, Theo (September 2, 2021). "azcentral Sports Awards Girls Athlete of the Week, 2021–22 season". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Crowther, Harry (November 5, 2024). "'Do it for Kate': Faith in Kate Faasse leads to brace in first round of ACC tournament". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Anzidei, Melanie (December 9, 2024). "UNC women's soccer wins 23rd national title, tops Wake Forest to reclaim crown". The Athletic. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Koh, Michael (August 18, 2024). "Faasse's Heroics Give UNC Women's Soccer Thrilling Comeback Win at Colorado". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Six Tar Heels Recognized As All-ACC Performers". North Carolina Tar Heels. November 16, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Koh, Michael (January 3, 2025). "UNC's Kate Faasse Named Winner of MAC Hermann Trophy". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  9. ^ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.