Kate McLaughlin

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Winnetka, Ill.
High School:
New Trier Township

Graduate Student (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NFHCA All-West Region second team
• All-Big Ten second team
• Appeared in 16 games with 13 starts at forward
• Led the Wolverines in goals scored (13)
• Twice named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16 and Sept. 9)

• Earned first collegiate hat trick at Boston University (Sept. 6)
• Also tallied multi-goal games against Ohio (Sep. 13) and Central Michigan (Sept. 15);
• Scored a goal at the end of the fourth quarter vs. #8 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA tournament (Nov. 15)
• Posted earned a shootout goal in U-M's 4-3 semifinal win over #5 Maryland (Nov. 8) in the Big Ten Tournament; also scored the first goal vs. #19 Indiana in the quarterfinals(Nov. 7)

Senior (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Led the Wolverines in scoring with 16 points, earning career highs with six goals and four assists
• Scored the game-winning goal in the third quarter and assisted in the game-tying marker in U-M's 2-1 win vs. #16 Penn State (Oct. 15)
• Also scored the game-winner in the third quarter at Kent State (Sept. 17)
• Posted first collegiate hat trick at Central Michigan (Oct. 22)
• Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Davidson (Sept. 8)
• Earned an assist in U-M's 2-0 win vs. #10 Saint Joseph's (Sept. 10)

Junior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Earned a career-high 15 points with six goals and three assists
• Scored U-M's first goal (12:04) in the 2-1 win vs. #4 Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament final (Nov. 6)
• Also a third-quarter insurance goal vs. #9 Iowa in the Big Ten wuarterfinals (Nov. 3)
• Scored off of an early third-quarter corner tip at #19 Rutgers (Sept. 24)
• Added insurance goals in wins over Central Michigan (Sept. 4), Ball State (Oct. 2), Indiana (Oct. 14)

Sophomore (2021)
• NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 13 games at forward
• Scored first collegiate goal in the second quarter at Central Michigan (Sept. 5)
• Also scored U-M's final goal in a 4-1 road win at Albany (Sept. 18)

Freshman (2020-21)
• NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team
• Appeared in 11 games at forward
• Fired a season-high three shots in the regular-season finale vs. Indiana (April 17); also put two shots on goal at Michigan State (April 2)
• Made collegiate debut in season opener against Indiana (March 5)

Prep
• Graduated from New Trier High School (2020)
• Named to the 2019 Max Field Hockey All America first team
• Selected as Max Field Hockey's 2019 West/Midwest Region Player of the Year
• Two-time West/Midwest All-Region first team selection (2018, '19)
• Posted 100 goals and 26 assists over junior/senior seasons; her 76 goals in 2019 ranked second nationally and among the top 10 all time
• Named the 2019 Illinois High School Player of the Year
• Selected as the NFHCA's High School Player of the Month (October 2019)
• Named to the All-Tournament First Team at the 2019 MAX Field Hockey High School National Invitational
• Contributed to back-to-back Illinois team state titles for New Trier HS (2018, '19)
• Four-year Honor Roll

Club/Junior Team
• Played club hockey with Windy City Field Hockey
• USA Field Hockey U19 National Futures; National Futures Championship Stars & Stripes selection (2019)

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in communication and media
• Born on August 6, 2002
• Daughter of Clay and Mary McLaughlin
• Has an older brother, Cole