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Caroline Kastor
Position
Forward
Height
5'3''
Class
Senior
Hometown
Wichita, Kan.
High School
Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS
Honors and Awards
- 2012 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
- 2012 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
- 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2011 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
- 2011 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
- 2010 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Fall)
- 2010 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Fall)
2011 (Sophomore)
- Appeared in all 21 games at forward and started the first 11 contests of the season… One of KU[apos]s top offensive threats finishing third on the team with 19 points
- Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Second on the team and tied for 10th in the Big 12 with seven assists
- Logged a season-high 76 minutes in season-opener versus Tennessee (Aug. 19)
- Had both assists in 2-1 upset at No. 20 San Diego (Aug. 28)
- Also had two helpers versus Arkansas (Aug. 21)
- Took personal-high three shots versus South Dakota State (Sept. 4) and again versus Oral Roberts (Sept. 25)
- Assisted on Ingrid Vidal[apos]s overtime game winner at Purdue (Sept. 11)
- Scored the game-winning goal during the 105th minute in 3-2 double-overtime win versus Texas (Sept. 30)… The goal was her only shot of the contest
- Collected a goal in KU[apos]s 3-3 tie versus No. 22 Texas A&M (Nov. 2) in the Big 12 Championship
2010 (Freshman)
- Saw frequent action at forward playing in all 19 matches, including 11 starts
- Was one of the Jayhawks[apos] biggest contributors scoring three goals and collecting two assists for eight points, tying for second-most on the team
- Scored first collegiate goal and collected first career assist in the season-opener against Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 27).
- A week later, she found net again in only her second career start, this time at No. 14 Northwestern (Sept. 3)
- Needed just 18 seconds to score at Colorado for her third goal of the season (Oct. 25)
- Assisted on Kortney Clifton[apos]s first goal against SIU-Edwardsville to end the season (Oct. 29)
- Logged 878 minutes of play
Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School
- Lettered four years for head coach Alan Shepherd
- Scored 108 goals with 37 assists through during her high school career
- Named first team all-state, all-region, all-metro and all-city her final two seasons
- An All-America runner-up during her senior year
- Scored Scored 41 goals with 13 assists in 2010 … 46 goals and nine assists in 2009
- Tabbed team[apos]s Offensive Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010
- A two-time all-city honorable mention selection
- Team won the city league four times, and was state runner up twice
- Also lettered in basketball (twice), cross country (once) and tennis (once)
- Invited into the Cum Laude program
- Received Genesis Foundation for Fitness and Tennis (GFFT) Olympian Grant
Club (Wichita Tigers, River City Lady Tigers, River City Fire)
- Played one year with the Wichita Tigers, one with the River City Lady Tigers and two with the River City Fire
- Coached by Sammy Lane and Jeff Cole
ODP
- Played for the Kansas State ODP team as well as the Region II ODP club
- Attended the Region II Invite Camp in DeKelb, Ill., in 2009
- Selected to participate in the Region II Interregional Tournament in Jackson, Miss., in 2008 and 2009
- Also participated in Region II International Tour in Brazil in March of 2009
Personal
- Caroline Allison Kastor was born in Wichita, Kan.
- Daughter of Dr. Frank Kastor and Dr. Tina Bennett-Kastor
- Has four older siblings, Kristina, Patrick, Liam and Mary
- Father, Frank, wrestled at the University of Illinois, while sister, Kristina, played soccer at Texas A&M-Commerce
- A liberal arts major with focus in classical antiquities