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Caroline Kastor - Women's Soccer - Kansas Jayhawks
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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