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Kaitlyn Stroud
Position
Goalkeeper
Height
5'11''
Class
Senior
Hometown
Fayetteville, Ga.
High School
Starrs Mill HS
Honors and Awards
- 2011 Team[apos]s Most Improved Player
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18, 2011)
- 2011 Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
- 2011 Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll (Spring)
- 2010 Athletic Director[apos]s and Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Rolls (Spring)
2011 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Appeared in 15 games as goalkeeper and made 13 starts
- Awarded team[apos]s most improved player
- Went 8-5-1 between the posts, and picked up all three of Kansas[apos] Big 12 wins – Second in the Big 12 averaging 4.87 saves per game while her 73 total saves on the year ranked fourth
- Faced 10 shots and stopped two en route to KU[apos]s 2-1 upset at No. 20 San Diego (Aug. 28)
- Made six or more saves eight times, including a personal-best nine at Missouri (Oct. 21)
- Played all 105 minutes of 3-2 double-overtime win versus Texas (Sept. 30) and had seven saves
- Stopped eight shots en route to Kansas[apos] first conference road win of the year, a 3-1 victory at Texas Tech (Oct. 14), to earn Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week accolades
- Recorded six saves in 3-3 tie versus No. 22 Texas A&M (Nov. 2) in Big 12 Championship before the Jayhawks eventually fell in penalty kicks
2010 (Freshman)
- Took a redshirt season
Starrs Mill High School
- Lettered four times for head coach Denise Meyers
- A 2010 all-region team honoree
- A three-time all-county selection
- Led Panthers to 2010 state championship
- Helped team to state finals as a freshman, and to the state tournament each ofher last three seasons
- Finished senior year with a 4.0 GPA
- Qualified for the honor roll all four years of high school
Club (CASL Elite and 92 AFC Lightning)
- Played four seasons for Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) Elite in the Raleigh, N.C.
- Helped lead team to state championships in 2003 and 2005
- Played last five years with the 92 AFC Lightning in Fayetteville, Ga.
- Led team to a 41-3-9 record the last five seasons in the Region III Premier League
- Team won the 2010 state and Region III championships
- Lightning won the Region III Premier League in the spring and fall of 2006, as well as the fall of 2009
- Allowed just two goals during the fall 2009 season, and posted a .920 save percentage, which led the league
- Team is currently ranked No. 1 in the state of Georgia and No. 2 in the country
ODP
- Played ODP at the state level in 2008 and 2009
Personal
- Kaitlyn Justine Stroud was born in Wheaton, Ill.
- Daughter of Robert and Debbie Stroud
- Has two younger sisters, Jaclyn and Madison
- Plans to pursue a degree in journalism