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Kaitlyn Stroud - Women's Soccer - Kansas Jayhawks
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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