0

Kat Liebetrau

Class: Senior Hometown: Centennial, Colo. High School: Arapahoe HS

Height: 5-8 Position: Goalkeeper Experience: 3L

Honors and Awards

• 2010 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14)
• 2009 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 1)

2011 (Junior)

• Her 197 career saves and 16 wins over three seasons both rank fourth all-time at Kansas
• Went 3-4 in seven appearances, all starts, between the posts and is now 16-9-1 for her career
• Earned wins in three of her first four games
• Recorded KU season-high 11 saves in 1-0 overtime win at Purdue (Sept. 11), Kansas' lone shutout of the season
• Played all 90 minutes and made six saves in 3-2 win versus USC (Aug. 26)
• Had six saves again with a .762 save percentage during 3-1 road win at Missouri State (Sept. 2)
• Did not appear in the last eight games of the season

2010 (RS-Sophomore)

• Started all 19 matches in goal for the Jayhawks during a record-breaking season
• Played every minute of each match until yielding to a back injury in the second half of the season finale against SIU-Edwardsville (Oct. 29)
• Finished the season with a Big 12 Conference-leading 113 saves and .796 save percentage... Her .796 mark was the second-best all-time at KU
• Became the sixth player in Kansas soccer history to collect 100 saves in a season at Nebraska (Oct. 22)... Her 113 total saves is the second-most all-time for a KU sophomore
• Allowed 29 goals for a 1.52 goals against average mark
• Started off the season by shutting out Eastern Kentucky (Aug. 27)
• Recorded 15 saves at Georgia (Aug. 29), becoming the third player in program history to achieve the feat. Her total was the most recorded by a Kansas keeper since Laura Rhode tallied 15 at Mississippi Oct. 29, 1999 and was just one shy of Jen Fecke's top mark of 16.
• Recorded double-digit saves in three contests
• Finished the season 6-12
• Was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her performance in the UNLV Rebel Classic... In two games against Cal State Northridge and Oregon, Liebetrau allowed just one goal and tallied 17 saves.She held CSUN scoreless for more than 100 minutes and shutout the Ducks to post marks of .944 (saves) and 0.47 (GAA) in the event... KU's 1-0 win over Oregon washer second shutout of the season
• Finished non-conference play with her third shutout, this time over Missouri State
• Had nine saves in two of the first three Big 12 Conference matches, collecting nine at Missouri (Sept. 24) and against No. 10 Texas A&M (Oct. 1)
• Faced 12 shots and stopped four, helping KU to a 1-0 win over Texas (Oct. 3), which was just the second win over the Longhorns in program history
• Collected nine saves again at Texas Tech (Oct. 15) and finished conference play with 11 at Colorado (Oct. 25)
• Ended the season with a fifth shutout against SIU-Edwardsville

2009 (RS-Freshman)

• Appeared in 14 matches, making 11 starts between the pipes
• Recorded a 7-3-1 record with a .723 save percentage and a 1.54 goals against average
• Ranked ninth in the Big 12 in save percentage (.723), eighth in saves (47) and tied for eighth in shutouts (3.0)
• Earned wins in her first four career starts, including shutouts at Drake (Aug. 23) and against Arizona State (Aug. 30)
• Posted an .850 save percentage and an 0.67 goals against average in first five starts
• Earned KU's first conference win, over Texas Tech (Oct. 9), making six saves Made two saves in shutout of Iowa State (Oct. 25)
• Recorded season-high nine saves in Big 12 Play-In match against Texas Tech (Nov. 2) ... Save on Texas Tech's Maggie Fete advanced KU to the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals

2008 (Freshman)

• Took a redshirt season

Arapahoe High School

• A four-year letterwinner for head coach Kirk Bast
• Named state tournament MVP in 2006
• Led the Warriors to 5A state championship as a sophomore 2006
• Propelled team to 15-2-1 record and posted three shutouts at the state tournament in 2008
• Arapahoe High School was also the 5A state runner-up in 2005 and a state semi-finalist in 2007
• Played three seasons of basketball

Club (Real Colorado)

• Played four seasons for Real Colorado
• Led team to Colorado State championship, Far West Region championship and US Youth Soccer National championship in 2006
• Team finished as the state runner-up each ofher final two seasons
• Far West Region semi-finalists in 2007
• Coached by Neil Payne

OPD

• Played four seasons on the Colorado state ODP team

Personal

• Katherine Liebetrau was born in Portland, Ore.
• Daughter of Bob and Janet Liebetrau
• Has two older brothers, Justin and James
• Majoring in liberal arts