Katharine Lillian Scott (born June 20, 2007) is an American college soccer player for the Penn State Nittany Lions. A versatile player, she can play as an outside back, midfielder, or forward. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Katharine Lillian Scott[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 20, 2007[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Outside back, midfielder, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Penn State Nittany Lions | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Penn State Nittany Lions | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | United States U-15 | ||
| 2023 | United States U-16 | ||
| 2024 | United States U-17 | 13 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 3, 2024 | |||
Early life
editScott was raised in Fairview, Pennsylvania, the only daughter of Karen and Nick Scott, and has three older brothers. She comes from a family of many Penn State alumni, including her parents who played for the men's soccer and women's gymnastics teams. Scott played club soccer as a right winger or center forward for Internationals SC, the nearest ECNL team despite being two hours away in Ohio, where she was a three-time ECNL All-American and two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American.[2][3] She attended Fairview High School, where she played for the basketball team but not the soccer team. She committed to Penn State over offers from other top programs like North Carolina and Virginia and graduated from high school one year early to start college at the age of 17.[2][4]
College career
editScott was recruited by Penn State to play as a midfielder.[3] She dealt with minor injury at the start of her freshman season and assisted on two goals in her first six games in 2024.[5]
International career
editScott was called into the United States national under-15 team by head coach Katie Schoepfer at the start of 2022.[6] Despite being a natural forward for club, she established her place on the youth national team by showing versatility and moving to defensive midfielder or outside back.[3][7] She helped lead the United States to victory at the 2022 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, captaining the squad in the semifinals against the Dominican Republic and appearing off the bench in the final against Canada.[8][9] Two years later, Scott started for the United States as they defeated Mexico in the final of the 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[10] She helped the United States place third at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, its best result since 2008, and started in the third-place 3–0 shutout of England.[11]
Honors
editUnited States U-17
- CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship: 2024
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Bronze Medal: 2024
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 – Squad List (USA)" (PDF). FIFA. p. 15. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Katie Scott". Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Katie Scott: The U-17 WYNT's Swiss Army Knife". United States Soccer Federation. January 31, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ Copper, Mike (November 7, 2022). "College recruiting: Fairview's Katie Scott continues family's connection with Penn State". Erie Times-News. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. U-17 WYNT Reaches Semifinals for the First Time Since 2008 to Square Off With Korea DPR". United States Soccer Federation. October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ Copper, Mike (January 14, 2022). "Fairview student Katie Scott invited to USA Soccer training camp for under-15 team". Erie Times-News. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ Copper, Mike (July 28, 2022). "Fairview's Katie Scott goes for gold with U.S. at Under-15 international tournament". Erie Times-News. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ Copper, Mike (August 10, 2022). "Fairview's versatile Katie Scott stars in USA U-15 girls soccer team's Concacaf title run". Erie Times-News. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "USA Wins 2022 Concacaf Girls' U-15 Championship With 4-1 Victory Over Canada On Goals From Alex Pfeiffer, Kennedy Fuller, Abby Ballek And Ashlyn Puerta". United States Soccer Federation. August 7, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. U-17 Women's Youth National Team Wins 2024 Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship With 4-0 Victory Over Hosts Mexico". United States Soccer Federation. February 11, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "USA Defeats England 3–0 to Take Third Place at 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
External links
edit- Katie Scott at Soccerway.com
