Kate Zackary

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Kate Zackary
Full nameKatherine Zackary
Date of birth (1989-07-26) July 26, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Garden City, Kansas, U.S.
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back Row
Current team Trailfinders Women [1]
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2023 Exeter Chiefs ()
2023– Trailfinders ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016Flag of the United States.svg  United States 28 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2016 United States
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team competition

Katherine Zackary (born July 26, 1989) is an American rugby sevens player. She debuted for the United States in 2016 and for the sevens team in 2014. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team. [2] [3]

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Biography

Zackary attended Salina South High School and Benedictine College where she initially played soccer. [4] [5] She attended college on a soccer scholarship and it was there that she saw rugby. She played rugby for the Benedictine Saints. In 2014 she quit her job working in a gym to train full-time with the women's Eagles sevens team. [6]

Zackary joined Exeter Chiefs Women's team in 2020, but left to join Trailfinders Women in 2023. Trailfinders compete in the Premiership Women's Rugby, the top tier of women's professional rugby in England. [1]

In 2022, she was named in the Eagles squad for the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. [7] [8] She was named in the Eagles fifteens squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [9] [10] [11]

Zackary was named in the Eagles traveling squad for their test against Spain, and for the 2023 Pacific Four Series. [12] [13] She was in the starting line-up when her side beat Spain 20–14. [14] [15]

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References

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  15. Dean, Taylor (2023-03-25). "USA Women's Eagles Defeat Spain in first match of 2023". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2023-03-28.