Personal information | |||
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Full name | Katharine Lillian Scott [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | June 20, 2007||
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 | 8 | (1) |
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 |
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.
Scott 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]
Scott was recruited by Penn State to play as a midfielder. [3] Scott provided two assists against Michigan on her debut as a freshman in 2024. She scored her first college goal on her first start in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. [5]
Scott 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]
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