![]() Scott with the Kansas City Current in 2025 | |||
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 | Racing Louisville (on loan from the Kansas City Current) | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 11 | (2) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) |
2025– | → Racing Louisville (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | United States U-15 | ||
2023 | United States U-16 | ||
2024 | United States U-17 | 13 | (1) |
2025– | United States U-20 | 3 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:40, June 4, 2025 (UTC) |
Katharine Lillian Scott (born June 20, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), on loan from the Kansas City Current. She played one season of college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions. 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]
At age 17, Scott played for the Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2024 season. She had 2 goals and 2 assists in 11 appearances (4 starts), dealing with injury early in the season and missing about a month while at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She scored both of her goals and made all four starts during the NCAA tournament, helping Penn State reach the quarterfinals, where she scored in a 2–1 loss to eventual champions North Carolina. [2] [5] After one season, she chose to turn professional and forgo her remaining college eligibility. [6]
The Kansas City Current announced on January 8, 2025, that the club had signed Scott to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. [7] On August 7, after making her first professional appearances in the Teal Rising Cup exhibition the previous month, she joined Racing Louisville on loan for the remainder of the season, using the NWSL's newly introduced intraleague loan mechanism. [8]
Scott was called into the United States national under-15 team by head coach Katie Schoepfer at the start of 2022. [9] 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] [10] 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. [11] [12] 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. [13] She appeared in all 6 games (4 starts) at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, helping the United States place third, its best result since 2008. [14] [15]
United States U-17