Katie McClure
SENIOR (2019)
Named a Third Team All-American after one of the best seasons by a player in program history … Earned spots on both the All-Big 12 and All-Region First Teams … Led the conference in goals (17), points (43) and game-winning goals (7) … Her 43 points were a single-season program record and her seven game-winners tied her own school record … Named to the Big 12 Championship’s All-Tournament Team … Posted two hat tricks on the year, the first in the season-opener vs. Nebraska and the second in KU’s NCAA Second Round win over Xavier … Named the Big 12 and NCAA Player of the Week following her four goals and two assists in the opening two matches of the season … Ended her career with 82-consecutive starts, one match shy from tying the program record … Also an Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
JUNIOR (2018)
Selected to the All-Big 12 Second Team … Big 12 Player of the Week (8/21) after scoring two goals in the first weekend of action… Named to TopDrawerSoccer’s 11-player Team of the Week, heading up the list as the outlet’s Player of the Week (8/21)… Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/4)… Started all 21 matches of the season, averaging 69.6 min/gm … Led the team and league in game-winning goals with seven … Led the team and league in goals with 11, her 0.52 goals per game were the best in the Big 12 … Recorded three assists on the year … Second on the team in corner kicks taken with 34 … Led the team and was second in the Big 12 with 25 points, her 1.19 points per game rank her second in the Big 12.
SOPHOMORE (2017)
Started in all 20 matches … Averaged 70.6 minutes per contest … Tallied 12 matches where she played 70 minutes or more … Scored a career-high six goals and added two assists for 14 points … Led the team with 52 shots on the year … Took four or more shots in six games … Her 2.6 shots per game ranked her ninth in the Big 12 … Scored the game winning goal at Oklahoma (10/20) … Led the team with 49 corner kicks taken … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
FRESHMAN (2016)
Saw action in all 21 of KU’s matches in 2016 and was a member of the starting lineup in each of the final 16 contests … Scored five goals and added two assists for 12 points, the most by a KU freshman since 2012 … Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Led the squad with 54 shots on the year and posted four or more shots six times … Averaged 3.3 shots per game in conference play, which ranked third in the Big 12 … Saw over 66 minutes per appearance, which included seven matches in which she play 75 minutes or more … Kansas’ most accurate shooter, putting over 51 percent of her attempts on frame … Tied for the team lead with three game-winning goals, two of which came in conference play.
MAIZE HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterwinner for head coach Jay Holmes at Maize High School … Broke the school record for career goals (110) and most goals scored in a single season (52) … Led team to a third-place finish in the 2016 Kansas 5A State Championships and earned first team all-state honors … Named first team all-state after helping her team finish third in the 2015 Kansas 6A State Championships … Named 2015 Kansas Co-Offensive Player of the Year by the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) … Named Ark Valley All-League MVP as a sophomore in 2014 … Named to all-metro first team three-straight seasons from 2014-16 … Recipient of the 2015 Mel Hamilton Female Athlete of the Year Award … Earned an academic letter her junior year.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dave and Kris McClure … Has three older siblings: Kassie (29), D.J. (23) and Cooper (21) … Father, Dave, played collegiate baseball at Arkansas and Wichita State, and Major League baseball for the Detroit Tigers … Majoring in nursing … Aspires to become a physician’s assistant and play on the USA Women’s Soccer Team.