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Jersey Number 15
Caroline Castans
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Flower Mound, Texas
- High School:
- Marcus HS
Get to Know Caroline ...
At what age did you start playing soccer and how did you get into soccer?
- I started playing with all my friends at the age of 3.
- I play calm and intentional. I think my strengths are vision of the field and ball distribution.
- Dance, I danced for eight years and thought it was so fun.
- I love to bake.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2025
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region First Team
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
- CSC First Team Academic All-America
- United Soccer Coaches All-America Fourth Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- TopDrawerSoccer Women’s National Team of the Week (Sept. 23, Nov. 18)
- Big 12 All-Tournament Team
- All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24)
- Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- United Soccer Coaches Defenders Preseason Watchlist
- Started all 25 matches
- Logged 2,103 minutes; third most on the team amongst field players
- Recorded a single-season program record of 15 assists, which led the Big 12 and tied for third-most in the country
- Scored two goals, including the game-winning goal at Oklahoma State
- Totaled 19 points; third most on the team
- Played 90 minutes in 11 matches
- Tallied 32 shots, with 13 being on goal
- One of 12 Jayhawks to record over 1,000 minutes played on the season
- One of nine Jayhawks to start all 25 matches
SOPHOMORE – 2024
- United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team
- All-Big 12 First Team
- CSC Third Team Academic All-America
- Big 12 Soccer Championship All-Tournament Team
- TopDrawerSoccer Women's National Team of the Week (Oct. 29)
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Started all 23 matches
- Scored three goals on the season; fourth most on the team
- Scored a career-high two goals against K-State (Oct. 25)
- Tallied six assists; second most on the team
- Recorded 13 shots, with six shots on goal
- Scored two game-winning goals on the season, coming against K-State (Oct. 25) and Arizona State (Oct. 30)
- Logged 1,889 minutes; the most by a field player on the team
- Played all 90 minutes in 14 matches, including 101 minutes against West Virginia (Nov. 2)
FRESHMAN – 2023
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Started all 18 matches
- Scored her first career goal vs. Texas (Oct. 1)
- Set a career-high in shots with three at Iowa State (Oct. 12)
- Logged 1,483 minutes; the second most on the team by a field player
- Played all 90 minutes in 12 matches, including each of the final nine
ECNL
- Texas all-conference first team in 2023
- Helped her team make the final four in the ECNL national playoffs in 2021 and 2022; team finished third in 2021
- Member of the team that was ECNL Texas conference champions in 2021 and 2023
- Dallas Cup champions in 2021
ECNL 04/05 DKSC
- ECNL Texas All-Conference Second Team in 2022
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of soccer at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas
- Helped her team become Texas 6A state champions in 2023, regional champions in 2021, 2022, 2023 and district champions in 2022 and 2023
- Texas 6A UIL State Soccer All-Tournament Team selection in 2023
- Dallas Morning News Defensive Player of the Year in 2023
- TASCO All-State First Team Defense in 2023
- District 6-6A Defensive Player of the Year in 2023
- Star Local Media Defensive Player of the Year in 2023
- All-District First Team in 2020 and 2022
- All-Area DFW Award in 2022
- District Freshman of the Year in 2020
- Newcomer of the Year in 2020
PERSONAL
- Daughter of John and Shannon Castans
- Has two older brothers, Connor and Jack
- Committed to Kansas in October 2021
- Chose Kansas because, “I love the style of soccer they play, the culture of the team, the coaching staff, and the positive environment I felt when I visited the school.”
- Majoring in marketing
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