American rugby union player
Rugby player
Kate Zackary
Full name Katherine Zackary Born (1989-07-26 ) July 26, 1989 (age 36) Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 79 kg (174 lb) Rugby union career
Katherine Zackary (born July 26, 1989) is an Americanrugby union andsevens player. She debuted for theUnited States in 2016 and for thesevens team in 2014. She won a silver medal at the2015 Pan American Games as a member of theUnited States women's national rugby sevens team .[ 2] [ 3]
Zackary attendedSalina South High School andBenedictine College where she initially played soccer.[ 4] [ 5]
In 2014 she quit her job working in a gym to train full-time with thewomen's Eagles sevens team .[ 6]
Zackary joinedExeter Chiefs Women 's team in 2020, but left to joinTrailfinders Women in 2023. Trailfinders compete in thePremiership Women's Rugby , the top tier of women's professional rugby inEngland .[ 1]
In 2022, she was named in the Eagles squad for thePacific Four Series inNew Zealand .[ 7] [ 8] Eagles fifteens squad to the2021 Rugby World Cup inNew Zealand .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Zackary was named in theEagles traveling squad for theirtest againstSpain , and for the2023 Pacific Four Series .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
She led the Eagles in a closely contestedtest match againstJapan inLos Angeles on April 26, 2025, her side lost 33–39.[ 16] [ 17] Eagles side to the2025 Women's Rugby World Cup that will be held inEngland .[ 18] [ 19]
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