_13_(cropped).jpg) Faasse withNorth Carolina in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kate Louis Faasse[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-06-04)June 4, 2004 (age 21)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward,midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC del Sol | |||
| 2019–2022 | Pinnacle Pioneers | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 85 | (33) |
Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an Americancollege soccer player who plays as aforward ormidfielder for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels. She won theHermann Trophy as a junior afterleading the nation with 20 goals and helping the Tar Heels win the2024 national championship.
Faasse was born inPhoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse.[1] She scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore atPinnacle High School in Phoenix before missing her junior season due to injury.[1][2] In her senior year, she captained Pinnacle and led the team with 31 goals and 12 assists, earning the conference offensive player of the year award.[1][2] She committed to theUniversity of North Carolina in her senior year.[2] She playedECNL soccer for SC del Sol, which she also captained.[1][3]
After two years with limited minutes, sitting behind players likeAlly Sentnor andAvery Patterson and scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances, Faasse stepped into a starting role for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels in her junior season in 2024.[4] She scored twice in the last three minutes of her second start to pull off a come-from-behind 3–2 win againstColorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games during theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In theACC tournament first round, she scored her thirdbrace of the season by way of onepenalty and oneheader as the Tar Heels won 2–0 againstVirginia Tech.[4] She did the same for her fourth brace in the ACC tournament final, giving the Tar Heels a 2–1 lead overFlorida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in theNCAA tournament, including agolden goal in the 2–1 quarterfinal win againstPenn State and a penalty in the 3–0 semifinal win againstDuke.[8] North Carolina defeatedWake Forest 1–0 inthe final, winning its 23rd national title and first since2012.[9]
Faasse finished her junior season asNCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games, the most by a Tar Heel sinceCasey Nogueira in 2008.[8] Her eight game-winning goals also led the nation.[1] She was named first-team All-ACC andfirst-team All-American; won theTopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year award, theHermann Trophy (the first Tar Heel winner sinceCrystal Dunn in 2012), and theHonda Sports Award for soccer; and was nominated for theBest Female College Athlete ESPY Award.[8][10]
Faasse was called into training camp with the United Statesunder-14 team in 2018 and virtual training with theunder-18 team in 2021.[11][12] She was called up byEmma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside thesenior national team, in January 2025.[13]
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