Kate Dougherty Season 2023

2024 - JUNIOR SEASON
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/13): Notched two draw contols.

2023 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Season: Made 10 appearances... Recorded seven draw controls.

Game-By-Game: vs. Rutgers (3/11): Won first draw control of career. Towson (3/14): Earned career high three draw controls. at Princeton (3/18): Tallied two draw controls. Ohio State (3/25): Collected one draw control.

2022 - FRESHMAN SEASON 
Season: Appeared in four games.

Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Recorded her first career appearance...Scooped up one ground ball. 

High School:
Played at New Hope-Solebury High School for head coach Betsy Dougherty…Led New Hope-Solebury to a 15-3 record, including 6-0 in league play, and a BAL Championship in 2019…Guided the Lions to an 11-5 mark and a BAL Title in 2018…Was a two-time first-team All-BAL selection…Named Team MVP in 2018 and 2019…As a sophomore, tallied 70 goals, 52 assists, 119 draw controls, 74 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers…As a freshman, collected 40 goals, 10 assists, 71 draw controls, 58 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers…Played for Ultimate Goal Lacrosse, helping the team to a No. 8 national ranking…Also played basketball and field hockey.
 
Personal:
Full name is Katharine Graham Dougherty…Daughter of Betsy and Mike Dougherty…Has three brothers, Jack, Kevin and Bryan, and a sister, Maggie…Both parents and brother, Jack, attended Penn State and brother, Kevin, currently attends PSU…Mother, Betsy (Williams), played lacrosse for Penn State from 1981-84, ranks eighth all-time at PSU with 79 assists and was a second-team All-American in 1984. She was a member of the U.S. National Team, playing in the 1986, 1989 and 1993 World Cups, leading the U.S. to wins in 1989 and 1993. Served as captain of the U.S. National Team in 1993 and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2000…Aunt, Julie Williams, was the head coach of the Penn State Women’s Lacrosse team from 1990-99 and played at the University of Virginia. She played for the U.S. National Team in 1989 and 1993 and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2002…Majors in Earth Science & Policy.
 
Why Penn State?
“I’ve always loved the family atmosphere of Penn State and the connection that every single student and alumni has to one another. I wanted to be apart of that.”