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Kate Nighswander-Will
5-7
Midfielder
Senior
Tucson, Ariz.
Catalina Foothills HS
Club Team: Fort Lowell Premier

General: Deceptively quick and hard... Shows great passion in every playing situation... Strong leader on and off the field... Has started 44 of her career 49 games, including the last 36 straight contests... Is fourth on the UA career list in games started (44) and eighth in games played (49)...

1999: Honorable Mention Academic All-Pac-10... One of only three players to start every match... Helped UA defense register four shutouts... Lone shot of the season came in 2-0 win over Arkansas-Little Rock (9/25/99)... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

1998: Chosen as one of the UA's co-Most Valuable Players, as well as a co-Most Inspirational Player... Honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10... One of four players to start every contest... Led UA defense which logged second-best team goals against average (2.36) in school history... Had a season high of three shots in 1-0 loss to Kansas (9/18/98)... Tied Ann Giallonardo for highest GPA among the sophomores... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

1997: Played in 13 games, starting eight of them... Assisted lone goal in 2-1 loss to Arizona State (9/5/97)... Only shot of season came in loss to Montana (10/10/97)... Helped Wildcat defense record school-record six shutouts... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

Prep: Three-time team captain and two-time MVP for Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson... Earned All-District II and All-Tucson honors three years in a row... All-Southern Arizona team and Southern Arizona All-Stars... Two-year member of ODP district and state teams... Played for Fort Lowell Premier club team... Participated in 1995 Dallas Cup... National Honor Society... Also a letterwinner for swim team... State finalist in 200 freestyle...

Personal: Born Kathryn Rose Nighswander-Will on June 3, 1979, in Buffalo, N.Y.... Daughter of John Nighswander and Diane Will... Has a younger brother, Jacob... Majoring in nursing... Played club soccer with fellow Wildcats Niki Aguiar and Jacy Corbus.

Nighswander-Will's Stats at Arizona
Year    GP      GS      Sh      G       A       Pts.    GWG
1997    13      8       1       0       1       1       0
1998    17      17      9       0       0       0       0
1999    19      19      1       0       0       0       0
Totals  49      44      11      0       1       1       0