University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
2011 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kaitlyn Eckert
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Knightdale, N.C.
Overview: Exciting player who will be healthy in 2014 and should be ready to have a big season…one of the best strikers in the Big South…gifted scorer who only played three years of high school soccer before joining UNC Asheville program in January 2011 after graduating early from Knightdale HS in Knightdale, N.C...enters 2014 season seventh all-time in goals scored at Asheville with 18 and ninth in points with 48.
2013: Only played in three matches before getting injured at Appalachian State (9-5) and missing the rest of the year…scored in first game she played in win over USC Upstate (8-29) which marked the 10th game in a row that she recorded a point and set a school record.
2012: Enjoyed a sensational sophomore year…earned second team All-Conference honors and was named to All-State team...finished the year as the Bulldogs leading scorer with 11 goals, nine assists and 31 points…nine assists set a single-season school record…ended the year with a point in nine straight games tying a school record held by Hilary McKay…second in the conference in goals, assists and points…scored two game-winning goals…tallied the game-winner in victory at USC Upstate (8-30) and vs. Wofford (9-9)…top offensive game was final contest of the season when she scored two goals, added three assists in 6-3 victory at Presbyterian College (9-23)…had goal and assist in three different contests…tallied one goal in four consecutive games, vs. Radford (9-29), at Campbell (10-4), at High Point (10-6) and Coastal Carolina (10-11)…led team in shots taken with 59…one of five players to start and play in all 19 of the Bulldogs games.
2011: Enjoyed an excellent rookie season with the Bulldogs and earned a spot on Big South All-Freshman team...Asheville's second-leading scorer with six goals and 15 points...tied for the team lead in goals with Amanda Knapp (6)...second on team in assists (3)...scored first career goal on PK vs. Tennessee Tech (8-28)...tallied goal in first win of the year over South Carolina State (9-18)...scored the game-winning goal in Big South 3-1 road victory at VMI (9-29)...also scored vs. Presbyterian College (10-4), at Campbell (10-6) and against Radford in Big South Tournament (11-3)....tied for team lead in shots taken with 56...had assist vs. Georgia State (9-16), VMI (9-29) and Gardner-Webb (10-20).
Before UNC Asheville: Completed her three-year career at Knightdale with an amazing 105 goals...junior season compiled 63 goals and 32 assists, the eighth-highest scoring total in state history...earned All-State, All-Region and All-Conference honors...averaged three goals per game...helped lead team to third round of state playoffs.
