Kat Carroll
5-9 Junior Midfielder
Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood)

SEC All-Tournament Team (2000) ¥Academic All-SEC (2000)

Anchors the midfield and serves as the real engine for the team...Provides a good offensive presence for the midfield...Expect a lot of plays to go through her...Hard tackler...Good ball striker...Good in the air...Complete player...Potentially one of the top central midfielders in the SEC.

As A Sophomore (2000): Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team...Earned Academic All-SEC Honors...First on team with four assists and three game-winning goals...Second on team with 18 points, seven goals and 50 shots...Career-high two goals against Arizona...Recorded double-digit shot totals in seven straight games and 10-of-11 games, while three times matching her career high of five shots...Assisted on Jen Talavera's game-tying goal with two seconds remaining in regulation at Auburn...One of five players to start all 21 games.

As A Freshman (1999): Started every game in her rookie year as one of Vanderbilt's center midfielders ... Made her first collegiate start in VU's season-opener at Alabama ... Tallied her first assist as a Commodore in VU's win over Indiana ... Recorded her first career goal against 12th-ranked Georgia ... Had her best performance of the season with two assists and five shots against LSU.

High School/Club: Gatorade Circle of Champions Tennessee High School Girls' Soccer Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998 ... Earned All-America honors and was The Tennessean Midstate Player of the Year in 1998 after scoring 12 goals and 14 assists her senior season ... A three-time all-district and all-region honoree ... Named District MVP in 1997 and 1998 ... Helped Brentwood High School to two district and regional titles (1997-98), the runner-up title in 1998 and the Tennessee state title in 1997; the team earned a No. 10 ranking from USA Today in 1997 ... Scored 10 goals and 24 assists her junior year ... Holds the school single-season (24) and career assist record (60) and also owns all-time state record for assists (60) ... Helped her Music City Lady Sting club team to three state titles (1995-97) and took them to the Region III Semi-Finals in 1995-97 ... Traveled with the Region III ODP team to Europe in 1998 and played for the Region Pool Team from 1996-98 ... Named all-state in cross country in 1996 and holds the school's 5K record (18:54).

Worth Knowing: Katharine Leigh Carroll ... Born 3/9/81 ... Daughter of Vida and Kevin Carrol...Major is History ... Graduated in the Top 10 percent of her high school class ... Sophomore class president and a member of the National Honor Society.