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Kate Faasse
Faasse with North Carolina in 2024
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
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– North Carolina Tar Heels 67 (24)

Kate Louis Faasse (born June 4, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her junior season, she helped lead the Tar Heels to the 2024 national championship, ending a 12-year drought. She won multiple national player of the year awards, including the Hermann Trophy, after leading the nation with 20 goals.

Early life

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Faasse was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Shelley and Adrian Faasse.[1] She scored 28 goals with 10 assists as a sophomore at Pinnacle 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 also committed to the University of North Carolina that year.[2] She played ECNL soccer for SC del Sol, which she also captained.[1][3]

College career

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After two years with limited minutes, sitting behind players like Ally Sentnor and Avery Patterson and scoring 4 goals in 40 appearances, Faasse stepped into a starting role for the North 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 3–2 come-from-behind win against Colorado.[5] She scored 7 goals in 10 games during the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season.[6] In the ACC tournament first round, she scored her third brace by way of one penalty and one header as the Tar Heels won 2–0 against Virginia Tech.[4] She did the same for her fourth brace in the ACC tournament final, giving the team a 2–1 lead over Florida State before falling 3–2.[7] She scored four goals in the NCAA tournament, including a golden goal in the 2–1 quarterfinal win against Penn State and a penalty in the 3–0 semifinal win against Duke.[8] North Carolina defeated Wake Forest 1–0 in the final, winning its 23rd national title and first since 2012.[9]

Faasse finished her junior season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games, the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008.[8] Her eight game-winning goals also led the nation.[1] She was named first-team All-ACC and first-team All-American; won the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year award, the Hermann Trophy (the first Tar Heel winner since Crystal Dunn in 2012), and the Honda Sports Award for soccer; and was nominated for the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award.[8][10]

International career

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Faasse was called into training camp with the United States under-14 team in 2018 and virtual training with the under-18 team in 2021.[11][12] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.[13]

Honors and awards

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North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Kate Faasse". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Mackie, Theo (September 2, 2021). "azcentral Sports Awards Girls Athlete of the Week, 2021–22 season". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Evans, Owain (November 9, 2019). "ECNL Phoenix: Some of the best of Day 1". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Crowther, Harry (November 5, 2024). "'Do it for Kate': Faith in Kate Faasse leads to brace in first round of ACC tournament". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  5. ^ Koh, Michael (August 18, 2024). "Faasse's Heroics Give UNC Women's Soccer Thrilling Comeback Win at Colorado". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Six Tar Heels Recognized As All-ACC Performers". North Carolina Tar Heels. November 16, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c Koh, Michael (January 3, 2025). "UNC's Kate Faasse Named Winner of MAC Hermann Trophy". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  9. ^ Anzidei, Melanie (December 9, 2024). "UNC women's soccer wins 23rd national title, tops Wake Forest to reclaim crown". The Athletic. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's Lacrosse, Humphrey, Faasse Nominated For ESPYS". North Carolina Tar Heels. June 26, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  11. ^ "U14 GNT opens up 2018 with camp in Norco". United States Soccer Federation. February 23, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  12. ^ Eskilson, J.R. (April 21, 2021). "U18/U19 WNT Virtual Camp Roster". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  13. ^ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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