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Katie Luce Season 2019

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PositionGOALKEEPER
Height5-8
YearJunior
HometownLewis Center, Ohio
2018 / SOPHOMORE
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started nine conference games and five non-conference matchups
  • Played 1,279 minutes
  • Registered a .770 save percentage
  • Ranked T-No. 6 in Purdue history with four shutouts in a single season.
  • Ranked seventh in the Big Ten and No. 10 in Boilermaker history with a 0.99 goals against average
  • Averaged 3.4 saves per game (8th in the Big Ten)
  • Produced a total of four shutouts, with two coming in Big Ten action and two in non-conference play
  • Shutout No 25 Northwestern on the road on their senior day (10/14), making four saves along the way.
  • Notched a season-high seven saves in the 1-1 double-overtime draw versus No. 24 West Virginia.
  • Conceded only four goals during non-conference play.
  • Produced a record of 4-6-3 as a sophomore.

2017 /  FRESHMAN
· Big Ten All-Freshman Team
· Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3)
· Started the first 16 games as just the third freshman goalkeeper in program history to be the primary starter
· Led the way defensive in six of the seven shutout wins, the program's most since 2007
• Made a season-high six saves in her collegiate debut, a win vs. Kent State 
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Purdue's first since September 2010, after shutting out Illinois and Northwestern 
• Joined Sarah Clark as the Boilermakers' first Big Ten All-Freshman Team selections since 2009; Purdue's first goalkeeper named to the all-freshman team since 2003 
• Also posted solo shutouts vs. DePaul, Dayton, and Michigan 
• Logged 75 minutes in the shutout vs. Indiana State 
• Made four saves vs. Loyola Marymount, Michigan and Northwestern 
• Was on the field for 455 of the program-record 470 consecutive scoreless minutes at home from Aug. 21 through Oct. 12 
• Conceded one or fewer goals in eight of her 16 starts 
• Played the first half of the shutout win at Notre Dame during the preseason

HIGH SCHOOL
· Played varsity soccer as a sophomore at Olentangy Orange High School in suburban Columbus but otherwise focused on her Classics Eagles Soccer Club team
· Earned All-conference and scholar athlete honors as a sophomore, playing for former Purdue assistant Jim Daugherty
· Ohio State Cup finalists in 2016 and 2017
· Two-time Ohio South State Cup champions in 2013 and 2015
· Classics Eagles qualified for the Region 2 championships three times
· Disney Showcase champions in 2015
· Played for state and regional ODP teams as an id2 program participant
· Four-year honor roll student
· National Honor Society
· 2016 AP Scholar award recipient

PERSONAL
· Major: Kinesiology
· Full name is Katherine Marie Luce
· Born in Columbus, Ohio
· Parents are David and Wendy Luce
· Family also includes older sister Amy
· Mother was a diver at the University of Buffalo

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Sophomore
2018-19

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Sophomore
2018

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Freshman
2017

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