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Jersey Number 36
Cato Knipping
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Last School(s):
- KLA (Koninklijk Lyceum Antwerpen) - Antwerp
- Hometown:
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Major:
- Undeclared
As a Junior (Fall 2021):
As a Sophomore (Spring 2021):
As a Freshman (2019):
High School/Club:
Personal: Parents are Arthur Knipping and Anouk ter Laak
Major: Cognitive Science
- At the end of the regular season, ranked third in the America East in goals-against average at 1.43 and save percentage (.763).
- Her five shutouts were tied for first.
- Three-time AE Defensive Player of the Week, including each of the last two weeks of the regular season.
- Notched a season-high 16 saves at Maine in the AE semifinals.
- Named to the AE All-Tournament Team and to the AE All-Academic Team.
- Blanked Stanford in Cal’s 2-0 win over the Cardinal on 10/22, making five saves...
- At UC Davis, earned her fifth shutout of the season - seventh in her career - in Cal’s 2-0 win.
- Secured her fourth shutout of the season in Cal’s 2-0 win at Vermont, making six saves.
- Notched her fifth career shutout - third of the season - in Cal’s 1-0 overtime win at UMass-Lowell.
- Earned her third career shutout in Cal’s 1-0 season-opening win at Stanford before picking up her fourth vs. Dartmouth the following week.
As a Sophomore (Spring 2021):
- Tabbed AE Defensive Player of the Week after earning three wins in the final week of the season, making a combined 19 saves and one shutout...
- Was Cal's keeper for every minute of every match, finishing with a GAA of 1.68 and a save percentage of 0.768...
- Made a career-high 12 saves on 15 shots faced against No. 18 Stanford.
- Garnered her first career shutout when playing all 60 minutes in Cal’s 2-0 win over UC Davis.
- Earned her second shutout in the regular season finale at Vermont, a 1-0 win.
- Academically, was tabbed an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction for the second time, as well as earning NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
- Named to America East Commissioner's Honor Roll honors for the second straight year.
- Tabbed to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2019):
- Academic honors include being named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad, the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll and being tabbed an
- Named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction.
- Appeared in nine games with three starts.
- Started seeing a lot of increased playing time as the season went on, including playing all the minutes in Cal's two America East Conference Tournament games.
- Collected a season-high seven saves in the final game of the season in the semifinals of the conference tournament against eventual tournament champion and host Monmouth.
- Compiled a record of 1-6.
High School/Club:
- Attended KLA High School in Antwerp, Belgium, where she won the award for the most-committed student of the year in 2019...
- President of the student body during her senior year...
- Played club field hockey with Braxgata HC (Boom, Belgium) and played for the Belgium U18 National team.
- Competed in multiple championship finals with her youth club teams and participated in two Eurohockey Club Championships with the first team of her club.
Personal: Parents are Arthur Knipping and Anouk ter Laak
Major: Cognitive Science
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