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Caitlin McKinney |
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HONORS & AWARDS
Team Captain (2008)
Three-Time All-American
(2006, 2007, 2008)
Four-time All-BIG EAST Selection
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year
(2008)
Four-time monogram winner for the Irish ...
closed out her Notre Dame career as one of
the top all-around players in the program's history
... finished as Notre Dame's all-time assist
leader (80), was second in points (232) and
third in goals (152) in her career ... a threetime
unanimous all-BIG EAST selection and a
three-time IWLCA All-American ... became
program's third, first-team All-American in
2008 ... served as a team captain in 2008 ...
holds school record with a 51-game pointscoring
streak (124g, 61a, 185 pts) from April
24, 2005 to April 9, 2008 ... talented playmaker
and goal scorer with tremendous speed ...
selected as one of the top 20 players (14th) in
the country by Lacrosse magazine in their 2008
preseason preview edition ... along with teammate
Jillian Byers is one of two Notre Dame
players to take All-American honors in three consecutive seasons ... selected second team
ESPN The Magazine Academic all-District Five
At-Large team ... one of two Notre Dame student-
athletes to receive the 2007-08 BIG EAST
Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award which
recognizes academic and athletic achievement
as well as community service ... winner of
Notre Dame's Francis Patrick O'Connor Award
that goes to the student-athlete who best displays
the total embodiment of the true spirit of
Notre Dame as exemplified by their contributions
and inspirations to their respective teams
... was the first Notre Dame freshman ever
selected to an all-BIG EAST team in 2005 ...
member of the U.S. National Developmental
team from 2005-07 ... selected to Dean's List in
fall of `06 and spring of `07 ... played in a
school-record 70 career games with 152 goals
and 80 assists for 232 points ... owns 97 ground
balls, 49 draw controls and 60 caused turnovers.
AS A SENIOR: Started all 19 games for the
Irish ... closed out her career by being selected
as a first team IWLCA All-American, just the
third in Notre Dame history ... was second on
the team in scoring with 38 goals and 25 assists
for 63 points ... 25 assists were a career high ...
added a career-high 30 ground balls and 27
caused turnovers ... grabbed 11 draw controls
on the season ... finished with a
career-high 114 shots on goal ... was
sixth in assists in the BIG EAST and
tied for sixth in BIG EAST scoring ...
selected as the BIG EAST midfielder
of the year, joining Abby Owen
(2004) and Danielle Shearer (2002) as
Irish players to capture the award ...
selected as a unanimous first team all-
BIG EAST selection for the third consecutive year ... first team IWLCA All-
American ... first team womenslacrosse.com
All-American ... named to the BIG EAST alltournament
team ... selected as the Notre Dame
Monogram Club's team most valuable player ...
named a finalist for the 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy
... selected as Notre Dame's female BIG
EAST/Aeropostale Scholar-Athlete Award winner
for 2007-08 ... was selected as a second
team District V all-academic selection on the atlarge
team by ESPN The Magazine ... winner of
Notre Dame's Francis Patrick O'Connor Award
that goes to the student-athlete who best exemplifies
the true spirit of Notre Dame ... selected
as a BIG EAST Aeropostale Scholar-Athlete
Award winner for 2007-08 and was an inaugural
winner of the conference's BIG EAST
Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence award ...
recorded points in 17 of the team's 19 games ...
had 12 games with three or more points and 11
games with two or more goals ... opened the
season by equaling a career high with seven
points (5g, 2a) in 22-10 win over Canisius ...
scored just once in 16-4 win over Duquesne ...
had two goals and one assist in 14-11 win at
Ohio State ... held to a goal and an assist in 13-
9 loss to Stanford ... scored three times and
added a pair of assists for five-point game in 14-
13 loss to Oregon ... added a four-point game
(2g, 2a) in 18-8 win at California ... turned in
back-to-back four-goal games in 16-8 win over
Delaward and 16-13 overtime loss at home to
Syracuse (six-point game) ... scored twice in
home win against Loyola ... had season-high
three assists (one goal) in 14-13 win at Hofstra
... had third six-point game of the year (3g, 3a)
in 18-11 road win at Connecticut ... scored
twice and added an assist in 12-8 win at Duke ... saw school-record 51-game point streak
snapped in 16-2 loss at No. 1 Northwestern ...
bounced back with a goal and an assist as Irish
won at Georgetown, 10-8 ... held to one goal
in 9-6 loss to Vanderbilt ... had fourth game
with six or more points (3g, 3a) in 20-9 win at
Rutgers ... scored three goals with one assist
with season-high 12 shots on goal as Irish lost
to Georgetown, 15-14 in three overtimes at
BIG EAST Tournament ... had three assists in
15-11 win over Cornell ... was held off the
scoreboard in Notre Dame's season-ending loss
to Northwestern in the NCAA Tournament.
AS A JUNIOR: Started all 17 games at
midfield/attack ... was second on the team in
scoring with a career-high 44 goals and 65
points ... her 21 assists were one off her career
high and second on the team ... had 19 ground
balls and career highs with 16 draw controls
and 18 caused turnovers ... scored 44 goals on
100 shots for a .440 shooting percentage ... 44
goals were sixth-best, single-season total with
21 assists being ninth best and 65 points seventh
overall ... was fifth in the BIG EAST in
scoring ... unanimous first team all-BIG EAST
selection for second consecutive year ...
selected second team IWLCA and womenslacrosse.
com All-American ... was a third
team Inside Lacrosse Magazine All-American ...
was selected to the IWLCA Academic All-Star
team following the season ... scored at least one
point in every game to extend her Notre Dame
record point streak to 39 games (94g, 44a), a
streak that started on Apr. 24, 2005 as a freshman
... recorded three or more points in 12 of
the team's 17 games and had 12 games with
two or more goals ... opened the season with
two goals in the season-opening 10-9 tripleovertime
win at James Madison ... turned in a
career-best six-goal, seven-point game, including
the game-winning goal in a 12-11 overtime
win versus Stanford ... scored twice in home
loss to Northwestern ... had back-to-back sixpoint
games (3g, 3a) in wins at Cornell (13-9)
and at Canisius (18-8) ... scored three goals,
including the game winner in 9-7 win over Yale
at Wellington, Fla. ... scored four goals with two
assists for fourth game with six or more points
in 16-13 loss at Syracuse ... had three goals in
16-9 home win against Ohio State ... scored
four times in 11-1 win at Loyola (Md.) ... held
to one goal (with two assists) in 12-11 win at
home against Connecticut ... had just a goal
and an assist in 15-7 win against Duquesne ...
goal was the game winner ... held to one goal
for third straight game with three points in 20-
10 loss at home to Duke ... picked up two goals
with one assist in 16-11 win against Cal ...
scored once and set up four others for fivepoint
afternoon as Irish defeated Georgetown,
13-8, for first-ever regular season win against
the Hoyas ... had a goal and an assist in 13-9
loss at Vanderbilt ... scored twice in 8-7 loss to
close the regular season versus Rutgers ...
closed the season with a five-goal effort in 12-
10 loss to Georgetown in the BIG EAST
Tournament game at Syracuse.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played and started
all 19 games at midfield/attack ... finished third
on the team in scoring with 42 goals and 22
assists for 64 points, all career highs ... had 27
ground balls, seven draw controls and six
caused turnovers ... scored 42 goals on 100
shots for a .420 shooting percentage ... 42 goals
are fifth best in program history, 22 assists are
seventh-best, single-season total and 64 points
sixth-highest total in program history ...
selected first team all-BIG EAST ... was a third
team IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse Magazine and
womenslacrosse.com All-American ... had 16
games with two or more points and 15 games
with two or more goals ... got the season off to
a fast start with career-high six-point game (3g,
3a) at California ... added two goals and three
assists in second game at Stanford (2/26) ...
scored two goals with two assists in 18-6 win
over Ohio ... continued fast start with three
goals and two assists in 17-15 win over Cornell
... had four-point day (3g, 1a) in 20-4 loss at
Lehigh ... scored twice in 12-11 win versus
James Madison ... scored three goals with two
assists in 13-9 victory over Loyola ... held to
one goal and one assist in loss at Northwestern
... had fourth game of the year with five or
more points (3g, 2a) in 18-2 win versus
Canisius, including the game winner ... scored
twice, including game winner at Connecticut
... held to one goal in 13-6 win at Ohio State
... scored two goals with one assist in one-goal
loss at Duke and two goals and two assists in
one-goal loss at Georgetown ... helped Irish get
back on winning track with three goals in the
13-8 win at Rutgers ... held to one goal in 11-
10 win versus Syracuse ... had just one assist in
regular-season finale versus Vanderbilt ... had
outstanding NCAA tournament with nine
goals and two assists in the three games ... had
three goals in 16-8 win versus Cornell ... had
three goals and one assist for four points in 12-
9 victory against Georgetown ... had four-point
game (3g, 1a) in NCAA semifinal loss to
Dartmouth.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 15
games, making 14 starts ... second on the team
in goals (28), assists (12), points (40) and shots
(66) ... had a .424 shooting percentage ... had
21 ground balls, 15 draw controls and nine
caused turnovers ... point total was third-best in
Irish history for a freshman, behind Lael
O'Shaughnessy and Courtney Calabrese, who
each had 41 points in their rookie years ... was
a second-team all-BIG EAST selection and a
second-team IWLCA all-Mid-Atlantic choice
... had 11 games with two or more points and
six with four or more ... recorded 10 games
with two or more goals ... got her career off to
a fast start by scoring four goals in seasonopening
win at Ohio University to become the
first Notre Dame freshman to score four goals
in her first game ... the four goals started an 11-
game point streak (20g, 12a, 32 pts) that was
snapped on Apr. 16 versus Georgetown ... followed
opener with three goals and one assist
versus Northwestern ... held to one goal at
Cornell ... had four-point game (2g, 2a) at
Vanderbilt ... recorded a pair of goals in 18-8
home win versus California ... had fourth fourpoint
game (2g, 2a) in overtime loss at Boston
College ... had a goal and an assist in loss to
Connecticut and followed that with a threepoint
game (2g, 1a) in 12-9 win over Rutgers
... saved her best game for No. 2 Duke, as she
had a career-high five points (3g, 2a) in 11-8
loss ... held to an assist by Stanford before being
blanked by Georgetown ... rebounded with a
three-game goal and point streak (8-1-9) to end
the year ... scored two goals versus Johns
Hopkins, three goals versus Syracuse and closed
the year with her final four-point game (3g, 1a)
in season-ending loss to Ohio State.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Came to Notre
Dame after spending three years at
Germantown Academy in Ft.Washington, Pa.,
where she was a two-sport athlete ... started
high school career at Archbishop Carroll High
School, where she was a teammate of Heather
and Lindsey Ferguson ... three-year letter winner
in both lacrosse and soccer at Germantown
Academy ... captain and team MVP of lacrosse
and soccer teams in her senior seasons ... finished
her lacrosse career ranked fourth on
Germantown Academy's all-time scoring list
with 163 points on 120 goals and 43 assists over
three seasons ... led Germantown to the regular-
season and tournament championship in the
Philadelphia Inter-Academic League during
2004 ... was a first-team high school All-
American in 2004 ... all-conference and all-city
selection as a senior ... two-time all-Catholic
League selection at Archbishop Carroll, where
she helped squad win a league title as a sophomore
and finish second as a freshman ... scored
51 goals with 42 assists for 93 points in two seasons
at Archbishop Carroll ... member of three
Inter-Academic Conference champions in soccer
at Germantown in her three seasons ...
three-time all-conference choice in soccer ...
member of 2004 Upper Atlantic Senior team
that finished first in U.S. Lacrosse Women's
National Tournament ... member of 2002 and
2003 Upper Atlantic 1 Teams at U.S. Lacrosse
Women's National Tournament ... played for
Phantastixs from 2000-2003 ... member of 2000
and 2001 gold-medal winning team at Keystone
State Games ... full name is Caitlin Marie
McKinney ... daughter of Sean and Mindy
McKinney ... has one sister and one brother ...
born Jan. 29, 1985, in Phoenixville, Pa. ... graduated
with a degrees in Sociology and Film,
Televison and Theatre.
McKINNEY'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP-GS | SOG | G | A | Pts. | GB | DC | CT |
| 2005 | 15-14 | 66 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 9 |
| 2006 | 19-19 | 100 | 42 | 22 | 64 | 27 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 17-17 | 100 | 44 | 21 | 65 | 19 | 16 | 18 |
| 2008 | 19-19 | 114 | 38 | 25 | 63 | 30 | 11 | 27 |
| Totals | 70-69 | 380 | 152 | 80 | 232 | 97 | 49 | 60 |
