Career Stats
Career Honors
WomensLacrosse.com All-America Third Team (2010)
IWLCA All-South Region Second Team (2009, 2010)
All-CAA First Team (2008, 2009, 2010)
Flat Hat Female Athlete of the Year (2009-10)
Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2009, 2010)
Preseason All-CAA (2009, 2010)
WomensLacrosse.com Nat'l Player of the Week Honor Roll (4/14/09, 4/21/09)
CAA Player of the Week (3/30/09, 4/13/09, 4/5/10)
CAA Rookie of the Year (2008)
CAA All-Rookie Team (2008)
VaSID All-State First Team (2008, 2009, 2010)
VaSID Rookie of the Year (2008)
CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (2008, 2009)
2010 - Junior Season
Chosen to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List for the second consecutive season ...
Selected to the Womenslacrosse.com All-America Third Team ... Garnered
second-team IWLCA All-South Region honors ... Became just the 13th player in
CAA history to be chosen to the all-conference first team three times
... Named as the Flat Hat Female Athlete of the Year ... Chosen to the
VaSID All-State First Team for the third straight season ... Honored as the CAA
Player of the Week twice (3/22, 4/5) ... Ranked fourth nationally with 2.22
caused turnovers per game and ninth in the country with 3.11 ground balls per
game ... Started all 18 games and finished the season with a team-high 56 ground
balls while ranking second on the squad with 40 caused turnovers and 36 draw
controls ... Her caused turnover total ranks second on the program's
single-season list ... Led the team with 44 goals and ranked second on the
team with 54 points ... Ranked sixth in the conference with 2.44 goals per
game and 10th with 3.00 points per game ... Recorded 12 multi-goal efforts
and eight hat tricks ... Through just three seasons, she already ranks fifth at
the College in career points (165), second in goals (133), 10th in ground balls
(138), third in draw controls (101) and fourth in caused turnovers (77)
... Totaled eight points (7g, 1a) with five ground balls, a draw control and
a caused turnover in the win at Drexel ... The point total tied for the
fourth-best single-game performance in school history while the goal total ranks
tied for second ... Recorded seven points (5g, 2a) with three ground balls, three
caused turnovers and two draw controls in the win at Virginia Tech ... Came
up big in the win at Richmond with five points (4g, 1a), a single-game school
record six caused turnovers, four ground balls and a pair of draw controls
... Also tallied a five-point effort in the win versus Delaware ... Equaled a
school record for caused turnovers (which she shares with Sarah Jonson) with
six in the win against California while also providing five ground balls
... Posted an impressive performance at No. 12 Boston University with five
caused turnovers and seven ground balls ... Totaled four points (2g, 2a),
five ground balls, four caused turnovers and two draw controls in the triumph
against Oregon ... Recorded three points (2g, 1a) with five ground balls,
five draw controls and a pair of caused turnovers in the win versus Old
Dominion ... Preseason All-CAA.
2009 - Sophomore Season
Garnered IWLCA All-South Region Second Team honors ... Selected to the All-CAA
First Team for the second consecutive season ... Appeared in all 17 games and
started the final 12 games ... Led the team with 44 goals and ranked second on
the squad with 56 points ... Goals total ranked 10th on the program's
single-season list ... Ranked fifth in the conference with 2.59 goals per game
and eighth in the league with 3.29 points per game ... Recorded 14 multi-goal
efforts and eight hat tricks ... Scored a team-high 21 goals in conference play,
averaging 3.0 per game ... Also finished the season with 33 ground balls, 24 draw
controls, 18 caused turnovers and a .511 shooting percentage ... Selected to the
WomensLacrosse.com National Player of the Week Honor Roll twice (4/14, 4/21) ...
Also chosen as the CAA Co-Player of the Week twice (3/30, 4/13) ... Equaled
career highs with six points, five goals and five draw controls in the win
against No. 20 Hofstra ... Also scored the game-winner against the Pride and
recorded her 100th career point ... Registered six points on five goals and an
assist with four ground balls in the overtime triumph against No. 20 James
Madison ... Totaled six points on four goals and two assists in the victory
against Richmond ... Totaled four goals, including the game-winner, while adding
three caused turnovers, two draw controls and two ground balls in the win at
George Mason ...Notched hat tricks versus No. 20 Stanford, California, No. 15
Penn State, and No. 17 Old Dominion ... Other multi-goal efforts came against
Longwood, Virginia Tech, No. 10 Boston University, No. 4 Virginia, Drexel and
Towson ... Honored at the team's postseason banquet as the Most Vaulable
Midfielder ... Chosen to the Tewaaraton Trophy Preseason Watch List ... Selected to
the Preseason All-CAA Team.
2008 - Freshman Season
One of the top freshmen in the country and one of the best players in the CAA ...
Posted an outstanding rookie season for the College, garnering All-CAA First
Team honors and being named as the CAA Rookie of the Year ... Also selected to
the VaSID All-State First Team and as the VaSID Rookie of the Year ... Ranked
fifth in the conference in goals per game with 2.37, a figure that ranked 57th
nationally ... Ranked third in the league in free position goals per game (1.79),
fourth in game-winning goals (3) and seventh in points per game (2.89) ... Led
the team with 49 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers ... Ranked second on the
squad with 41 draw controls ... Started all 19 contests ... Earned season highs in
goals (5) and ground balls (7) in the second game of the year, the win at
Longwood ... Also added an assist, a pair of draw controls and three caused
turnovers against the Lancers ... Scored four goals on four occasions, including
back-to-back performances in the final two games of the regular season ...Found
the back of the net four times in the regular-season win against Old Dominion,
taking a season-high 10 shots ...Also had an assist, a ground ball, a draw
control and a caused turnover versus the Lady Monarchs ... Totaled four goals in
the preceding game versus Delaware while adding a ground ball, two draw
controls and a caused turnover ... Registered four goals with an assist, four
ground balls and a season-high three caused turnovers in the victory against
California ... Honored with CAA Rookie of the Week honors after that performance
... Began her collegiate career with a four-goal effort, which included the
game-winning score, in the triumph versus Binghamton ... Also finished with three
ground balls, three draw controls and a pair of caused turnovers against the
Bearcats ... Her other game-winning goals came in consecutive contests during
early April against No. 19 James Madison and No. 9 George Mason ... Recorded five
ground balls with three draw controls and two caused turnovers at Virginia Tech
... Came up big in the win against 10th-ranked Stanford, totaling two goals, five
draw controls, three ground balls and a caused turnover ... Also registered five
draw controls with two goals, an assist, two ground balls and two turnovers
versus No. 2 Virginia ... Scored three goals with an assist, three ground balls
and three draw controls at seventh-ranked Georgetown ... Tallied four ground
balls in both games of the conference tournament ... Also contributed two goals,
an assist, two draw controls and a caused turnover in the CAA Semifinal win
against Delaware ... Other multi-goal efforts came at No. 19 Penn State and in
the win versus No. 15 Towson.
Sacred Heart Academy
Three-time all-league performer who averaged four goals and two assists per
game for coaches Shannon Sullivan and Ken Carter ... Named team's captain as a
senior and was named the defensive player of the year as a sophomore, before
receiving the coaches award as a junior ... Also played for Liberty Lacrosse Club
under former W&M lax great Danielle Gallagher ('89) ... Member of 2006 New
York Empire State gold medalist team ... Earned two all-league awards in soccer
and led Sacred Heart to state championships in 2004 and 2006 ... Four-time
all-league selection and two-time league champion in both 300-meters and
600-meters in winter track ... Also a 400-meter league champion in spring track ...
Named CHSAA league MVP in 2006 and was a Millrose Games silver medalist as a
freshman ... Placed fifth at NY state indoor championship in 600-meters as a
junior and placed fourth in state outdoor championship 400-meters ... Member of
National Honor Society.
Personal Information
Full name is Katherine Grace Golden ... Daughter of Eugene and Karen Goodwin
Golden ... Enjoys swimming, skiing, traveling and running ... Majoring in business
... Born on July 6, 1989 in New York, N.Y.
