Katie Groesch

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Class: Senior Hometown: Decatur, Ill. High School: MacArthur

Height: 5-7 Position: GK

+ All-Horizon League Second Team, 2009
+ Horizon League All-Newcomer Team, 2008
+ All-Horizon League Second Team, 2008

2011: Started in six matches for the Maroon and Gold...Recorded 38 saves to move into fifth place in Loyola program history with a career total of 253 saves and close-out the season ranked tied with fellow teammate Monica Gonyo for the tenth-highest saves total in the Horizon League...Posted a season-high eight saves against Cincinnati and six saves against Northwestern (9/14)...Ended the season with a 1.52 goals-against average and a .776 save percentage...Recorded shutouts against Cincinnati (8/28) and Youngstown State (10/23) to improve her career total to 19, good for second place on Loyola's all-time list...Finished four-year career with a 1.42 goal-against average to rank fourth among school history...Named to Horizon League Fall All-Academic Team.

2010: Started in 18 of 20 matches for Loyola, making 59 saves...Recorded shutouts against Northern Illinois (9/5), Iowa State (9/10), Valparaiso (10/1), Detroit (10/3) and Youngstown State (10/10)...Posted a season-high seven saves at Michigan State (9/12)...Earned an impressive .686 save-percentage.

2009: Second Team All-Horizon League selection...Named to Horizon League Fall All-Academic Team...Started all 22 matches in goal for Loyola, recording 89 saves, seven shutouts and a 1.51 GAA...Seven shutouts good for a tie for second all-time at Loyola...Moves into fourth place in Loyola annals in career shutouts, increasing her total to 12...Named Horizon League Women's Soccer Player of the Week after recording back-to-back shutouts against Detroit (10/23) and Butler (10/25)...Made a career-high 11 saves against Notre Dame (8/28)...Recorded three-straight shutouts against Valparaiso (9/27), Youngstown State (10/2) and Cleveland State (10/4).

2008: Started all 23 matches as the team's starting keeper...Member of the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team and All-Horizon League Second Team...Recorded five shutouts, the second-best total by a Loyola freshman in program history...Posted a season-high seven saves at Butler...Made six saves in road win at No. 18 Kansas.

High School: Three time all-conference and all-area selection...Earned all-section honors each of her last two years...Named team's most valuable player in 2007...Member of Illinois State ODP team from 2003-07 and attended ODP Regional Holdover Camp in 2007...Played club soccer for Eclipse Select.