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  Katie Carson
Katie Carson

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chagrin Falls, OH

Height:
5-10

Position:
G

Experience:
3VL

In 2000: (Junior) First-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference...started all 23 matches...recorded 10 solo shutouts...allowed only 14 goals...posted a 0.63 goal allowed average...had 59 saves...holds the Clemson record for most solo shutouts in a season with 12 in 1999...had 10 solo shutouts, the second best in school history in 2000...holds the single-season record for most saves with 109 in 1999...set the school record for the best goal allowed average in a single seson with a 0.63 mark...set the Clemson career record for most solo shutouts with 24...needs seven more saves to set the Clemson career record for most saves, she currently has 222 saves during her career...holds the Clemson career record for best goal allowed average with a 0.84 mark...one reason Clemson tied the school record for fewest goal allowed in 2000 with 15...ninth in the nation for best goals against average with a 0.63 GAA...member of the ACC honor roll for the third consecutive year.

In 1999: (Sophomore) Had an outstanding year in net for the Lady Tigers starting in all 23 matches...set several records including the record for most shutouts in a single season with 12, obliterating the previous record of 7 held by Meredith McCullen...she also established new season highs for most saves with 109 and best goal allowed average with an incredible 0.74, allowing just 17 goals in 2,063 minutes of play...she started the season by not allowing a goal in the first 325 minutes...also had a record-breaking scoreless streak of just over 605 minutes...during the streak, she shut out six teams in a row and saved 53 shots...Clemson was 5-2-1 during this time...she was a member of the All-ACC Tournament team...named to the Soccer Amercia Team-of-the-Week for the week of Sept. 28...she led the ACC in solo shutouts with 12 and was a major reason Clemson won the team statistical championship for save percentage (0.88)...In 1998: (Freshman) Played and started 22 games in goal as a freshman for the Lady Tigers...was involved in all nine shutouts, registering 2 solo and 7 shared shutouts...allowed just 22 goals and ended the year with a 1.26 goals allowed average in 1,569 minutes of action...saved 54 shots on the year...stopped a season high 8 shots versus Virginia in the semifinal game of the ACC Tournament, which the Lady Tigers won 2-1...during the Lady Tigers' record eight-game winning streak, she and keeper Julie Podhrasky shutout three opponents...during this time she also registered her two solo shutouts versus Charleston Southern (9-0) and UNC-Asheville (5-0)...Before Clemson: Starting goalkeeper for Chagrin Falls High School all four years of her career...state player-of-the-year her senior season....named to the Seven County all-star team three years in a row...two-time winner of the player-of-the-year for Div. II ...MVP of the Eastside League and the All-Greater Cleveland Team...won the state championship with Chagrin Falls three times...defensive player-of-the-year as a sophomore...Cleveland Plain Dealer "Best-of-the-Best" goalkeeper...39 shutouts for her career...member of the Cleveland Cobras Soccer Club last five years...played on the State ODP Team... starting keeper for the Cleveland Eclipse of the USISL...nominated to the National Team-of-the-Week three times...letterwinner on the girls basketball team four years...won state championship with Chagrin Falls twice...member of the state all-tournament team two times...honorable mention All-Ohio...first-team Chagrin Valley Conference as a senior...first-team News Herald Div. III and IV all-star selection...member of the state championship track team all four years...district winner in long jump...qualifier in shot put...ranked sixth in the state in the shot put...first-team all-conference in shot put and discus...school record holder in the shot put with a toss of 41 feet, 5 &1/2"... majoring in special education...born 4-16-80.

Career Stats
Year GP-GS MIN SO GLS GAA SV
1998 22-22 1,569 2/7 22 1.26 54
1999 23-23 2,063 12/2 17 0.74 109
2000 23-23 2,004 10/2 14 0.63 59
Totals 68-68 5,636 24/11 53 0.84 222


 
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