CAREER HONORS
First Team All-Big Ten (2013)
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2014: Started all 22 games in the cage for the Nittany Lions ... Compiled 124 saves, a 1.31 goals against average and a .810 save percentage ... Finished the season ranked No. 2 nationally No. 13 in goals against average ... Member of a defense that finished the season 10th nationally with a 1.31 goals against average ... Helped the squad to six shutouts in 2014, including a 3-0 win against No. 6 Virginia (8/31), a 2-0 win at Temple (10/5) and a 1-0 win against No. 19 Michigan State (11/6) ... Made a career-high 15 saves in the final game of her career at No. 4 Syracuse (11/16) in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals ... Totaled double-digit (10) saves against No. 18 Michigan (9/26) ... Shutout Quinnipiac (9/7) and posted a then-personal-best 14 saves at No. 3 Connecticut (9/6) to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Also earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors following a nine-save performance in a 2-1 win against No. 9 Old Dominion (8/29) and a shutout 3-0 victory against No. 6 Virginia (8/31).
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2013: Started all 19 games in the cage ... Earned All-Big Ten first team recognition ... Compiled a 1.61 goals against average, 69 saves and a .683 save percentage ... Finished second in the Big Ten and 24th nationally in goals against average ... Totaled seven shutouts ... Made her first career start at No. 8 Old Dominion (8/30) ... Tallied a career-high seven saves at No. 7 Virginia (9/1) ... Matched her career-high with seven saves vs. No. 4 UConn (9/8) ... Made seven stops two games later at No. 3 Princeton (9/15) ... Recorded six saves vs. Ohio State (10/11) ... Made five saves in four of the last five games of the season at No. 19 Iowa (10/25), at Michigan (11/1), vs. Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament (11/8) and vs. No. 8 Princeton in the NCAA Tournament (11/16).
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2012: Appeared in six games during the 2012 season ... Totaled 107:40 minutes of playing time, while allowing just one goal for a 0.65 goals against average ... Stopped three shots in a 5-0 shutout of Lock Haven (9/12) ... Recorded a career-high five saves to preserve the shutout in an 8-0 victory over Lehigh (9/14) ... Finished the season with a career-best .900 save percentage ... The Nittany Lions went an undefeated 6-0 in contests in which she played.
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2011: Saw action in eight games for the Nittany Lions during her redshirt freshman season ... Allowed just three goals in 188:15 (1.12 GAA) ... Earned two saves in the second half against Virginia Commonwealth (9/18) ... Had a two-save effort in a shutout win at Lafayette (10/11).
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010: Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starter for the Crestwood High School Comets ... Posted impressive career stats: 58-12-0 record, 0.787 GAA and .850 save percentage ... Named 2009 Citizen[apos]s Voice Player of the Year while cracking its All-Star Team in 2008 ... Three-time tirst team All-Pennsylvania honoree ... Earned All-Scholastic Team honors as a senior ... Made the Times Leader All-Star first team as a sophomore ... Took part in the 2009 Keystone State Summer Games, finishing second in the Scholastic Division ... Participated in the National Hockey Festival Pocono U-19 in Pool A (2006-09) ... Named MVP of the 2007 Futures Stars Camp ... Was also a standout center fielder in softball for Crestwood, earning numerous awards and honors ... Strong in the classroom, with a 3.8 GPA as a high honor student ... Participated in the Junior High Performance National Championship in Virginia Beach.
PERSONAL: Full name is Kylie Jean Licata ... Born on October 26, 1991 in Mountain Top, Pa. ... Parents are Karen and Frank ... Has two sisters, Kerri and Amy ... Majoring in hotel, restaurant and institutional management.
ON CHOOSING PENN STATE: 'When I visited Penn State, I automatically got a feeling that I was home. I was shown how much tradition and pride - both current students and alumni - had for their school and I really wanted to be a part of... `WE ARE.... PENN STATE![apos] Everything about Penn State made my decision easy.'
LICATA[apos]S CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP-GS Min. GA GAA Saves Pct. W-L SHO
2011 8-0 188:15 3 1.12 5 .625 0-0 0
2012 6-0 107:40 1 0.65 9 .900 0-0 0
2013 19-19 1387:13 32 1.61 69 .683 13-6 7
2014 22-22 1553:39 29 1.31 124 .810 16-6 6
Career 55-41 3236:47 65 1.41 207 .761 29-12 13.2