Kaitlyn MacBean Season 2023

2023 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON 
Awards: Garnered All-Big Ten Third Team recognition... Named an Academic All-Big Ten selection... Hauled in a trio of TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week Awards, earning a pair of placements on the team on Aug. 28 and Nov. 21, in addition to garnering National Player of the Week laurels on Nov. 21.

Season: Appeared in all 23 matches and started the final 20 for the Nittany Lions, logging 1,566 minutes of action in the field... Led Penn State in scoring with 26 points split between a team-high-tying 10 goals and six assists... Ranked sixth in the Big Ten Conference in total points and total goals while finishing tied for 11th in the league for total assists... Finished ninth in the B1G in goals per match with 0.43 and ranked 10th in the league in points per match with 1.13... Attempted a team-high 56 shots with 29 shots on goal for a shot-on-goal percentage of 0.518, the seventh-best mark in the Big Ten... Led Penn State, ranked second in the Big Ten and 14th nationally in match-winning goals with five.
 
at West Virginia (8/24): Scored her first goal of the season and logged her first match winner with two shots on goal in the 2-1 road win. TCU (8/27): Scored her second match-winning goal of the season in back-to-back games, propelling PSU to a 1-0 win. Princeton (9/07): Attempted three shots with one shot on goal in her then-season-high 80 minutes played in a 3-0 win. at Rutgers (9/21): Attempted one shot on goal in 79 minutes of action in the 2-1 road win. at Michigan (9/28): Played 67 minutes in the game with two shots on goal. at Michigan State (10/1):Played 71 minutes and mustered yet another goal against the Spartans. Ohio State (10/08): Started and scored both Nittany Lion goals in the 2-1 win over rival Ohio State. at Northwestern (10/15): Assisted on one goal in 81 minutes of playing time. Indiana (10/29): Scored one goal and assisted on another in the B1G Tournament quarterfinal win. vs Iowa (11/2): Totaled a career-high 107 minutes played with three attempted shots on goal. Santa Clara (11/17): Had one goal and one assist in the 2-0 win, playing for a total of 63 minutes. Saint Louis (11/19): Scored two of the four goals in the historic 4-3 overtime win that sent PSU to the Elite Eight. at Clemson (11/25): Scored the only goal for Penn State in its first National Quarterfinal since 2018, playing 82 minutes total.
 
2022 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Awards: Big Ten All-Freshman Team...Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Played in 19 games...Scored three goals...Produced one assist.

Illinois (9/25): Netted first career goal and produced first career assist in a 5-0 win. Michigan (10/16): Netted one goal in a 3-0 win. No. 6 Michigan State (11/6): Netted one goal in a 3-2 win of Big Ten Tournament Championship.
 
2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Utilized Redshirt due to season-ending injury.
 
2021 SPRING • FRESHMAN SEASON 
Season: Did not see action due to season-ending injury.
 
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy ECNL...Placed third at ECNL Nationals in 2018... Earned ENCL all-conference honors twice...Participated in ENCL National training camp in 2017...Named Ms. Soccer Minnesota...Named all-state four times...Named a preseason All-American by USA Today...Won a state championship in the 4x100m in track and field.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Bridget and Craig MacBean...Has two brothers, John and George...Majors in Biobehavioral Health.
 
WHY PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because from my first steps on campus I knew that nowhere else in the world would compare to how I felt there. Penn State truly has everything I wanted in a college. The women's soccer program is unlike any other in the country. The pure grit, determination, and family atmosphere within the phenomenal coaching staff and players make Penn State the best college environment possible. Aside from being one of the best teams in the nation, you can tell the coaches emphasize developing their players as people, not just soccer players. In addition to this, going to Penn State brings endless opportunities such as the academics, alumni program, passionate student body, THON, and the beautiful campus."