2015 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Pappas, Katie

Jersey Number 21
Katie Pappas
- Position:
- Midfield/Back
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Leonardtown, Md.
- High School:
- St. Mary’s Ryken
Bio
Career: Played in 75 games for the Dragons…Scored two goals and recorded two assists in her career…A four-time NFHCA Academic squad selection and a four-time CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…A two-sport athlete at Drexel as she played field hockey and women’s lacrosse.
2018: One of 12 Dragons to appear in all 18 contests and one of seven to start every game…Scored a goal against Fairfield (Aug. 31) and tallied an assist against Towson (Oct. 21) for three points on the year…Made a defensive save against Monmouth (Oct. 12)…One of three Dragons named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction and one of 19 that was a NFHCA National Academic Squad member… Named to the Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the 2018 fall term.
2017: One of eight Dragon to start all 19 contests…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient…selected to the 2017 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad…recorded one goal, one assist, three points, and four shots…scored against Rider (Sept. 5)…tallied an assist against Towson (Oct. 20).
2016: Sophomore campaign…One of eight Dragons to start all 19 contests… Started in the 2016 CAA Championship semifinal game against No. 9 Delaware in Newark, Del. on Nov. 4… A NFHCA Academic Squad member.
2015: Appeared in all 19 games on the year, making six starts, including the final four games of the season… Started in the 2015 CAA Championship semifinal game against No. 16 James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va. on Nov. 6…Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad...Made her first start at No. 9 Virginia on Aug. 28 in the first game of the season…Recorded one assist at Northeastern on Oct. 2 in the 4-3 conference road win…A CAA Commissioner’s Award winner.
Background: Played four years of varsity field hockey at St. Mary’s Ryken H.S….Also earned four varsity letters in lacrosse...will be playing both field hockey and lacrosse at Drexel…captain of her field hockey team for three years…was a 2014 Wendy’s High School Heisman Maryland State Finalists…2014 WCAC All-Conference Player of the Year…named to the WCAC All-Conference First Team from 2011-13…named All-County First Team from 2011-14…named the 2014 All-St. Mary’s County Field Hockey Athlete of the Year…2014 All-Met Honorable Mention…2014 NFHCHA High School National Squad, Scholar of Distinction recipient…named her team’s 2013-14 Varsity Field Hockey Most Valuable Player, 2011 Most Promising Player and received the 2012 Ryken Award…received the St. Mary’s Ryken 2015 Brother Clyde Student Athlete award…competed at the USA National Futures Championships in 2015…named to the Presidential Honor Roll all four years…earned the Xavieran Award for the highest GPA in her graduating class as the class valedictorian…given the Brother Lambert Academic Achievement Award for academic excellence.
Personal: Daughter of George and Tara…her mother, Tara, played field hockey at the University of Maryland…has one younger brother, Jonathan…her uncle, David, played baseball at the University of Michigan…her uncle, Bill, is a Drexel alumnus…played both field hockey and lacrosse at Drexel…Biomedical engineering major.
2018: One of 12 Dragons to appear in all 18 contests and one of seven to start every game…Scored a goal against Fairfield (Aug. 31) and tallied an assist against Towson (Oct. 21) for three points on the year…Made a defensive save against Monmouth (Oct. 12)…One of three Dragons named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction and one of 19 that was a NFHCA National Academic Squad member… Named to the Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the 2018 fall term.
2017: One of eight Dragon to start all 19 contests…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient…selected to the 2017 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad…recorded one goal, one assist, three points, and four shots…scored against Rider (Sept. 5)…tallied an assist against Towson (Oct. 20).
2016: Sophomore campaign…One of eight Dragons to start all 19 contests… Started in the 2016 CAA Championship semifinal game against No. 9 Delaware in Newark, Del. on Nov. 4… A NFHCA Academic Squad member.
2015: Appeared in all 19 games on the year, making six starts, including the final four games of the season… Started in the 2015 CAA Championship semifinal game against No. 16 James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va. on Nov. 6…Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad...Made her first start at No. 9 Virginia on Aug. 28 in the first game of the season…Recorded one assist at Northeastern on Oct. 2 in the 4-3 conference road win…A CAA Commissioner’s Award winner.
Background: Played four years of varsity field hockey at St. Mary’s Ryken H.S….Also earned four varsity letters in lacrosse...will be playing both field hockey and lacrosse at Drexel…captain of her field hockey team for three years…was a 2014 Wendy’s High School Heisman Maryland State Finalists…2014 WCAC All-Conference Player of the Year…named to the WCAC All-Conference First Team from 2011-13…named All-County First Team from 2011-14…named the 2014 All-St. Mary’s County Field Hockey Athlete of the Year…2014 All-Met Honorable Mention…2014 NFHCHA High School National Squad, Scholar of Distinction recipient…named her team’s 2013-14 Varsity Field Hockey Most Valuable Player, 2011 Most Promising Player and received the 2012 Ryken Award…received the St. Mary’s Ryken 2015 Brother Clyde Student Athlete award…competed at the USA National Futures Championships in 2015…named to the Presidential Honor Roll all four years…earned the Xavieran Award for the highest GPA in her graduating class as the class valedictorian…given the Brother Lambert Academic Achievement Award for academic excellence.
Personal: Daughter of George and Tara…her mother, Tara, played field hockey at the University of Maryland…has one younger brother, Jonathan…her uncle, David, played baseball at the University of Michigan…her uncle, Bill, is a Drexel alumnus…played both field hockey and lacrosse at Drexel…Biomedical engineering major.
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