Colgate University Athletics

Freshman Year (2008): Saw action in nine games… Made her first collegiate start in the Sept. 19 game at Vermont…Started in a total of four games …Named Patriot League BRINE Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 22 after scoring the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win over Vermont on Sept. 19…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 

Before Colgate: A three-year letterwinner at Clarke County High School ... the Eagles were undefeated 20-0 her freshman year and posted a 21-2 mark her junior year ... captain her senior year ... her career totals currently stand at nine goals and 15 assists ... the Eagles were Virginia A state finalists in 2007 and state champions in 2005 ... named first-team all-state in 2007 and second-team all-state in 2005 ... tabbed the Rookie of the Year by her team in 2005 ... also lettered in track and field ... played with the Reston FC United for the past two years ... Reston was a finalist in the Virginia State Cup in 2007 and semifinalists in 2006 and 2008 ... in 2007 the team was declared champions at the Bethesda Tournament, Adidas Women’s Showcase, TCIFA Women’s International Festival, a finalist at the Adidas Greensboro Labor Day Shootout and a semifinalist at the Disney Showcase ... in 2006 Reston was a finalist at the Disney Showcase, San Diego Surf Cup and a semifinalist at the Adidas Greensboro Labor Day Shootout and runner-up at the WAGS U17 Division I invitational ... played with Loudoun Premier, Clarke County Chicks and Winchester United prior to joining Reston ... a member of the 2004 Virginia Northern District ODP team.

Personal: Full name is Katheryne Cook Lawson ... parents are Thomas and Rebecca Lawson of White Post, Va. ... has three brothers, Moore, Carter and Brantley and one sister, Caroline ... born December 5, 1989 in Falls Church, Va. ... major is undeclared.