#5 Maddie Kratz
Goalkeeper
Honors
2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 (Junior): Played in 16 games and made 15 starts… Finished season with team-high 121 saves, a .384 save percentage and logging nearly 897 minutes… Made her first career start in goal in season opener on Feb. 7 against Kennesaw State, making three saves… Made a career-high 12 saves against Massachussets and Ohio State… Strongest save percentage day came against Massachussets when she stopped 46.9 percent of shots… Enjoyed strong second half of season, regaining starting job after solid six-save performance in relief against Harvard… She made 64 saves over her last seven games, averaging more than nine saves a game… Made double digit saves in five games — Massachussets (12), North Carolina (11), Ohio State (12), Jacksonville (10) and Northwestern (11)… Named to Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2013 (Sophomore): Played nearly 40 minutes over two games and made three saves while allowing just three goals… Made season debut against Presbyterian, playing 30 minutes and make one save in a 22-3 victory… Logged just under 10 minutes in a loss to Ohio State, making two saves and allowing three goals… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2012 (Freshman): Played the final 12-plus minutes of VU’s 19-5 win over Presbyterian… Made four saves while allowing only one goal.
HIGH SCHOOL:Three-year varsity starter at Wilton High School… First-team All-America selection following her senior season… Connecticut State Player of the Year… Helped the Warriors win FCIAC titles in 2010 and 2011… Co-MVP of the 2011 championship game… All-Conference and All-State performer also named Academic All-State… Received Outstanding Senior Award from Wilton Lacrosse Association… First-team MSG Varsity All-Metro Team in 2011, covering players from Conn., N.J. and N.Y…. All-Area selection as a junior… Honor roll student also played soccer at Wilton… Played club lacrosse for coach Maureen O’Shea’s Connecticut Lacrosse Futures.
PERSONAL:Madeline Elizabeth Kratz… Born May 21, 1993 in Summit, N.J…. Daughter of Lisa Galiano-Kratz and Geoffrey Kratz… Has one younger brother, Trevor (15)… Father played lacrosse… Went to Tanzania, Africa on service trip with Soles4Souls with 21 Vanderbilt student-athletes to deliver shoes to those in need in July 2013… Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority… Major in medicine, health and society.