#0 Kaitlyn Fahrner Season 2016-17
Goalkeeper
Honors
SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28, 2017)
2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017: Started 16 games as Vanderbilt’s primary starting goalkeeper in her redshirt senior season… Led the SEC with an .831 save percentage… Posted a 9-4-1 record, a 0.99 goals against average, an .831 save percentage and four shutouts, stopping 74 shots while allowing just 15 goals… Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 2 on August 28 after making 18 total saves in consecutive road wins over Boston College on August 25 and UMass on August 27… Made three saves in Vanderbilt’s first NCAA Tournament victory in 11 years, a 2-1 first round win over Ohio State in Columbus on November 10… Made eight saves in the Commodores’ penalty kick loss to Arkansas in the SEC Tournament semifinals on November 2… Notched her fourth shutout of the season with three saves against Tennessee in a 1-0 SEC Tournament quarterfinal win on October 31… Stopped two shots in a 2-1 home win over Auburn in the regular season finale on October 26… Made six saves in a 2-1 win over Tennessee on October 19… Earned her third shutout of the season with three saves in a 1-0 win at LSU on September 17 in the SEC opener… Shut out Western Kentucky in a 1-0 road win on September 8… Made nine saves in a 1-0 loss to Indiana on September 1… Posted a season-high 13 saves in 1-0 shutout win at Boston College on August 25, earning SEC Defensive Player of the Week Honors for Week Two… Shared a shutout with Lauren DeMarchi after playing the first half of a 1-0 win over Tennessee Tech in the season opener on August 18.
2016: Started and competed in 14 competitions in goal for the Commodores… Finished season ranked first in Southeastern Conference in saves per game at 5.29… Boasted 80.4 save percentage, which placed Fahrner fourth amongst SEC goal keepers… Made 74 saves on the season… Ninth amongst SEC keepers in goals against average (1.29)… Earned eight wins and four shutout victories… Shut outs came against Jackson State, Murray State, No. 14 Texas A&M, LSU.
Transfer from Oklahoma
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Started two matches in goal for the Sooners … Tallied a 2-0 record … Recorded three saves and allowed just one goal on the season … Recorded a shutout against Little Rock on Aug. 30.
2014 (SOPHOMORE): Started 22 of 23 matches for Oklahoma, logging over 2,000 minutes in goal … Four-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week … Earned her first honor on Aug. 26 after shutting out Oklahoma State and totalling nine saves vs. OSU and Utah … Captured the award again on Sept. 2 after posting nine saves against two top 10 teams, including four in a win vs. No. 6 Florida … Picked up her third award on Oct. 7 thanks to back-to-back shutouts and 10 saves in wins vs. No. 10 Texas Tech and Iowa State … Won the award for the final time after her four-save shutout performance vs. No. 14 Kansas … Allowed 22 total goals this year for a goals-against average of 0.99 … Posted 70 total saves in 22 contests for a 9-9-4 mark overall … Earned shutouts in the net against Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas and Baylor … First team Academic All-Big 12.
2013 (FRESHMAN): Took a redshirt in her first season at Oklahoma after falling to injury in the preseason.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner and two-time team captain as goalkeeper at Coronado High School … Also played club soccer with Heat FC … 2012 Nevada Gatorade State Player of the Year finalist … National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) all-state selection … Helped club team to 2011 Surf Cup championship … Named Most Valuable Player at 2011 Surf Cup … Region IV Olympic Development Team member … Invited to the 2012 Olympic Development Program National Development Camp … Also took part in the Nevada Olympic Development Program from 2010-12 … Top Drawer Soccer four star recruit.
PERSONAL: Hails from Las Vegas, Nevada … Daughter of Tim and Judy Fahrner … Has two sisters, Jonalee and Jillianne, and one brother, Cole.