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2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 2
Kat Rader
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Stuart, Fla.
Awards/Honors: United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America (2025), Hermann Award Semifinalist (2025), NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team (2025), United Soccer Coaches All-Region (2025 - First Team, 2023 - Second Team, 2022 - Third Team), ACC All-Tournament Team (2025, 2022), All-ACC Second Team (2025, 2023, 2022), Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List (2025) ... Preseason United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch (2025, 2024), ACC Freshman of the Year (2022), TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First Team (2022), College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team (2022), College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2025, 2023), All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2022), ACC Honor Roll (2025, 2024, 2023).
U.S. Soccer: Member of U.S. Youth National Team pool since 2018 (U-14, U-15, U-16, U-18, U-20) … traveled with the U-20 squad to Colombia in February of 2024 ... trained with the U-20 National Team in January of 2024 ... competed in two friendly matches against Costa Rica with the U-20 Women’s National Team in May of 2022, leading the team with three goals in the two matches … competed at UEFA Development Tournament in England as member of U-16 National Team in February of 2020 … traveled to Netherlands for international friendlies with U-16 WNT in June of 2019 … member of championship winning U-15 WNT at CONCACAF Tournament in August of 2018
Career: Started 61-of-65 matches played as a Blue Devil ... tallied 32 goals, 20 assists and 84 points ... in the Duke career record book ranks fifth in game-winning goals (13), seventh in goals (32) and seventh in points (84) ... became the fourth Blue Devil in program history to notch 10 or more goals and assists in a season -- Michelle Cooper (2022), Imani Dorsey (2017) and Laura Weinberg (2012) ... owns four career mutli-goal performances ... a member of back-to-back NCAA College Cup squads in 2024 and 2025.
2025 -- Redshirt Junior: Hermann Award Semifinalist ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America ... NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region ... All-ACC Second Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List ... Preseason United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch list ... started 21-of-22 matches played, while notching 12 goals, 12 assists and 36 points ... her 36 points were the eighth-most in Duke single-season history, while her 12 assists were tied for fifth ... in the NCAA stats, ranked 15th in assists per game (0.55), 20th in points per game (1.64), 10th in assists (12), 30th in goals (12) and 17th in points (36) ... in the NCAA Tournament, collected two goals and four assists for eight points ... her four assists ranked third in the NCAA Tournament, while her eight points ranked seventh ... scored or assisted in 17 of her 22 matches played ... collected a hat trick against VMI, while also adding a pair of goals against Northwestern ... totaled game-winners versus Northwestern, VMI, Syracuse and Washington ... in the ACC, ranked tied for third in assists (12), tied for seventh in goals (12) and tied for sixth in points (36) ... registered goals in three games in a row against Notre Dame, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ... guided Duke to the NCAA College Cup along with a 17-5-1 ledger ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
2024 -- Junior: Appeared in four matches, before suffering a season-ending lower body injury ... had started all four matches before being injured, while totaling one goal and one assist ... scored her lone goal against UNC Wilmington in a 4-0 win ... added an assist in a 3-0 victory on the road at Nebraska ... a preseason United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch list selection ... a preseason All-ACC Team honoree ... named to ACC Honor Roll.
2023 -- Sophomore: United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Region ... All-ACC Second Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... started all 16 matches at forward ... led Duke with seven goals and 16 points ... added two assists ... attempted a team-high 45 shots, 18 of which were on goal ... collected game-winning goals against West Virginia, Wisconsin and East Carolina ... registered goals in each of the first three matches to open the season ... she became the sixth Blue Devil to score goals in each of the first three games to start a season ... totaled the game-tying goal against No. 1 North Carolina with a minute remaining in regulation ... also added goals against Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Southern California ... saw action in 1,316 minutes and played the full 90 minutes on seven occasions ... preseason All-ACC selection ... tabbed the Duke Student-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 9.
2022 -- Freshman: One of the top rookies in the nation ... started 20-of-23 matches ... ACC Freshman of the Year ... United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Region ... College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team ... TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... All-ACC Second Team ... led all freshmen in the ACC with 12 goals and ranked tied for second nationally among freshmen ... her 29 points led all freshmen nationally ... finished the season ranked No. 2 on the TopDrawerSoccer top-100 freshman list ... TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week and Team of the Week (11/1) ... College Soccer News Team of the Week (11/1) ... TopDrawerSoccer Honorable Mention Team of the Week (8/30) ... tallied 12 goals, five assists and 29 points on the year ... the 12 goals tied a Duke freshman record, while her 29 points ranked tied for second for Duke rookies ... attempted 64 shots, which ranked as the seventh-most by a Blue Devil freshman ... registered five game-winning goals, which ranked as the tied for fifth-most in a single season in Duke history and tied for second on the freshman charts ... teamed with Michelle Cooper to score 31 goals on the season, which ranks as the second-highest scoring tandem in Duke history ... scored eight goals against ACC opponents, while adding goals against nationally ranked Tennessee (8/25) and TCU (9/4) ... posted a career-best four points against Louisville (10/23) and Wake Forest (10/6) as she notched braces ... all five of her assists came against nationally-ranked opponents ... in the ACC ranked, sixth in points (29), sixth in goals (12) and ninth in shots (64) ... her 12 goals ranked 25th nationally and points were 26th ... her five game-winning goals ranked second in the ACC and 13th nationally.
Prior to Duke: Ranked as the No. 5 overall prospect in the class of 2022 by TopDrawerSoccer.com … rated the No. 3 forward in the class and No. 2 player from the state of Florida behind fellow Duke signee Carina Lageyre … scored 42 goals in 23 matches in 2021-22 season with Florida United U19 Girls Academy team … netted 67 goals in 30 games in 2020-21 season with Weston FC U19 Girls Academy team … scored 32 goals in 14 games during COVID-shortened 2019-20 season with Weston FC U17 team – the most goals in all U.S. Soccer Development Academy age groups … served as a team captain during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
Personal: Full name is Katherine Rader … daughter of Matt & Christine Rader … has two brothers, Jacob and Will, and one sister, Morgan … her grandfather, Doug Rader, played professional baseball from 1967-77 with Houston, San Diego and Toronto … he was also a manager of the Texas Rangers (1983-85), Chicago White Sox (1986) and California Angels (1986-91) … her uncle, Mac Walker, walked onto the Duke football team in 1989-90 … one of only 12 students out of 335 who finished with a 4.0 in high school … AP Scholar with Distinction all four years ... at Duke in the Fall of 2023, Spring of 2024 and Fall of 2024 earned Dean's List with Distinction at Duke ... graduated from Duke in December of 2025 with a degree in psychology.
Last Updated 12/11/2025
U.S. Soccer: Member of U.S. Youth National Team pool since 2018 (U-14, U-15, U-16, U-18, U-20) … traveled with the U-20 squad to Colombia in February of 2024 ... trained with the U-20 National Team in January of 2024 ... competed in two friendly matches against Costa Rica with the U-20 Women’s National Team in May of 2022, leading the team with three goals in the two matches … competed at UEFA Development Tournament in England as member of U-16 National Team in February of 2020 … traveled to Netherlands for international friendlies with U-16 WNT in June of 2019 … member of championship winning U-15 WNT at CONCACAF Tournament in August of 2018
Career: Started 61-of-65 matches played as a Blue Devil ... tallied 32 goals, 20 assists and 84 points ... in the Duke career record book ranks fifth in game-winning goals (13), seventh in goals (32) and seventh in points (84) ... became the fourth Blue Devil in program history to notch 10 or more goals and assists in a season -- Michelle Cooper (2022), Imani Dorsey (2017) and Laura Weinberg (2012) ... owns four career mutli-goal performances ... a member of back-to-back NCAA College Cup squads in 2024 and 2025.
2025 -- Redshirt Junior: Hermann Award Semifinalist ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America ... NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Region ... All-ACC Second Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List ... Preseason United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch list ... started 21-of-22 matches played, while notching 12 goals, 12 assists and 36 points ... her 36 points were the eighth-most in Duke single-season history, while her 12 assists were tied for fifth ... in the NCAA stats, ranked 15th in assists per game (0.55), 20th in points per game (1.64), 10th in assists (12), 30th in goals (12) and 17th in points (36) ... in the NCAA Tournament, collected two goals and four assists for eight points ... her four assists ranked third in the NCAA Tournament, while her eight points ranked seventh ... scored or assisted in 17 of her 22 matches played ... collected a hat trick against VMI, while also adding a pair of goals against Northwestern ... totaled game-winners versus Northwestern, VMI, Syracuse and Washington ... in the ACC, ranked tied for third in assists (12), tied for seventh in goals (12) and tied for sixth in points (36) ... registered goals in three games in a row against Notre Dame, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ... guided Duke to the NCAA College Cup along with a 17-5-1 ledger ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
2024 -- Junior: Appeared in four matches, before suffering a season-ending lower body injury ... had started all four matches before being injured, while totaling one goal and one assist ... scored her lone goal against UNC Wilmington in a 4-0 win ... added an assist in a 3-0 victory on the road at Nebraska ... a preseason United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch list selection ... a preseason All-ACC Team honoree ... named to ACC Honor Roll.
2023 -- Sophomore: United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Region ... All-ACC Second Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... started all 16 matches at forward ... led Duke with seven goals and 16 points ... added two assists ... attempted a team-high 45 shots, 18 of which were on goal ... collected game-winning goals against West Virginia, Wisconsin and East Carolina ... registered goals in each of the first three matches to open the season ... she became the sixth Blue Devil to score goals in each of the first three games to start a season ... totaled the game-tying goal against No. 1 North Carolina with a minute remaining in regulation ... also added goals against Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Southern California ... saw action in 1,316 minutes and played the full 90 minutes on seven occasions ... preseason All-ACC selection ... tabbed the Duke Student-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 9.
2022 -- Freshman: One of the top rookies in the nation ... started 20-of-23 matches ... ACC Freshman of the Year ... United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Region ... College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team ... TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... All-ACC Second Team ... led all freshmen in the ACC with 12 goals and ranked tied for second nationally among freshmen ... her 29 points led all freshmen nationally ... finished the season ranked No. 2 on the TopDrawerSoccer top-100 freshman list ... TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week and Team of the Week (11/1) ... College Soccer News Team of the Week (11/1) ... TopDrawerSoccer Honorable Mention Team of the Week (8/30) ... tallied 12 goals, five assists and 29 points on the year ... the 12 goals tied a Duke freshman record, while her 29 points ranked tied for second for Duke rookies ... attempted 64 shots, which ranked as the seventh-most by a Blue Devil freshman ... registered five game-winning goals, which ranked as the tied for fifth-most in a single season in Duke history and tied for second on the freshman charts ... teamed with Michelle Cooper to score 31 goals on the season, which ranks as the second-highest scoring tandem in Duke history ... scored eight goals against ACC opponents, while adding goals against nationally ranked Tennessee (8/25) and TCU (9/4) ... posted a career-best four points against Louisville (10/23) and Wake Forest (10/6) as she notched braces ... all five of her assists came against nationally-ranked opponents ... in the ACC ranked, sixth in points (29), sixth in goals (12) and ninth in shots (64) ... her 12 goals ranked 25th nationally and points were 26th ... her five game-winning goals ranked second in the ACC and 13th nationally.
Prior to Duke: Ranked as the No. 5 overall prospect in the class of 2022 by TopDrawerSoccer.com … rated the No. 3 forward in the class and No. 2 player from the state of Florida behind fellow Duke signee Carina Lageyre … scored 42 goals in 23 matches in 2021-22 season with Florida United U19 Girls Academy team … netted 67 goals in 30 games in 2020-21 season with Weston FC U19 Girls Academy team … scored 32 goals in 14 games during COVID-shortened 2019-20 season with Weston FC U17 team – the most goals in all U.S. Soccer Development Academy age groups … served as a team captain during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
Personal: Full name is Katherine Rader … daughter of Matt & Christine Rader … has two brothers, Jacob and Will, and one sister, Morgan … her grandfather, Doug Rader, played professional baseball from 1967-77 with Houston, San Diego and Toronto … he was also a manager of the Texas Rangers (1983-85), Chicago White Sox (1986) and California Angels (1986-91) … her uncle, Mac Walker, walked onto the Duke football team in 1989-90 … one of only 12 students out of 335 who finished with a 4.0 in high school … AP Scholar with Distinction all four years ... at Duke in the Fall of 2023, Spring of 2024 and Fall of 2024 earned Dean's List with Distinction at Duke ... graduated from Duke in December of 2025 with a degree in psychology.
Last Updated 12/11/2025
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