Caitlin Cosme

Caitlin Cosme kicks the ball during a Duke women's soccer game in 2020.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Riley Herriman/WFU

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Women's Soccer in studio. Durham, NC.- August 23, 2020

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Awards/Honors: 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team ... 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2021 ACC Honor Roll ... 2018 ACC Honor Roll.

National Team Experience: Member of the U.S. U-15 and U-14 National Teams

2021 -- Graduate Student: Opted to use additional year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... finished career with 10 goals and one assist in 70 matches ... started 59 of final 62 matches after just eight appearances in her first two seasons ... scored three goals in 21 matches, with all three coming on free kicks ... led team in minutes played (1,829) ... played a full 90 minutes in each of Duke's first two wins over No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) and No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... scored game-winning goal against No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) on free kick in 70th minute ... followed up with another free kick goal versus East Carolina (Sept. 9) ... logged 90 minutes in shutout win at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... played a full 110 minutes at Virginia Tech (Sept. 26) ... logged 90+ minutes in five consecutive matches from Oct. 15-31 ... had to shot attempts in win at Louisville (Oct. 28) ... scored game-winning goal in first round of the NCAA Championship against Old Dominion (Nov. 12), converting a free kick from outside the box with 16 seconds remaining.

2020-21 -- Senior: Voted a team captain prior to her senior campaign ... scored Duke's opening goal of the season at Wake Forest (Sept. 10) and played a full 95 minutes in the overtime win ... netted another goal the following week while playing 110 minutes versus Virginia (Sept. 17) ... converted a penalty kick for her third goal of the season against Virginia Tech (Oct. 9) ... played a full 95 minutes in the overtime win at Boston College (Oct. 15) ... opened the spring season with a header goal off a corner kick and her first career assist at UNCW (March 6) ... scored off another header at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... scored the game-winning goal in the third minute on a header against Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 (May 5) ... finished the season with six goals, which tied for the team lead and led all ACC defenders ... named to TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week four times (Sept. 22, Oct. 6, Oct. 13, April 6) ... tapped as the ACC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 13, March 9) ... named first-team All-Atlantic Region by United Soccer Coaches ... All-ACC Academic Team selection ... added to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019 -- Junior: Played in every contest across her junior season, making 18 starts … logged 52 minutes in the season-opener versus La Salle (Aug. 22), helping Duke to a 2-0 victory to open the Carolina Nike Classic ... came off the bench to play 45 minutes in the matchup at No. 2 North Carolina ... earned her first start of the season in the home opener against No. 13 Georgetown (Aug. 28), playing a career-high 110 minutes in the double-overtime draw ... recorded one shot attempt in the matchup against UNLV (Sept. 5), logging 73 minutes of action ... registered one shot in the contest versus LSU (Sept. 8) ... played the full 90 minutes in the matchup against James Madison (Sept. 15), registering one shot attempt ... played the full 110 minutes in the ACC opener with NC State (Sept. 22), matching a career-high ... logged all 110 minutes of action in the contest at No. 1 Virginia (Sept. 29) ... played the full 110 minutes of action in the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech (Oct. 6) ... logged the full 110 minutes of the double-overtime matchup against third-ranked North Carolina, registering one shot attempt while helping Duke to its third consecutive shutout over a ranked opponent … notched her first career goal in the match versus Syracuse (Oct. 27), scoring on her lone shot of the contest.

2018 -- Sophomore (Stats): Appeared in four matches this season, playing 26 minutes … Made her season debut on Sept. 16 at Syracuse, playing in a career-high 10 minutes.

2017 -- Freshman (Stats): Played in one contest in her rookie season, making her debut against Miami (FL) on Oct. 15 and playing six minutes

Regional Team Experience: ODP Interregional/Regional team/pool … Took part in three ID2 camps … Participated in two PDP for Northeast

High School: Ranked No. 32 in the TopDrawerSoccer 2017 class ledger … Listed as the No. 5 defender in the class by TopDrawerSoccer.com and No. 1 player from the state of New York … All-America and Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Tallied 11 goals and three assists during her senior season … TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Region ... All-County and All-Long Island First Team … Competed in the East/West All-American game and became the first defender to be selected MVP for the East squad … As a junior, notched 16 goals and five assists … All-County selection … Helped lead her Herricks H.S. squad to the quarterfinals in the state playoffs as a junior and senior … Registered eight goals and four assists as a sophomore … Received All-Class accolades … Competed in the 2015 and 2016 Nike National Camp, while earning 2016 Nike National Camp Top 11 Player honors

Club: Member of the 2014-16 Long Island Fury WPSL team … Competed with Team Albertson Fury … Helped lead the Fury to the 2015 Elite Eight and 2016 playoffs.

Personal: Full name is Caitlin Meghani Cosme … Born January 19, 1999 in New York … Daughter of John and Hemel Cosme … Has one sister, Taylor … Her father played tennis at Hampton University and Brooklyn College, before playing professionally from 1984-86 … Her mother played tennis at University of Santa Barbara and then played professionally from 1988-91 … Her sister played tennis for Brown University (2017-19) and at Emory in 2015-16 where she helped lead the squad to a National Championship.

Last Updated 12/4/2021