Upcoming Event: Women's Soccer versus Alabama on September 7, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer
vs Alabama
2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Groff, Katie
Jersey Number 21
Katie Groff
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
Bio
Awards/Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2023, 2022) ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024, 2023, 2022) ... College Soccer News Team of the Week selection (9/20/22, 11/22/22) ... TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honoree (Nov. 26 - 2024, Dec. 3 - 2024, Nov. 22 - 2022) ... ACC Honor Roll (2025 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021).
Career: Appeared in 92 matches, while making 82 starts ... posted nine goals, seven assists and 25 points ... was a part of 53 shutouts over five years with the Blue Devils ... notched four game-winning goals.
2024 -- Fifth Year: Started 21 of her 22 matches, including the final 21 contests of the season ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... notched three goals and two assists for eight points ... helped lead Duke's defense to 12 clean sheets ... scored the game-winning goal against 14th-ranked Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, which sent the Blue Devils to the NCAA College Cup ... scored against Missouri and Louisville as well ... posted assists on the road at second-ranked Wake Forest and against ETSU ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history and the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection ... TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week honoree on Dec. 3 and a honorable mention selection on Nov. 26
2023 -- Senior: All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... started all 16 matches for the Blue Devils in the midfield and on defense ... tallied two goals, both off corner kicks from Devin Lynch ... registered a goal in the season-opener against West Virginia in a 2-0 victory ... totaled her second goal in a 2-0 win versus East Carolina ... helped the team register six shutouts on the year ... appeared in a team-high 1,384 minutes ... played the full 90 minutes in 11 matches.
2022 -- Junior: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... College Soccer News Team of the Week selection (9/20, 11/22) ... TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honoree (11/22) ... started 22-of-23 matches ... posted two goals and five assists for nine points ... helped lead Duke to 11 shutouts on the defensive end ... headed in the game-winner in the final two minutes against Texas in the NCAA Tournament second round (11/18) ... collected the game-winner against Charlotte (8/28) along with an assist ... assisted on two goals on the road at NC State (9/25) ... added an assist in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Radford (11/12) ... attempted 15 shots on the season ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll.
2021 -- Sophomore: Started all 21 matches ... played a full 90 minutes in early-season wins against No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) and at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) ... logged full match in wins over No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) and at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... played career-high 98 minutes against NC State (Oct. 7) ... scored first two career goals in opening half against Pittsburgh (Oct. 10) ... logged 91 minutes in overtime win vs. No. 15 Notre Dame (Oct. 21) and 90 minute in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... recorded two shot attempts in 83 minutes in ACC Tournament vs. Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... had two shots in 90 minutes of action in NCAA Quarterfinal match against Santa Clara (Nov. 26) ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2020-21 -- Freshman: Made two starts in 10 games played ... made collegiate debut against Virginia (Sept. 17) ... played 51 minutes in win at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... made first career start and logged a season-high 93 minutes in home finale vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (April 11), registering one shot ... played 62 minutes in NCAA Second Round matchup vs. Arizona State (May 1) ... started and played 78 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. top-seeded Florida State, helping Duke hold the Seminoles scoreless in regulation and two overtime periods ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A local product from Raleigh, N.C., who was rated as the No. 37 prospect in the nation and the 10th-best defender in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … attended Leesville Road High School before continuing to be heavily involved on the club and academy level … competed for both the NC Courage Girls Development Academy and the CASL in the Elite Clubs National League … participated in a number of national camps and played for the U16 National Women’s Soccer Team … participated in international events, competing against Belgium, Switzerland Croatia and Germany … was heavily involved at Leesville Road as a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and National Technology Honor Society … ranked in the top three percent of her graduating class following her junior year.
Personal: Born Katherine Groff … daughter of Paul and Amy Groff … has three brothers, Ben, Bo and Cole … earned Dean's List with Distinction in the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024 ... graduated with a degree in psychology along with a minor in chemistry in May of 2024 ... was enrolled in continuing education studies at Duke in 2024.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
Career: Appeared in 92 matches, while making 82 starts ... posted nine goals, seven assists and 25 points ... was a part of 53 shutouts over five years with the Blue Devils ... notched four game-winning goals.
2024 -- Fifth Year: Started 21 of her 22 matches, including the final 21 contests of the season ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... notched three goals and two assists for eight points ... helped lead Duke's defense to 12 clean sheets ... scored the game-winning goal against 14th-ranked Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, which sent the Blue Devils to the NCAA College Cup ... scored against Missouri and Louisville as well ... posted assists on the road at second-ranked Wake Forest and against ETSU ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history and the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection ... TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week honoree on Dec. 3 and a honorable mention selection on Nov. 26
2023 -- Senior: All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... started all 16 matches for the Blue Devils in the midfield and on defense ... tallied two goals, both off corner kicks from Devin Lynch ... registered a goal in the season-opener against West Virginia in a 2-0 victory ... totaled her second goal in a 2-0 win versus East Carolina ... helped the team register six shutouts on the year ... appeared in a team-high 1,384 minutes ... played the full 90 minutes in 11 matches.
2022 -- Junior: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... College Soccer News Team of the Week selection (9/20, 11/22) ... TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honoree (11/22) ... started 22-of-23 matches ... posted two goals and five assists for nine points ... helped lead Duke to 11 shutouts on the defensive end ... headed in the game-winner in the final two minutes against Texas in the NCAA Tournament second round (11/18) ... collected the game-winner against Charlotte (8/28) along with an assist ... assisted on two goals on the road at NC State (9/25) ... added an assist in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Radford (11/12) ... attempted 15 shots on the season ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll.
2021 -- Sophomore: Started all 21 matches ... played a full 90 minutes in early-season wins against No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) and at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) ... logged full match in wins over No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) and at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... played career-high 98 minutes against NC State (Oct. 7) ... scored first two career goals in opening half against Pittsburgh (Oct. 10) ... logged 91 minutes in overtime win vs. No. 15 Notre Dame (Oct. 21) and 90 minute in win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... recorded two shot attempts in 83 minutes in ACC Tournament vs. Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... had two shots in 90 minutes of action in NCAA Quarterfinal match against Santa Clara (Nov. 26) ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2020-21 -- Freshman: Made two starts in 10 games played ... made collegiate debut against Virginia (Sept. 17) ... played 51 minutes in win at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... made first career start and logged a season-high 93 minutes in home finale vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (April 11), registering one shot ... played 62 minutes in NCAA Second Round matchup vs. Arizona State (May 1) ... started and played 78 minutes in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. top-seeded Florida State, helping Duke hold the Seminoles scoreless in regulation and two overtime periods ... named to the ACC Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: A local product from Raleigh, N.C., who was rated as the No. 37 prospect in the nation and the 10th-best defender in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … attended Leesville Road High School before continuing to be heavily involved on the club and academy level … competed for both the NC Courage Girls Development Academy and the CASL in the Elite Clubs National League … participated in a number of national camps and played for the U16 National Women’s Soccer Team … participated in international events, competing against Belgium, Switzerland Croatia and Germany … was heavily involved at Leesville Road as a member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and National Technology Honor Society … ranked in the top three percent of her graduating class following her junior year.
Personal: Born Katherine Groff … daughter of Paul and Amy Groff … has three brothers, Ben, Bo and Cole … earned Dean's List with Distinction in the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024 ... graduated with a degree in psychology along with a minor in chemistry in May of 2024 ... was enrolled in continuing education studies at Duke in 2024.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
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