2021 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 22
Katelynn Buescher
- Position:
- M
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Naperville North
Career Highlights
- Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 20, 21)
- 2020 Illini Humanitarian Award recipient
Senior 2021
- Academic All-B1G.
- Appeared in nine games for the Illini, starting one.
Junior- 2020
- Illini Humanitarian Award recipient
- Academic All-B1G
- Appeared in six games this season, starting one, recording 136 minutes.
Sophomore - 2019
- Played in all 18 matches with 13 starts
- Tallied 1,212 minutes of action, including nine matches with 90-plus minutes
- Posted an assist on Kelly Maday's goal vs. Northwestern (Sept. 21)
- Tallied one shot in the Illini's season-opening win over Loyola Chicago (Aug. 22)
Freshman - 2018
- Made 12 appearances in the Orange and Blue, earning 519 minutes on the field
- Earned her first-career start at DePaul
- Dished three assists on the year, including assisting Illinois' first goal at No. 3 Duke (Aug. 19)
- Played a season-high 62 minutes against Penn State in Big Ten Tournament Semifinals (Nov. 2)
High School
- Two-time Chicagoland Soccer All-State Team honoree
- 2018 Naperville Sun Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- Helped Naperville North to the 2018 Class 3A State Semifinals
- Two-time Illinois ODP State Team member
- Two-time All-Sectional honoree
- Took second place at the 2015 ODP Championship as part of the 99G Illinois State Team
- Participated in the 2017 Illinois State Cup Championships with NSA Premier
- You Can Make a Difference Award recipient
Personal
- Daughter of Bert and Jennifer Buescher
- Born December 7, 1999
- Has two siblings, Matthew and Emily
- Was a member of her high school sign language club
- Enjoys baking and spending time with friends and family
- Lists Drew Brees as her favorite athlete
- Plans to study Speech Language Pathology
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