Kate Nemec_KAH_090923_0077

Career Accolades

  • ACC All-Academic (2024)
  • NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad (2023-24)
  • Selected for USA Field Hockey U21 National Team Training Camp (2024)

As a Junior (2025)

  • Appeared in 16 games while making a career-high eight starts during the season
  • Played a career high 508 minutes
  • Tied for third on the team in goals (3) and tied for fifth in points (6) on the season, both of which were career-high's
  • Scored first goal of the season in the 6-0 win over Ball State (Sep. 4), earning her first game-winning goal in the process
  • Scored in the game against Harvard (Sep. 7)
  • Tallied a goal in consecutive games for the first time in her career (9/4 v. Ball State, 9/7 v. Harvard)
  • Scored in the game against Michigan (Sep. 14)

As a Sophomore (2024)

  • ACC All-Academic
  • NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
  • Made a career-high six starts in her 17 appearances this season
  • Scored first-career goal in season-opening 4-1 win over Ohio (Aug. 30)
  • Tallied an assist in 5-0 win on the road against Ball State (Sept. 1)

As a Freshman (2023)

  • NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
  • Appeared in 15 games with three starts on the season
  • Fired off four shots on the season, with a season-high two shots against Maine

Before Stanford

  • 2022 Varsity A Field Hockey Most Valuable Player
  • 2022 NFHCA High School National Academic Scholar of Distinction
  • Two-time All-NEPSAC, including a first team honor in 2021
  • Named Max Field Hockey Class of 2023 Next 50 Players to Watch (2021)
  • FAA All-League second team and All-Northeast Region second team in 2021
  • Led team to three FAA Championships (2019-22) and one NEPSAC Championship (2021)
  • Captured two FAA Tournament Championships (2018, 2021) and one NEPSAC Tournament Championship (2019)
  • On NFHCA High School National Academic squad
  • Played varsity field hockey as an eighth grader

Personal

  • Parents are David and Kristin Nemec
  • Has three siblings: Grace, Caroline and Charly
  • Oldest sibling Grace is also a graduate of Virginia
  • Sisters, Caroline and Charly, both play for field hockey team at Virginia
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