Mary Kate McDonough

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Goalie
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bethlehem Central
Hometown:
Delmar, N.Y.

Senior Year (2018): Played in 10 games and made six starts for a 3-2 record ... made 48 saves on 101 shots for a .440 save percentage and an 11.74 goals against average ... earned her first win with four saves and three goals allowed at Temple ... made 10 saves in a 14-10 loss to No. 16 UVa ... stopped seven in an 18-12 win at Lehigh ... made 10 saves in a win at Brown ... stopped eight shots in a loss at No. 16 Loyola ... had four saves on 10 shots in a 13-12 win at No. 18 Penn State ... collected two of four shots against Dartmouth ... made one save against No. 11 Syracuse on March 29 ... made two saves in the final 9:38 of the Yale game, and did not allow a goal.

Junior Year (2017): Appeared in two games and stopped all four shots she faced .. played 8:49 against Delaware and made one save on one shot ... appeared in 8:43 in a win over Harvard and stopped all three shots she faced.

Sophomore Year (2016): Played in four games for a total of 33:01 ... made 10 saves and allowed four goals for a .714 save percentage and a 7.27 goals against average ... stopped six of seven shots in seven minutes at Drexel, while picking up two ground balls ... made four saves on six shots at No. 6 Notre Dame in nearly 12 minutes of action with one ground ball ... played more than nine minutes against Yale ... played 4:18 against No. 1 Maryland and did not give up a goal.

Freshman Year (2015): Made her first appearance against Cal on March 25.

Before Princeton: A three-year letterwinner for Bethlehem Central ... capped her career with a .485 save percentage ... made 114 saves and a .480 save percentage as a senior captain ... the Eagles were the 2013 Section 2 semifinalists, making the school’s first appearance in the eight years ... a 2013 honorable mention Section 2 all-star ... earned national all-academic honors as both a junior and senior ... won her team’s 4-D Award (for dedication, determination, desire and drive) and was the team’s Most Dedicated Player in 2013 ... also a member of the field hockey team.

Personal: Full name is Mary Katherine McDonough ... parents are Roger (Washington & Lee '84) and Florence (Trinity Washington '86) ... father is a New York State Supreme Court Justice and mother is an office manager ... is second child of seven ... Fitz (West Point '17) plays sprint football at Army, has two younger sisters Abigail and Frances and three younger brothers Dermot, Edward and Patrick.