Caitlyn Kreutz

Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Buchanan HS
Hometown:
Clovis, CA

2015 -- Earned All-Big West Freshman Team honors after scoring a team-high seven times (tied for the conference’s fifth-leading total overall) ... started 13 of her 19 games, playing 1,150 minutes ... tallied three braces: in the 2-1 win over Richmond on Aug. 30, the 4-0 shutout of Fresno State on Sept. 6 and the 7-2 victory at Hawai’i on Oct. 4 ... also had an assist against the Rainbow Wahine (making for a 15-point total that ranked eighth throughout the conference) ... her first goal vs. the Bulldogs (a minute and 12 seconds in) was the seventh-fastest in school history ... her 88th-minute game-winner against the Spiders (following her penalty on 60’) was the fourth-latest go-ahead strike all-time at Cal Poly, resulting in a selection to the Virginia Nike Classic All-Tournament Team ... placed seven additional shots on target during the season ... was voted by teammates as squad’s co-Rookie of the Year ... also scored a goal in the spring exhibition against UC Santa Barbara on April 28 ... before sophomore season, played in two games for the Philippines National Team at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation Championship in Mandalay, Myanmar, where she earned her first international cap as a sub during a 4-0 loss to Vietnam on July 28 before making her first start on July 30 for a closing 2-0 win over Singapore (leading to a third-place finish in Group A).

Prep -- As a forward at Buchanan High School in Clovis, was named the Fresno Bee Player of the Year and Tri-River Athletic Conference MVP in each of her last two seasons after leading the Bears to Central Section Division 1 championships every year of her career ... scored a golden goal in the first round of the 2015 Southern California regional tournament, similar to another game-winner she tallied in the closing moments of the 2014 Valley Final ... had 24 goals and 12 assists as a senior captain, part of a 67-goal, 34-assist total ... also was a first-team all-league honoree as a sophomore ... along with Mustang attacking players Elise Krieghoff and Kacey Held, hails from a program that had won nine of 10 section titles and was consistently ranked among the nation’s top 25 sides by either MaxPreps or TopDrawerSoccer ... in the summer, played in the Women’s Premier Soccer League, helping the Fresno Freeze FC finish third in the Pacific-North Division (at 8-3-1) ... also played for the Central California Soccer Alliance (which won the 2015 NorCal State Cup); was the club’s leading goal scorer every year ... also played basketball and competed in track & field ... was an AP student and California Scholarship Federation member, and belonged to leadership and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Personal -- Born on Jan. 28, 1997 in Mission Viejo ... daughter of Olaf and Rose ... is a fan of FC Barcelona and the USWNT; Lionel Messi and Carli Lloyd are two of her favorite players ... majors in business (with a concentration in agriculture).