2015 Nebraska Soccer
11 ncaa tournament appearances
290 all-time victories
10 conference championships
Katie Kraeutner
senior | 5-4 | forward | north saanich, b.c. (parkland secondary) | three letters
Career Highlights
Canada U20 National Team Camp (2013, 2014)
Academic All-Big Ten (2013, 2014)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2014)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2014)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012, 2013, 2014; Spring 2013, 2014)
2013 (Junior)
Katie Kraeutner (pronounced KROYT-ner)
made 16 starts and played in 17 games as a key
contributor for the Husker offense. She scored two
goals and earned two assists while averaging 82
minutes per contest.
On Sept. 5, Kraeutner scored off an assist
from Hannah Dittmar in the sixth minute to
give Nebraska an early lead against Oklahoma.
Kraeutner's second goal came on Sept. 11 in the
Big Ten opener against Northwestern. Trailing the
Wildcats 1-0, Kraeutner scored off an assist from
Jaycie Johnson in the 88th minute to help Nebraska
earn a tie.
Kraeutner assisted Husker goals against Big Ten
foes Maryland and Indiana.
At the end of the season, Kraeutner collected
CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and was
named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
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2013 (Sophomore)
Kraeutner started all 24 matches at midfielder
for the Huskers in 2013. She has started 44
consecutive matches in her first two seasons at
Nebraska. She played at least 80 minutes in 12
matches in 2013, while averaging more than 75
minutes per game.
Kraeutner posted her first assist of the season
and third of her career in the 86th minute on a
Samantha Areman header as the Huskers rolled to
a 4-1 victory over Cincinnati at the Nebraska Soccer
Field on Aug. 25.
In Nebraska's 3-0 win against San Francisco at
the KU Invitational, Kraeutner found a streaking
Jaycie Johnson for a goal. In the final game in
Lawrence, Kraeutner notched her first goal of the
year on a laser from 18 yards out that found its way
through a crowd and beat the San Diego keeper.
In a 2-1 home victory over No. 14 Denver on
Sept. 22, Jordan Jackson found Kraeutner on a
cross 20 yards away far post who knocked it in from
five yards out for the equalizer and her second
score of the season.
On the road against Northwestern, Caroline
Gray found Kraeutner off a corner kick for her third
tally of the year to beat the Wildcat keeper from 18
yards out.
Kraeutner's fourth score of the year occurred in a
narrow 2-1 victory over Iowa at the Nebraska Soccer
Field on Oct. 3. The sophomore settled a ground
cross from the right side and swept the ball inside
Kraeutner's Career Stats
Year
GP-GS Shots
2012
20-20
30
2013
24-24
30
2014
17-16
19
Totals 61-60 79
SOG
16
13
9
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the far post for her fourth tally in six matches.
Against Purdue, Kraeutner came through in a
big spot again off a run into the middle of the box
on a pass from Jackson and Conroy, Kraeutner
finished in the lower corner to push the NU lead
to 2-0. The Huskers defeated the Boilermakers by
a 4-0 margin.
In a 1-0 victory at Minnesota, Kraeutner found
Jackson with a through ball that Jackson slotted
into the right corner of the goal past Minnesota's
Tarah Hobbs for the game-winner and lone goal of
the match.
Kraeutner also helped out on NU's third and
final goal of the Big Ten Tournament semifinal win
over Indiana to advance to the title match. The
sophomore served an excellent pass down the left
side to Jaycie Johnson, who beat the keeper for the
tap-in to put the match away.
2012 (Freshman)
Kraeutner started all 20 games for the Huskers
as a true freshman in 2013.
The latest in a long line of players to come to
Nebraska from Canada, Kraeutner was the first
Canadian to join the Huskers since 2008, when NU
had three players from Canada on ]