Caroline Suitch

Class:
Junior
Position:
GK
Hometown:
Mountain Top, Pa.
Prev School:
Crestwood
High School:
Crestwood

2009 Junior Season

Started 18 games in goal for KSU … Made 88 saves and had a 2.16 goals against average … Produced two complete shutouts and teamed with Kirstin Wilders on another … Had a 1.68 goals against average in MAC play … Named MAC Defensive Player of the Week two times … Had a career high 13 saves vs No. 6 Virginia (Sept. 11).

2008 Sophomore Season
Started all 22 games in goal for the Flashes...achieved All-MAC Second Team distinction...posted a 17-5 record...stopped 89 of the shots she faced...her .774 save percentage ranked 12th in the nation...surrendered only 26 goals...tallied a 1.16 goals against average, which ranked ninth in the nation...recorded six shutouts, including victories over Ohio Nov. 8 in the MAC Championship Game, at Michigan Oct. 19, at Ohio Oct. 10, at Ball State Oct. 5, vs. Vermont Sept. 19, and against Saint Francis Aug. 30...made career-high nine saves at Ohio State Aug. 31...stopped seven shots at #17 Massachusetts Nov. 11 in the NCAA Field Hockey Tournament Play-In Game...turned back eight attempts against Central Michigan Sept. 27...posted seven stops at #20 Albany Sept. 21...made eight saves at #8 Virginia Sept. 13.

2007 Freshman Season
Served as backup goalkeeper.

Prior to Kent State

Earned second team all-state honors... was a member of Crestwood High School’s district runner-up team in 2006 as a goalkeeper, Suitch earned four varsity letters in high school, two at Crestwood and two at Bishop Hoban...as a sophomore, held the best save percentage (.904) in the Wyoming Valley Conference and her 1.43 goals against average was the lowest in her division...in 2004, she was named to the Times Leader and Citizen's Voice Newspaper All-Star Honorable Mention Teams...was also named team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2004...competed in the 2006 Keystone Winter Games, leading her team to a first place finish...was a Junior Olympic National Camp selection, an Olympic Development Select member and competed in the National Futures Elite Program in four straight seasons...was a member of the 2006 U-19 Holland Tour Team...earned NFHCA All-Academic first team honors...earned two varsity letters in track & field.

Personal
Born Jan. 24, 1989...daughter of David and Jean Ann Suitch...has two sisters...majoring in business administration.