Caitlin McKinney Class: Senior Hometown: Lafayette Hill, PA High School: Germantown Academy Height: 5-1 Position: Midfield/Attack Birthdate: 01/29/1985

Recognized as one of the top players in the country ... talented playmaker and goal scorer with tremendous speed ... ranks among the top five in all offensive categories for her career in an Irish uniform ... will serve as team captain along with fellow senior Becky Ranck ... has earned three monograms at Notre Dame ... selected as one of the top 20 players (14th) in the country by Lacrosse magazine in their preseason preview edition ... unanimous selection to 2008 preseason all-BIG EAST team in voting done by conference coaches .... selected as Notre Dame's female BIG EAST/Aeropostale Scholar-Athlete Award winner for 2007-08 ... coming off the best season of her career in 2007 that saw her take unanimous all-BIG EAST honors for the second year in a row ... was named second team IWLCA All-American, making her a two-time All-American at Notre Dame ... selected second team All-American by womenslacrosse.com and third team All-American by Inside Lacrosse ... joins teammate Jillian Byers as the first two Notre Dame players to be selected to all three All-American teams two years in a row ... gifted scorer and offensive threat every time she touches the ball ... lightning quick player ... intense, hard-working athlete who makes things happen on the field ... has excellent stick skills and brings a drive and enthusiam to the game ... can score or set up her teammates from the midfield position ... will team with junior Jillian Byers and freshman Shaylyn Blaney to give the Irish one of the top scoring trios in the nation ... was the first Notre Dame freshman ever selected to an all-BIG EAST team in 2005 ... member of the U.S. National Developmental team from 2005-07 ... one of four members of the lacrosse team with ties to the Philadelphia area, joining fellow seniors Becky Ranck (Radnor) and Heather and Lindsey Ferguson (Newtown Square) ... selected to Dean's List in fall of `06 and spring of `07 ... has played in 51 career games with 114 goals and 55 assists for 169 points ... owns 67 ground balls, 38 draw controls and 33 caused turnovers.

AS A JUNIOR: Started all 17 games at midfield/attack ... was second on the team in scoring with a career-high 44 goals and 65 points ... her 21 assists were one off her career high and second on the team ... had 19 ground balls and career highs with 16 draw controls and 18 caused turnovers ... scored 44 goals on 100 shots for a .440 shooting percentage ... 44 goals were sixth-best, single-season total with 21 assists being ninth best and 65 points seventh overall ... was fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring ... unanimous first team all-BIG EAST selection for second consecutive year ... selected second team IWLCA and womenslacrosse.com All-American ... was a third team Inside Lacrosse Magazine All-American ... was selected to the IWLCA Academic All-Star team following the season ... scored at least one point in every game to extend her Notre Dame record point streak to 39 games (94g, 44a), a streak that started on Apr. 24, 2005 as a freshman ... recorded three or more points in 12 of the team's 17 games and had 12 games with two or more goals ... opened the season with two goals in the season-opening 10-9 triple-overtime win at James Madison ... turned in a career-best six-goal, seven-point game, including the game-winning goal in a 12-11 overtime win versus Stanford ... scored twice in home loss to Northwestern ... had back-to-back six-point games (3g, 3a) in wins at Cornell (13-9) and at Canisius (18-8) ... scored three goals, including the game winner in 9-7 win over Yale at Wellington, Fla. ... grabbed a season-high four ground balls and three draw controls versus the Bulldogs ... scored four goals with two assists for fourth game with six or more points in 16-13 loss at Syracuse ... had three goals in 16-9 home win against Ohio State ... scored four times in 11-1 win at Loyola (Md.) ... held to one goal (with two assists) in 12-11 win at home against Connecticut ... had just a goal and an assist in 15-7 win against Duquesne ... goal was the game winner ... held to one goal for third straight game with three points in 20-10 loss at home to Duke ... picked up two goals with one assist in 16-11 win against Cal ... scored once and set up four others for five-point afternoon as Irish defeated Georgetown, 13-8, for first-ever regular season win against the Hoyas ... had a goal and an assist in 13-9 loss at Vanderbilt ... scored twice in 8-7 loss to close the regular season versus Rutgers ... closed the season with a five-goal effort in 12-10 loss to Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament game at Syracuse.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played and started all 19 games at midfield/attack ... finished third on the team in scoring with 42 goals and 22 assists for 64 points, all career highs ... had 27 ground balls, seven draw controls and six caused turnovers ... scored 42 goals on 100 shots for a .420 shooting percentage ... 42 goals are fifth best in program history, 22 assists are seventh-best, single-season total and 64 points sixth-highest total in program history ... selected first team all-BIG EAST ... was a third team IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse Magazine and womenslacrosse.com All-American ... had 16 games with two or more points and 15 games with two or more goals ... got the season off to a fast start with career-high six-point game (3g, 3a) at California ... added two goals and three assists in second game at Stanford (2/26) ... scored two goals with two assists in 18-6 win over Ohio ... continued fast start with three goals and two assists in 17-15 win over Cornell ... had four-point day (3g, 1a) in 20-4 loss at Lehigh ... scored twice in 12-11 win versus James Madison ... scored three goals with two assists in 13-9 victory over Loyola ... held to one goal and one assist in loss at Northwestern ... had fourth game of the year with five or more points (3g, 2a) in 18-2 win versus Canisius, including the game winner ... scored twice, including game winner at Connecticut ... held to one goal in 13-6 win at Ohio State ... scored two goals with one assist in one-goal loss at Duke and two goals and two assists in one-goal loss at Georgetown ... helped Irish get back on winning track with three goals in the 13-8 win at Rutgers ... held to one goal in 11-10 win versus Syracuse ... had just one assist in regular-season finale versus Vanderbilt ... had outstanding NCAA tournament with nine goals and two assists in the three games ... had three goals in 16-8 win versus Cornell ... had three goals and one assist for four points in 12-9 victory against Georgetown ... had four-point game (3g, 1a) in NCAA semifinal loss to Dartmouth.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 15 games, making 14 starts ... second on the team in goals (28), assists (12), points (40) and shots (66) ... had a .424 shooting percentage ... had 21 ground balls, 15 draw controls and nine caused turnovers ... point total was third-best in Irish history for a freshman, behind Lael O'Shaughnessy and Courtney Calabrese, who each had 41 points in their rookie years ... was a second-team all-BIG EAST selection and a second-team IWLCA all-Mid-Atlantic choice ... had 11 games with two or more points and six with four or more ... recorded 10 games with two or more goals ... got her career off to a fast start by scoring four goals in season-opening win at Ohio University to become the first Notre Dame freshman to score four goals in her first game ... the four goals started an 11-game point streak (20g, 12a, 32 pts) that was snapped on Apr. 16 versus Georgetown ... followed opener with three goals and one assist versus Northwestern ... held to one goal at Cornell ... had four-point game (2g, 2a) at Vanderbilt ... held to one assist at James Madison ... recorded a pair of goals in 18-8 home win versus California ... had fourth four-point game (2g, 2a) in overtime loss at Boston College ... had a goal and an assist in loss to Connecticut and followed that with a three-point game (2g, 1a) in 12-9 win over Rutgers ... saved her best game for No. 2 Duke, as she had a career-high five points (3g, 2a) in 11-8 loss ... held to an assist by Stanford before being blanked by Georgetown ... rebounded with a three-game goal and point streak (8-1-9) to end the year ... scored two goals versus Johns Hopkins, three goals versus Syracuse and closed the year with her final four-point game (3g, 1a) in season-ending loss to Ohio State.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Came to Notre Dame after spending three years at Germantown Academy in Ft. Washington, Pa., where she was a two-sport athlete ... began her high school career at Archbishop Carroll High School, where she was a teammate of fellow Irish seniors Heather and Lindsey Ferguson ... three-year letter winner in both lacrosse and soccer at Germantown Academy ... captain and team MVP of lacrosse and soccer teams in her senior seasons ... finished her lacrosse career ranked fourth on Germantown Academy's all-time scoring list with 163 points on 120 goals and 43 assists over three seasons ... led Germantown to the regular-season and tournament championship in the Philadelphia Inter-Academic League during 2004 ... was a first-team high school All-American in 2004 ... all-conference and all-city selection as a senior ... two-time all-Catholic League selection at Archbishop Carroll, where she helped squad win a league title as a sophomore and finish second as a freshman ... scored 51 goals with 42 assists for 93 points in two seasons at Archbishop Carroll ... member of three Inter-Academic Conference champions in soccer at Germantown in her three seasons ... three-time all-conference choice in soccer ... member of 2004 Upper Atlantic Senior team that finished first in U.S. Lacrosse Women's National Tournament ... member of 2002 and 2003 Upper Atlantic 1 Teams at U.S. Lacrosse Women's National Tournament ... played for Phantastixs from 2000-2003 ... member of 2000 and 2001 gold-medal winning team at Keystone State Games ... full name is Caitlin Marie McKinney ... daughter of Sean and Mindy McKinney ... has one sister and one brother ... born Jan. 29, 1985, in Phoenixville, Pa. ... has a double major in Sociology and Film, Televison and Theatre at Notre Dame.

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