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Shippensburg University Athletics

2021-22 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Bill Smith, Shippensburg University

Kate Matrisciano

  • Position Throws
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Whippany, N.J.
  • Major Criminal Justice (master's)
  • Highschool Whippany Park (Sacred Heart)

Biography

1-Time USTFCCCA All-Region (1x – Individual)
2020 Indoor: Shot (46-2 (14.07m))
 
PSAC Championships Competition:
3-Time PSAC Placewinner
1-Time All-PSAC
2020 Indoor – Shot (2nd), Weight (19th)
2019 Outdoor – Shot (5th), Discus (9th)
2019 Indoor – Shot (6th), Weight (18th)
 
NEC Championships Competition:
3-Time NEC Placewinner
2018 Outdoor – Shot (4th), Discus (7th)
2018 Indoor – Shot (4th)
 
2020 Indoor: Earned an All-PSAC second-place finish in the shot at the PSAC Championships…represented the Raiders in the weight throw at the PSAC Championships…landed a PR in the shot at the Bucknell Tune-Up that resulted in a USTFCCCA All-Region classification…achieved her PR in the weight throw at the PSAC Championships…competed in six meets.
 
2019 Outdoor: Notched a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the PSAC Championships…represented the Raiders in the discus at the PSAC Championships…landed a PR in the shot at Penn State’s Jim Thorpe Open…achieved a season best in the discus at Millersville and in the hammer at the SU Midweek Invitational…competed in eight meets.
 
2019 Indoor: Placed sixth in the shot at the PSAC Championships in her debut season with the Raiders…represented the Raiders in the weight throw at the PSAC Championships…achieved a season best in the shot at Bucknell’s Bison Open and in the weight at the Bucknell Tune-Up…competed in six meets.
 
2018 Outdoor: Scored for Sacred Heart in the shot and discus at the NEC Championships…placed fourth in the shot and seventh in the discus with a pair of collegiate bests…went on to place 12th in the shot and 11th in the discus at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships…achieved a season best in the hammer at Rider…competed in seven meets.
 
2018 Indoor: Placed fourth in the shot put at the NEC Championships competing for Sacred Heart…achieved a PR at the NEC Championships…landed a PR in the weight at Yale…competed in nine meets.
 
Whippany Park High School: Totaled four varsity letters for the Wildcats under head coach Brad Callahan…named her team’s MVP as a senior and twice named Most Outstanding Female Athlete at her high school…finished with three All-County and three All-Conference First Team classifications…contributed to two sectional championships and a state group championship…won two Group 1 state and two Morris Country championships with shot put relays…was a two-time All-Academic Team honoree…amassed 11 varsity letters overall spanning indoor and outdoor track & field and soccer…made more than 100 career saves as a four-year goalkeeper for the soccer team that won a pair of sectional championships.

About Matrisciano: Full name is Kathryn L. Matrisciano…is the daughter of James and Carole Matrisciano…majoring in criminal justice while seeking a minor in psychology…has a sister, Sarah, and a brother, Michael, who competed in track & field at East Stroudsburg and won the shuttle hurdles relay at the 2017 Penn Relays.