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Catalina Pistaccio

  • Class
    2025
  • Induction
    2022, 2023, 2024
  • Honors
    Field Hockey ()
Honors: 2024 NFHCA Second Team All-American, 2024 SAC First Team All-Conference, 2024 SAC Statistical Championship in Points Per Game (1.94), 2024 SAC Preseason First Team All-Conference, 2023 NFHCA Second Team All-American, 2023 SAC First Team All-Conference, 2023 NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week (9/12/23), 2023 Synapse.com National Honor Roll (9/12/23), SAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/12/23), 2023 SAC Preseason First Team All-Conference, 2022 NFHCA Second Team All-American, 2022 Synapse.com Second Team All-American, 2022 SAC First Team All-Conference, 2022 SAC Tournament MVP, 2022 SAC All-Tournament Team, 2022 SAC Preseason First Team All-Conference, SAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/4/2022), 2021 Synapse.com All-Rookie Team, 2021 First Team All-Conference, 3x NFHCA National Academic Squad.

2024 (Senior): Played in 17 games and made 16 starts during her senior season at Converse...Tallied 896 minutes of game action, led the team in goals scored (13), assists (7), points (33), total shots (51), shots on goal (32), and 2 game-winning goals...Earned SAC First Team All-Conference honors for a fourth season in a row...Departs Converse as the All-Time leader in points (121), goals (47), assists (27), total shots (243), shots on goal (149), and game-winning goals (12)...Named team captain for the 2024 season.  

2023 (Junior): Played in started in all 18 games this season for Converse...Tallied 960 minutes of game action, led the team in goals scored (11), assists (8), points (30), total shots (66) and shots on goal (34)...Also had two game winning goals this season for the Valkyries...Tied her own school record for goals in a game with 4 against Mercyhurst (9/9/2023), earned NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week, Synapse.com National Honor Roll and SAC Offensive Player of the Week honors for her performance on the pitch...Earned SAC First Team All-Conference honors for a third season in a row.  

2022 (Sophomore):
 Played in 19 games and made 17 starts on the season for Converse...Tallied a total of 892 minutes, finished second on the team in goals (15), assists (10), points (40), total shots (93), shots on goal (58) and game winning goals (6)...Named SAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/4/2022) after scoring a school record 4 goals against Wingate...Named the SAC Tournament MVP after she scored the Championship winning goal in overtime against Mount Olive and became the first player to record a postseason hat-trick against Lander in the SAC Semifinals...Pistaccio also earned All-America honors by two different media outlets at the end of the season.  

2021 (Freshman): Played and started in all 18 games this season...played a total of 737 minutes, while tying for the team lead in goals scored (8)...Pistaccio recorded a pair of assists, finished third on the team in points (18), total shots (33), shots on goal (25) and game-winning goals (2)...Scored the fastest hat-trick (28:57) in program history against Sewanee...Also earned First Team All-Conference honors. 
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