Kaitlin Crowell

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Senior
Position:
M/D
Hometown:
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Previous School:
3L

2017 (senior season): CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree… Four-time Academic All-Big Sky Conference... Played in 17 contests for the Griz, earning 14 starts… Made 13 consecutive starts from Aug. 27-Oct. 15, before she suffered an injury… Played just two minutes over the final four games, earning a start on senior day (Oct. 27)… Overall, logged at least 50 minutes in 12 contests, including a season-most 83 at Idaho (Oct. 8)… Scored a penalty-shot goal vs. San José State (Aug. 27), which ended up being the game-winning goal… Montana’s defense allowed just 0.76 goals per game, the 32^nd-best average in the NCAA in 2017 and second-best average in school history… Helped Montana limit Big Sky opponents to 8.7 shots per game, including 2.9 on frame – the best defensive figures in the league… Was the only Big Sky student-athlete named to a CoSIDA Academic All-District team and just Montana’s third honoree since 1999.

2016 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted team’s Citius, Altius, Fortius award winner ... Played in all 20 matches, getting 19 starts at midfielder ... Ranked fifth on the team in minutes played among field players, averaging nearly 70 per match ... One of team’s 11 goal scorers ... Took 12 shots, putting five on goal ... Scored lone goal of the season, the second of her career, in 3-0 home shutout of Weber State ... Goal in 67th minute, a header off a cross, put Montana ahead 2-0 ... Took a shot in nine of 20 matches ... Three times took a pair of shots in a match ... Put both shots on goal in 1-0 road win at Denver ... Played 90 or more minutes four times, all 110 in double-overtime 2-2 road draw at Northern Arizona.

2015 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Named team’s co-Academic Award winner for spring 2015 semester ... Played in all 22 matches, getting seven starts ... Tied for ninth on the team with three points, with one goal and one assist ... All three points came in Big Sky tournament matches at Moscow, Idaho ... Assisted on Ashlee Pedersen’s insurance goal in 72nd minute in 2-0 quarterfinal victory over Weber State ... First collegiate goal, in 88th minute, brought Montana within one in 3-2 semifinal loss to top-seeded Idaho ... Twice took two shots in a match ... Put four of 12 season shots on goal ... Played 45 or more minutes in 12 of 22 matches.

2014 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 10 matches, averaging 38 minutes off the bench at defensive midfielder and center back ... Missed 10 matches due to an ankle injury suffered in 4-3 double-overtime loss at Missouri ... Took three shots on the season, with one on goal in 3-1 win at Houston Baptist ... Played a season-high 66 minutes in 1-0 loss at Wyoming.

Career Highs
Goals: 1, three times
Assists: 1, Weber State (11.5.15)
Points: 2, three times
Shots: 2, six times
Shots on goal: 2, Denver (8.28.16)
Minutes: 110, Northern Arizona (10.14.16)

Personal: A 2014 graduate of Mazama High ... The daughter of Troy and Wendy Crowell ... Has a younger brother, Caleb ... A psychology major.