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2021 Women's Lacrosse Roster

5 Kaitlan Van Kessel

  • Position Defense
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orillia, Ontario
  • High School Hill Academy

Biography

AWARDS 
TEAM CAPTAIN (2021)
MAAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (2021)

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: N/A
Assists: N/A
Points:
N/A
GB: 
1-5x, last: at Siena (4/27/19)
DC: 
1, at Yale (3/10/19)
CT:
1-4x, last: at Siena (4/27/19)

2021 • SENIOR SEASON
• Appeared in four contests 
• Selected a team captain prior to the start of the campaign 
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team

2020 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Played in two games

2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
• Played in a total of 13 games as a sophomore, making eight starts
• Picked up five ground balls and caused four turnovers as a member of the Canisius defense

2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON
 Appeared in eight games
 Tallied a season-high 63 minutes played in a 12-7 victory over Quinnipiac on April 14
 Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers on the season

BEFORE CANISIUS
 Played Varsity Lacrosse for Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary Schoo.
• Also played for the Hill Academy
• Was a member of the Team Ontario lacrosse team
• Won 2016 U19 Canadian National Championship
• Played Lacrosse for Orillia Lady Kings
• Earned the 2015 Heart and Hustle Award
• Won 2016 Ontario Women’s Field Lacrosse U19 A Division Provincial Championship
• Played Lacrosse for EDGE Lacrosse
• U17 Team Selection (2013), U19 Team Selection (2014)

PERSONAL
Daughter of Marni and Steve Van Kessel
• Has one sibling, Emily
• Emily is a member of the Canisius women's lacrosse program
Born March 12, 1998
Majoring in biology

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018Freshman

    Defense
    5'3"
    5
  • 5

    2019Sophomore

    Defense
    5'3"
    5
  • 5

    2020Junior

    Defense
    5'3"
    5
  • 5

    2021Senior

    Defense
    5'3"
    5