Kate Galica

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wayne, Pa.
High School:
Conestoga HS
Prev School:
Virginia

CAREER HONORS

2025 ACC Midfielder of the Year
2025 IWLCA First Team All-American, 2026 Second Team
2025 Nike Lacrosse First Team All-American
2025 USA Lacrosse Second Team All-American
2025 All-ACC First Team
2026 All-ACC Second Team
2024 ACC Freshman of the Year

JUNIOR (2026) - IWLCA Second Team All-American ... All-ACC Second Team ... IWLCA First Team All-Region ... Became the Cavaliers' all-time leader in career draw controls when she picked up the 333rd of her career in the second quarter of the road win at Florida State, passing Aubrey Williams (3/8) ... UVA Distinguished Student-Athlete award winner, presented annually to a rising fourth-year student-athlete who has distinguished himself or herself during his or her intercollegiate athletic career at the University of Virginia ... Finished the season ranked No. 16 in the nation (No. 2 in the ACC) in draw controls per game ... Led the team in goals per game (2.12) ... Finished the year with 36 goals, 17 assists for 53 points with 144 draw controls, 21 caused turnovers and 32 ground balls ... Ranked No. 5 on the IL Women Preseason Rankings ... Tewaaraton Preseason Watch List ... IL Women Nike Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American ... Preseason All-ACC in the midfield and as a draw specialist ... USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason First Team All-American ... Invited to attend USA Lacrosse Training Camp ... Scored two goals in the season-opener against Navy (2/6) ... Five points (3 g, 2 a) in the road win at No. 5 Notre Dame (2/22) ... Scored two goals and recorded two assists in win over Pitt (3/4) ... Scored second hat trick of the season against Florida State (3/8) ... Scored a career-high five goals with 11 draw controls in the win against Princeton (3/11) ... Scored four goals in the road win at Louisville, all in the first half (3/28) ... Won 15 draw controls against North Carolina (4/3), tying for the second-highest single-game total in program history ... Scored two goals with five assists against Boston College with 10 draw controls (4/11) ... Scored five goals with two assists, winning 11 draws against Virginia Tech, giving her back-to-back games with seven points and double-digit draw controls (4/16) ... Scored the 100th goal of her career in the win against Virginia Tech (4/16) ... ACC All-Academic Team.

SOPHOMORE (2025) - ACC Midfielder of the Year, the first Cavalier to earn the honor in program history ... Nike Lacrosse First Team All-American (presented by Inside Lacrosse), the first Cavalier to be a first team All-American since 2019 ... Also earned First Team All-America honors from the IWLCA ... USA Lacrosse Second Team All-American ... All-ACC First Team ... IWLCA First Team All-Region ... Tewaaraton Award Nominee (top 25) ... Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America Second Team ... CSC Academic All-District (at-large category) ... Set the Virginia single-season draw control record at 179 ... Started all 19 games, tallying 47 goals with nine assists for 56 points ... Posted 12 hat tricks during the season ... Led the ACC in draws per game (9.42), ranking 11th in the nation ... Sixth in the ACC in free position goals per game (0.68) and 11th in free position percentage (.448) ... 13th in the ACC in goals per game (2.47) ... Broke both the UVA single-season draw control record (149) and the single-game draw control record (15) with a 17 draw control performance against Virginia Tech in the final game of the regular season (4/16) ... Then career-high 12 draw controls while also logging her fourth career hat trick (3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points) in the road win at Princeton (2/16) ... Career-high 4 goals while also recording her 5th career hat trick and tying career-high 12 draw controls against Navy (2/26) ... Had 15 draw controls at Cal, tying the UVA single-game record for draws in a game (3/1) ... Scored two goals with 12 draw controls (her fourth game with 12 or more this season) at UNC (3/8) ... Four goals (6th career hat trick), including the game-winner, with 11 draw controls (5th double-digit draw game of the season) against Duke (3/15) ... Tallied three goals, three ground balls and six draw controls against Syracuse (3/29) ... Recorded six points (4g, 2a) en route to a 14-5 victory over VCU (4/2). Add four points (all goals) in the second game of the week against Louisville (4/5), for 10 points and 20 draw controls combined for the week ... Scored seven goals in the NCAA tournament, four against LIU and three against Duke ... Had eight hat tricks in her last nine games of the season ... Nike Lacrosse Preseason All-America (presented by Inside lacrosse) third team ... USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-America third team ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason Top 50 ... Preseason All-ACC ... Tewaaraton Award Preseason Watch List ... All-ACC Academic Team ... 2024-2025 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

FRESHMAN (2024) - ACC Freshman of the Year ... ACC All-Freshman Team ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Set UVA single-season freshman record with 97 draw controls, leading her team in 2024 ... Had three goals and three caused turnovers against #23 Richmond (3/6) ... Totaled four hat tricks on the season ... Had one goal, one assist, two caused turnovers, and eight draw controls against Cornell (2/25) ... Set a career-high with 11 draw controls against VCU (4/3) and Virginia Tech (4/17) ... Scored three goals and pulled down seven draw controls Virginia’s win over UNC in the ACC quarterfinals (4/24) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL - Played midfield for NXT 2023 Black (2015-2022) ... State, District, and League Champions (2022) ... USA Lacrosse Magazine Player of The Week (2021, 2022) ... USAL All-American (2021, 2022, 2023) ... USAL All-Academic (2022) ... All-Area Player of The Year (2022, 2023) ... All-PASLA Team (2022, 2023) ... Central League MVP (2022, 2023) ... First team All-Central League (2021, 2022, 2023) ... First team All-Area (2021, 2022, 2023) ... PASLA Break-out Player of the Year (2021) ... All Main-Line Player of the Week (2021) ... Team Member of the PASLA Team Service Award (2021) ... IL Women’s Player to Watch National High School Indoor Tournament (2023) ... Team MVP (2022, 2023) ... Team Midfield MVP (2021) ... Under Armour All-American Highlight Team (2021, 2022) ... Under Armour 150 ... Under Armour 150 All-Star Team selection ... NXT Philly summer showcase All-Star team (2020, 2021) ... PASLA National Philly Team 1 ... HHH Showcase All-Star Team (2021).

PERSONAL - United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award ... Born to Stephanie and Kevin Galica ... Has an older sibling, Kris ... Played field hockey at Conestoga High School.