Riverhead High School senior Kathryn McKillop has signed to play soccer at Hamilton College, where she plans to major in physics. She was awarded an academic scholarship to attend the small, highly ranked liberal arts college in Clinton, N.Y.
The daughter of Dave and Alice McKillop of Aquebogue, Katie has excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field and in leadership roles in the school community.
She maintains a weighted average of 106.6 and is ranked 6th in a senior class of 329 students; she is on the principal’s high honor roll. Katie is a member of the National Honor Society, of which she is currently president and the National Foreign Language Honor Society. She was awarded the prestigious Section XI Suffolk Zone Award in 2014 and was named Suffolk County Academic All American.
Katie is a member of the high school student government and also participates in the Riverhead Community Awareness Program, Key Club, Mentathletes, Math Club, and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
Katie played varsity soccer, varsity basketball and varsity softball. She played varsity field hockey this year and received the All Conference award.
Katie also played soccer for the Sound Beach SC Stingrays United this year under Coach Noah Stiles. She was the starting central back and was also voted team captain.
“I have been Katie’s coach for the past 4 years; she is an outstanding soccer player, a tremendous leader, a great teammate, responds extremely well when challenged and encourages, motivates and supports her teammates to do the same,” Coach Niles said in a statement. “I am very confident that Katie will have an immediate impact and contribute to the overall success of the Woman’s Soccer Team at Hamilton College over the next 4 years.”
Katie is “very internally driven,” he mom Alice says. “When she puts her mind to something, she makes it happen. That’s the way she has been her whole life.”
Source: Riverhead Central School District press release issued April 2, 2015
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