Kate Faasse

College career

Faasse was a deep reserve for the North Carolina Tar Heels as a freshman in 2022, playing in 17 games and scoring 2 goals. She was unused in the national championship game as the Tar Heels lost to UCLA. She gained more minutes as a sophomore in 2023, scoring 2 goals in 23 games. She scored 7 goals in 10 games during the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season. In the ACC tournament first round, she scored her third brace of the season by way of one penalty and one header as the Tar Heels won 2–0 against Virginia Tech. She did the same thing in the ACC tournament final, giving the Tar Heels a 2–1 lead over Florida State before losing 3–2. She scored four goals in the NCAA tournament, including a golden goal in the 2–1 quarterfinal win against Penn State and a penalty in the 3–0 semifinal win against Duke.

Faasse finished her junior season as NCAA Division I's leading scorer with 20 goals in 27 games, the most by a Tar Heel since Casey Nogueira in 2008.

Faasse scored 11 goals in 21 games in her senior year in 2025, ranking second on the team in scoring while leading the Tar Heels in minutes played. Unseeded in the NCAA tournament, she scored twice in a 3–1 win over Tennessee in the first round. The team lost to TCU in the third round on penalties, with Faasse missing hers. She was named third-team All-ACC after the season. She made her professional debut in the season opener on March 14, starting in a 1–0 win over the San Diego Wave. On May 20, she scored her first professional goal, with a low strike from outside the box, and assisted fellow rookie Kat Rader in a 2–2 draw against the same opponents.

International career

Faasse was called into training camp with the United States under-14 team in 2018 and virtual training with the under-18 team in 2021. She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, training concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2025.

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference: 2022

Individual Hermann Trophy: 2024 TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year: 2024 First-team All-American: 2024 First-team All-ACC: 2024 Third-team All-ACC: 2025 ACC tournament all-tournament team: 2024