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Bio

	#1 - Catie Bukowski
	Class: Senior Height/Weight: 5-9     Hometown: Odenton, Md. Position: GK     High School: Arundel/South Carolina

2007: Saw action in 11 games and made eight starts for a total of 850:34 of playing time… Allowed 15 goals and made 49 saves for a 1.59 GAA and a .766 save percentage… Recorded a season-high eight saves against Pennsylvania… Posted a 2-6-1 record with wins coming against Howard and Albany… Allowed just one goal in a span of 270:29 from Sept. 12-23… Ranked eight in the America East in goals-against average, saves and saves per game (4.45) and ninth in save percentage… Recognized on the America East Academic Honor Roll.

2006: Saw action in eight games for the Retrievers, starting five for a total of 439:50 of playing time… Allowed 12 goals while recording 25 saves for a 2.46 GAA and a .676 save percentage… Recorded a season-high nine saves in tie against Longwood… Took one shot in the field against Howard

2005: Sat out the first five games while recovering from mononucleosis… Returned to play the second half against Mount St. Mary’s and recorded four saves… Started each of the remaining 13 games of the season and posted a 1.16 GAA in 1162:49, allowing 15 goals… Recorded 77 saves and an .837 save percentage… Finished the season with a 6-6-1 record and four shutouts… Earned America East All-Conference Second Team and All-Rookie Team honors… Registered a season-high 10 saves in a 2-0 loss to Loyola in her first full game of the season, and tied that mark in a 1-1 draw with Binghamton… Tied for third in the America East with 5.5 saves per game, and her 1.16 GAA ranked sixth… Named America East Co-Rookie of the Week and ECAC Division-I Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Oct. 9 after posting three shutouts in three games… Scoreless streak lasted more than 300 minutes spanning five games… Was named to the America East Honor Roll in the fall.

Background: Selected to the Baltimore Sun All-County First Team, the Washington Post County Coaches’ Team and the Capital Gazette All-County Second Team in 2003… Also was a Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention in 2003… Was selected to play in the Anne Arundel County Senior All-Star Game… Was recognized on National Student Athlete Day… Allowed just five goals in 17 games, including three straight shutouts, in the regional tournament… Voted team captain as a junior and senior… Also captained her club team, the Freestate Vipers, for five years… Was the treasurer of her class and the secretary of the National Honor Society at Arundel High… Was also a child mentor and a member of the Spanish Honor Society… A four-year Scholar Athlete… Parents are David and Kelly Bukowski… Father played football for two years at Johns Hopkins… Has a younger sister, Grace, and two younger brothers, Joseph and Jack… Born on Aug. 9, 1986… Major is psychology.