39 Facts About Cat Whitehill

Catherine Reddick Whitehill was born on Catherine Anne Reddick; February 10,1982 and is an American retired professional soccer defender, who was an assistant coach of the Boston Breakers in the NWSL.

Cat Whitehill was a member of the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2010; during that time, she earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Cat Whitehill was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, attending Briarwood Christian School.

Cat Whitehill played four years of soccer and three years of basketball at Briarwood.

Cat Whitehill was named a Parade All-America selection in 1999 and 2000.

Cat Whitehill was a four-time All-State selection, the Birmingham News State and Metro Player of the Year in soccer and a two-time Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year for the State of Alabama.

Cat Whitehill led the school's basketball team to the state Final Four twice and the soccer team to four high school state titles.

Cat Whitehill played for the University of North Carolina from 2000 to 2003.

Cat Whitehill received North Carolina's Rookie Player of the Year honors in 2000 and was named an NSCAA Second-Team All-American.

Cat Whitehill was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2000 NCAA Final Four, starting her first game of the season in the NCAA championship game against UCLA helping the Tar Heels win the national title.

Cat Whitehill's contributions resulted in her being honored as the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the NCAA Final Four.

Cat Whitehill was a member of the NSCAA Freshman All-America Team and was named to the Southeast Region All-Freshman Team.

Cat Whitehill added another goal from 40 yards out helping North Carolina clinch the ACC title.

Cat Whitehill led the Tar Heels to the NCAA Final Four, scoring five goals in the five games leading up to the semifinals, and was named First-Team All-ACC and an NSCAA First-Team All American the same year.

Cat Whitehill was named Defensive MVP of the Final Four after leading a defense that shut out all six of its opponents in the NCAA Tournament.

Cat Whitehill was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team and received her third NSCAA All-American selection and First-Team All-ACC honors.

Cat Whitehill was the Honda Award winner for soccer the same year.

In 2009, Cat Whitehill signed with the Washington Freedom for the 2009 WPS season.

Cat Whitehill started in 19 games, scored three goals and added two assists.

Cat Whitehill scored one goal and tallied two assists and played all 120 minutes of the playoff match against the Philadelphia Independence.

Cat Whitehill signed with the Atlanta Beat for the 2011 WPS season.

Cat Whitehill made seventeen starts for the club, tallying 1,530 minutes.

Cat Whitehill signed with the Boston Breakers for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.

Towards the end of the regular season, Breakers head coach, Lisa Cole, resigned from the team and Cat Whitehill was named player-coach for the remainder of the season.

On May 28,2015 Cat Whitehill announced her retirement from professional soccer citing her "recent injury, and the fact that I will be missing games while commentating this summer during the World Cup" as the main factors to retirement.

Cat Whitehill debuted for the United States women's national soccer team on July 6,2000, against Italy, and played for the senior team from 2000 to 2010.

Cat Whitehill was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in addition to earning bronze at two editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup: 2003 and 2007.

On June 10,2008, Cat Whitehill injured her knee during training for the Peace Queen Cup, and consequently missing the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Cat Whitehill played her first match for the national team after recovery on July 19,2009, in a friendly against Canada.

Cat Whitehill last played for the national team on March 31,2010, at Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah, against Mexico in the first ever snow game for the USWNT.

Cat Whitehill scored 11 goals in 134 matches for the United States women's national soccer team.

Cat Whitehill is unusual in having scored more than a few goals while playing in a defender position.

Cat Whitehill was paired with Beth Mowins as a color commentator on ESPN's tertiary broadcast team for the telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Cat Whitehill has worked the sidelines for Fox Soccer Channel and for 2012 men's and women's NCAA College Cup matches on ESPNU.

Cat Whitehill worked as a commentator for ESPN3's coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

Cat Whitehill was the color commentator for the NWSL Game of the week between the Washington Spirit and Boston Breakers on August 12,2017.

In March 2016, Cat Whitehill was named Assistant Coach and Club Ambassador of the Boston Breakers.

Cat Whitehill worked as a coach for Needham Soccer Club during the 2017 season, before being announced as the head coach of the girls soccer program at Wellesley High School later that year.

Cat Whitehill married Dr Robert Cat Whitehill, a pediatric Cardiology Fellow at Children's Hospital Boston and Boston Medical Center, on New Year's Eve, 2005.