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Katie Kirst

Class: Senior Hometown: Canyon Country, Calif. High School: Valencia

Height: 5-9 Position: Defender Experience: FR

This Season

Kirst might have the luxury of redshirting this season and has the potential to be a contributor in the future for the Women of Troy.

High School

She earned All-Foothill League second team honors at Valencia (Calif.) High...also earned All-Santa Clarita Valley honors...member of the track team in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles.

Personal

She is majoring in business...parents are Brad and Diana...lists John Wooden as her biggest sports hero...her grandfather, George Spanich, won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1948 Olympics and was John Wooden's first All-American for the UCLA men's basketball team in 1950 as a guard...lists Remember the Titans as her favorite movie...born on April 9, 1986.