Player Bio: Caroline Putz - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Women's Soccer
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PERSONAL
Born July 12, 1980, in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Parents are Greg and Suzanne ... Graduated from high school with a 3.7 grade point average ... Also recruited by Duke, Portland, Stanford and Santa Clara ... Member of the National Honor Society ... A rare two-time selection on the Parade Magazine All-America squad, earning the honor in 1996 and 1997 ... The Huskies have two 1997 Parade All-Americans on the current roster as Hope Solo was also selected to that all-star squad … Majoring in geology.
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM
Earned first full cap, playing for the U.S. National Team in a 4-1 victory over Italy on July 7, 2000 in Central Islip, N.Y. … Scored a goal on her second touch of the game after entering in the 87th minute against Italy, left-footing a 5-yard shot into the net during stoppage time … Became the first player from the state of Utah to earn a “cap” for participating with the national team in an international contest … Played with the U-21 national team at the 2000 Nordic Cup in Germany from July 28-August 3, helping the U.S. win the championship … Played in three games, all in a reserve role, against Switzerland, Sweden and the semifinal victory over Finland … Competed in February of 2000 with the U-19 Region IV Olympic Development Team, scoring six goals with one assist in a three-game span … Participated with the Olympic Development Program in the U-20, U-18 and U-16 National Team pools.
WASHINGTON
Honors candidate and the top returning scorer for the Huskies … Three-year starter who owns the school record with 10 career game-winning assists … Ranks second among all-time Huskies with 21 career assists, just five shy of Theresa Wagner's (1997-2000) school record of 26 … Ranks among the all-time school leaders in several other career categories, including goals (6th with 17), game-winning goals (5th with 6), and points (4th with 55) … Played on the Utah state select team during the summer of 2000. 2000 (Junior) – Played 20 games, starting 19 of them … Ranked second on the team in three categories; game-winning goals (4), assists (9) and game-winning assists (4) … A second-team All-Pac-10 selection … Ranked third on the team with seven goals, including four game-winning tallies … Registered the decisive goals against No. 17 Brigham Young (Aug. 29), No. 2 Santa Clara (Sept. 4), Michigan (Sept. 8) and Arizona State (Oct. 13) … Was the team's third-leading scorer with 23 points ... Keyed back-to-back upsets, tallying the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over No. 17 Brigham Young (Aug. 29) and posting the winning goal in a 2-1 upset of No. 2 Santa Clara (Sept. 4) … Was honored for her efforts in those two games, being named the Pac-10 Player of the Week on Sept. 5 and earning a spot on the Soccer America Team of the Week on Sept. 6 … Tallied the game's only goal against Arizona State (Oct. 13) … Tied for team-high honors with seven assists to claim the school single-season record … Four of her assists led to game-winning goals; against San Diego State, Gonzaga , USC and Oregon … An honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic Team selection. 1999 (Sophomore) – Tallied UW's lone goal against top-ranked Santa Clara … Tied for team-high honors with seven assists to claim the school single-season record … Three of her assists led to game-winning goals, against UC Irvine, Washington State and Oregon … Ranked second on the team with seven goals, including the game-winning tally against Oklahoma State … Was the team's second-leading scorer with 25 points... Voted to the Husky Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team by the coaches … An honorable mention All-Pac-10 Academic Team selection. 1998 (Freshman) — Garnered second-team All-Pacific-10 Conference acclaim … An All-West Region freshman team selection and an honorable mention freshman All-American as chosen by Soccer Buzz … Played in all 20 games, starting the final 19 … Ranked second on the team with five assists and the team had a 4-1 record in games which she recorded an assist … Tied for team-high honors with three game-winning assists … Distributed assists for the game-winning tallies against Cal Poly-SLO, San Jose State and Oregon State … Finished third on the team with 11 total points … Scored the only goal in the Huskies' 1-0 victory over California … Led the Huskies in shots with 57, including nine in the 3-2 loss to Utah ... Voted to the Husky Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team by the coaches ... Also voted to the Rutgers Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team.
BOUNTIFUL HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner at forward for coach Dave Wigham ... Selected as the 1997 Utah Female Athlete of the Year ... Named an all-state selection in Utah all three seasons from 1995-97 ... Honored as division MVP, Umbro All-American, Parade All-American and State Player of the Year in both 1996 and 1997 ... Scored a total of 100 goals in 39 games from 1995-97, capping her career with 47 goals in 12 games her senior campaign ... Amassed seven goals in one game ... Led Bountiful to two regional championships and one state championship in three seasons ... Scored two goals in a double-overtime championship game to lead Bountiful to the 1996 state title … Participated in track, basketball and volleyball as well as soccer in high school ... Also lettered in track, basketball and volleyball.
COACH GALLIMORE ON PUTZ
“We certainly don't want to put all the weight on her shoulders, but she's our most experienced goal scorer and assist getter. If she maintains her level and we have a couple other new people step up we should be okay. Caroline has always been a tremendous player who has improved with each game. She loves to play, but doesn't necessarily want to be the focus of attention. We have achieved some success as a program and a lot of that had to do with her. Caroline is tremendous in the role she plays on our team and that's what we try to build on. We've got a great team around her so she doesn't have to do it by herself. She is a competitor. She would never say so, but in the back of her mind I'm sure that she knows that she is close to some school records. She does understand that this year, as a senior and someone who aspires to play in the WUSA, she has to be consistent over the whole season. She's got a challenge in front of her and we'll certainly try to help her get there. I'm hopeful for Caroline that she can have a season that gets her drafted. Caroline is a soccer player. She loves to play and I would take her on my team any day.”
CAROLINE PUTZ'S CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR G/GS SHOTS GOALS ASSISTS POINTS GWG GWA
1998 20 / 19 57 3 5 11 1 3
1999 18 / 17 45 7 7 21 1 3
2000 20 / 19 56 7 9 23 4 4
TOTALS 58 / 55 158 17 21 55 6 10
