Career Notes: Battled injuries throughout the fall and spring slates, but looks to finish up her Bradley career on a high note ... Led the team in block average last season and enters her senior year as the Braves active career leader in kills (443) and blocks (253) ... Will return to middle blocker after playing outside hitter last year ... Needs 47 blocks to become the 10th player in program history with 300 career blocks.
Junior Season (2007): Battled injuries throughout the season, missing five matches ... Ranked fifth in kills (176) and was third on the team in kills per game (2.12) ... Led the team in blocks per game (0.94) ... Turned in her best outing of the year with a 14-kill, 10-block effort against Loyola ... Reached double figures in kills six times, including a career-best 16 kills at Evansville ... Found the floor with 10 kills at Drake, while attacking at a .500 clip ... One of two players to have more aces (10) than service errors ... Missed five of the first 12 matches ... Had an 11-match stretch in which she averaged 2.41 kills, 1.15 blocks and owned a team-best .255 attack percentage late in the season.
Sophomore Season (2006): One of two players to see action in all 30 matches, Katrina made 27 starts ... Ranked fourth on the team with 179 kills and was second on the team in block solos, block assists and service aces ... Was one of five players on the roster to record more aces than service errors ... Averaged 1.79 kills per game on the season, but had 2.03 kills per game in Missouri Valley Conference play ... Recorded her first career double-double at Southern Illinois, tallying 11 kills and 10 digs on the heels of a career-best 13 kill-effort the night before at Evansville ... Came on strong at the end of the season, averaging 2.83 kills per game in the final nine matches after averaging 1.37 kills per game in the first 21 matches of the year ... Had 10 or more kills in four outings.
Freshman Season (2005): Started six of the 30 matches she saw action in and played a total of 93 games ... Led the team in blocks with 99 and a 1.06 blocks-per-game average ... Had a five-match stretch midway through the season when she averaged 1.38 kills and 1.57 blocks per game while hitting at a .390 clip ... Posted a season-high eight kills twice, including a match when she hit .438 and posted seven blocks in a five-game victory at DePaul ... Recorded a season-best 10 blocks to go along with six kills at Indiana State ... Had nine outings with five or more blocks.
Rosary High School: Helped lead the Royals to a school record 32 victories as a senior ... Rosary finished the 2004 season with a 32-5 record and claimed the Suburban Catholic Conference title, while also winning an IHSA regional ... Led Rosary with 132 blocks and added 135 kills while boasting a .553 hitting percentage as a senior ... Earned all-conference honors from the Suburban Catholic Conference and helped the Royals to the sectional finals ... Selected for the Beacon News All-Area second team and also earned honorable mention Kane County Chronicle All-Area plaudits ... Helped Rosary to a 31-7 record as a junior along with conference and regional titles ... Named the team’s Most Improved Player following her sophomore season and earned the coaches award as a junior.
Club Volleyball: Played for Marengo, Ill., based Club Fusion ... Helped team to a first-place finish at pre-Nationals in addition to a second place showing at the Minneapolis Qualifier and third-place finish at the Tampa Qualifier.
Personal: The daughter of Susan and Don Goncher, Katrina was born May 2, 1987 in Winfield, Ill. ... She has one brother, Drew (24) ... Majoring in psychology ... Member of the Braves’ Council, the student-athlete advisory committee ... Named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in five of her six semesters.
