Kate Zackary Explained
Full Name: | Katherine Zackary |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1989 |
Birth Place: | Garden City, Kansas, U.S. |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Ru Position: | Back Row |
Repyears1: | 2016 |
Repcaps1: | 28 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2016 |
Katherine Zackary (born July 26, 1989) is an American rugby sevens player. She debuted for the United States in 2016 and for the sevens team in 2014. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team.[1] [2]
Biography
Zackary attended Salina South High School and Benedictine College where she initially played soccer.[3] [4] She attended college on a soccer scholarship and it was there that she saw rugby. She played rugby for the Benedictine Saints. In 2014 she quit her job working in a gym to train full-time with the women's Eagles sevens team.[5]
Zackary currently plays for the Exeter Chiefs Women's team. Exeter compete in the Allianz Premier 15s, the top tier of women's professional rugby in England.
In 2022, she was named in the Eagles squad for the Pacific Four Series in New Zealand.[6] [7] She was named in the Eagles fifteens squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[8] [9] [10]
Zackary was named in the Eagles traveling squad for their test against Spain, and for the 2023 Pacific Four Series.[11] [12] She was in the starting line-up when her side beat Spain 20–14.[13] [14]
References
- Web site: Kate Zackary . Toronto2015.org . . July 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510121104/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10162994-zackary-kate.htm . 2017-05-10 . live .
- Web site: TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games . TeamUSA.org . . July 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808064503/http://www.teamusa.org/Toronto-2015-Pan-American-Games/Team-USA/Rugby . 2016-08-08 . dead .
- News: Kate Zackary . Team USA . 2017-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045032/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-rugby/athletes/Kate-Zackary . 2017-09-24 . dead .
- News: Former Benedictine soccer player becomes USA Rugby player . Burns . Adam . 2015-04-02 . St. Joseph News-Press and FOX 26 KNPN . 2017-09-23 . en.
- News: Small College Success - An Athlete's Perspective . Zackary . Kate . 2015-09-16 . National Small College Rugby Organization . 2017-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924002036/http://www.nscro.org/news_article/show/554392?referrer_id=1276243 . 2017-09-24 . live . en-us .
- Web site: 2022-05-10 . Eagles name Pacific Four traveling squad . 2022-06-20 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Cahill . Calder . 2022-05-09 . USA Women's Eagles traveling roster named for Pacific Four Series 2022 . 2022-06-20 . USA Rugby.
- Web site: Cahill . Calder . 2022-09-14 . USA Women’s Eagles Rugby World Cup roster named as the official countdown to New Zealand begins . 2022-10-12 . eagles.rugby . en.
- Web site: 2022-09-16 . Kate Zackary leads Eagles squad to Rugby World Cup . 2022-10-12 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Mockford . Sarah . 2022-10-09 . USA Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy . 2022-10-12 . Rugby World . en-US.
- Web site: 2023-03-01 . Eagles name traveling squad for Spain series . 2023-03-26 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Dean . Taylor . 2023-02-28 . World Rugby Pacific Four Series returns for 2023 with USA Women’s Eagles Traveling Roster and Schedule Confirmed . 2023-03-26 . eagles.rugby . en.
- Web site: 2023-03-25 . Eagles earn victory over Leonas in Madrid . 2023-03-28 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
- Web site: Dean . Taylor . 2023-03-25 . USA Women’s Eagles Defeat Spain in first match of 2023 . 2023-03-28 . eagles.rugby . en.
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