Kate Zackary
{{Short description|American rugby union player}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
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| full_name = Katherine Zackary
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|26}}
| birth_place = Garden City, Kansas, U.S.
| height = 1.72 m
| weight = 79 kg
| ru_position = Back Row
| ru_currentteam = Trailfinders Women{{cite web |title=Kate Zackary: Ealing sign Exeter's United States captain for 2023-24 season |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66403699 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 December 2024 |date=4 August 2023}}
| years1 = 2020–2023
| clubs1 = Exeter Chiefs
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| points1 =
| years2 = 2023–
| clubs2 = Trailfinders
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| repyears1 = 2016
| repteam1 = {{nowrap|{{ruw|United States}}}}
| repcaps1 = 28
| reppoints1 =0
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2016
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = {{nowrap|United States}}
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 =
| medals =
{{MedalSport|Women's rugby sevens}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|Team competition}}
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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.{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10162994-zackary-kate.htm |title=Kate Zackary |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=2015 Pan American Games |accessdate=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510121104/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10162994-zackary-kate.htm |archive-date=2017-05-10 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Toronto-2015-Pan-American-Games/Team-USA/Rugby |title=TeamUSA Rugby at the 2015 Pan American Games |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |accessdate=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808064503/http://www.teamusa.org/Toronto-2015-Pan-American-Games/Team-USA/Rugby |archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Zackary attended Salina South High School and Benedictine College where she initially played soccer.{{Cite news |url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-rugby/athletes/Kate-Zackary |title=Kate Zackary |work=Team USA |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045032/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-rugby/athletes/Kate-Zackary |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.newspressnow.com/sports/college/benedictine_ravens/former-benedictine-soccer-player-becomes-usa-rugby-player/article_e819b667-f13d-5553-afd3-6b10c9d5812f.html |title=Former Benedictine soccer player becomes USA Rugby player |last=Burns |first=Adam |date=2015-04-02 |work=St. Joseph News-Press and FOX 26 KNPN |access-date=2017-09-23 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nscro.org/news_article/show/554392?referrer_id=1276243 |title=Small College Success - An Athlete's Perspective |last=Zackary |first=Kate |date=2015-09-16 |work=National Small College Rugby Organization |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924002036/http://www.nscro.org/news_article/show/554392?referrer_id=1276243 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=live |language=en-us }}
Zackary joined Exeter Chiefs Women's team in 2020, but left to join Trailfinders Women in 2023. Trailfinders compete in the Premiership Women's Rugby, 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Eagles name Pacific Four traveling squad |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/05/09/eagles-name-pacific-four-traveling-squad/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cahill |first=Calder |date=2022-05-09 |title=USA Women's Eagles traveling roster named for Pacific Four Series 2022 |url=https://www.usa.rugby/2022/05/usa-womens-eagles-traveling-roster-named-for-pacific-four-series-2022/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=USA Rugby |archive-date=2022-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519065559/https://www.usa.rugby/2022/05/usa-womens-eagles-traveling-roster-named-for-pacific-four-series-2022/ |url-status=dead }} She was named in the Eagles fifteens squad to the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.{{Cite web |last=Cahill |first=Calder |date=2022-09-14 |title=USA Women’s Eagles Rugby World Cup roster named as the official countdown to New Zealand begins |url=https://eagles.rugby/news/usa-womens-eagles-rugby-world-cup-roster-named-as-the-official-countdown-to-new-zealand-begins-2022914 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=eagles.rugby |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-16 |title=Kate Zackary leads Eagles squad to Rugby World Cup |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/09/15/kate-zackary-leads-eagles-squad-for-rugby-world-cup/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mockford |first=Sarah |date=2022-10-09 |title=USA Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy |url=https://www.rugbyworld.com/tournaments/rugby-world-cup/usa-womens-rugby-world-cup-squad-2022-145640 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Rugby World |language=en-US}}
Zackary was named in the Eagles traveling squad for their test against Spain, and for the 2023 Pacific Four Series.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=Eagles name traveling squad for Spain series |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/03/01/eagles-name-traveling-squad-for-spain-series/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Taylor |date=2023-02-28 |title=World Rugby Pacific Four Series returns for 2023 with USA Women’s Eagles Traveling Roster and Schedule Confirmed |url=https://eagles.rugby/news/world-rugby-pacific-four-series-returns-for-2023-with-usa-womens-eagles-traveling-roster-and-schedule-confirmed-2023228 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=eagles.rugby |language=en}} She was in the starting line-up when her side beat Spain 20–14.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-25 |title=Eagles earn victory over Leonas in Madrid |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2023/03/25/eagles-earn-victory-over-leonas-in-madrid/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Taylor |date=2023-03-25 |title=USA Women’s Eagles Defeat Spain in first match of 2023 |url=https://eagles.rugby/news/usa-womens-eagles-defeat-spain-in-first-match-of-2023-2023325 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=eagles.rugby |language=en}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220605102320/https://www.usa.rugby/player/kate-zackary/ Kate Zackary] at USA Rugby (archived)
- {{USOPC|new_id=kate-zackary|old_id=ZA/Kate-Zackary}}
- {{2015 Pan American Games profile|rugby-7/athlete-profile-n10162994-zackary-kate}}
- {{Twitter|katezack28}}
{{United States 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup squad}}
{{United States 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:United States international rugby sevens players
Category:American female rugby sevens players
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rugby sevens
Category:United States women's international rugby union players
Category:American female rugby union players
Category:Sportspeople from Garden City, Kansas
Category:Rugby union players from Kansas
Category:Benedictine College alumni
Category:American expatriate rugby union players in England
Category:Exeter Chiefs Women players