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Jersey Number 24
Kennedi Cotter
- Position:
- M/F
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Bayonne
- Prev School:
- Rutgers
- Hometown:
- Bayonne, N.J.
2025 (Freshman — Rutgers)
- One of two Scarlet Knights to start all 16 contests
- Logged 1,035 minutes, playing at least 65 minutes on 12 occasions
- Registered three tallies, two assists, 23 shots and 14 shots on goal
- Mounted 62 minutes in collegiate debut against NJIT (8/14)
- Converted penalty kick in 1-1 draw at Princeton (8/22)
- Assisted both goals in 2-0 win over Indiana (9/21)
- Netted goal on two shots against Penn State (10/4)
- Recorded tally in 72-minute effort vs. Ohio State (10/16)
- Notched season-high 81 minutes in finale at Maryland (10/26)
Club
- Played for Paisley Athletic FC in USL W League
- Selected as USL W League Club Player to Know by Top Drawer Soccer
- Trained with Gotham FC's First Team in NWSL
- Received preseason invites to Racing Louisville and Brooklyn FC
- Totaled eight goals and four assists in 2024
- Made first team at age 15
High School
- Earned one varsity letter at Bayonne
- Graduated high school in three years
- Tabbed 2022 HCIAL Player of the Year
- Named First Team All-Hudson County
- Delivered 18 goals and nine assists in lone interscholastic campaign
Personal
- Daughter of Sean Cotter and Kathleen Kopacz
- Has one brother, Ryan
- Mother, Kathleen, played soccer and competed in track and field at St. Peter's
- Authored and illustrated a children's book promoting girls' baseball
- Played baseball growing up and was named MVP of Cal Ripken League as only girl in league
