Kaitlyn Ennis provided a big lift to the midfield in her first year with the Rutgers-Camden women’s soccer program in 2016. One of eight players to start all 16 games for the Scarlet Raptors, Ennis transferred to Rutgers-Camden from Wesley College, where she played both soccer and lacrosse.
Ennis continued her stellar year at Rutgers-Camden in the spring as a record-setting midfielder with the Raptors’ lacrosse program. She set a single-season program mark with 30 caused turnovers and also added 45 ground balls, tied for the third-best season mark in team history. With 21 goals and 12 assists, she finished second on the team in scoring with 33 points.
Academically, Ennis earned a berth on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the 2016 Fall and 2017 Spring semesters.
Lacrosse 2017: Started all of the team’s 16 games… Notched 21 goals (fourth on the team) and 12 assists (third) for 33 points (second)…Led the club with 30 caused turnovers, a new program record…Second on the club with 45 ground balls, a total that tied her for third on the program’s single-season charts…Tied for the team lead with 46 draw controls (tied for eighth in the single-season record book)…In her first game at Rutgers-Camden, notched four goals, two assists, two ground balls, one caused turnover and four draw controls to lead the Raptors to their first season-opening win in program history, a 15-2 victory over Rosemont College (March 2)…Named Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on March 6…Had one goal, three assists, three ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers against DeSales University (March 11)…Notched five ground balls and four draw controls against Delaware Valley University (March 28)…Had three goals, four caused turnovers, five ground balls and four draw controls against Penn State-Abington (March 26)…Collected four goals, one assist, four draw controls, three ground balls and three caused turnovers against Manhattanville (April 1)…Notched career highs of seven ground balls and seven draw controls against Gwynedd Mercy University (April 27), while adding two goals, two assists and tying her career high of four caused turnovers.
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occer 2016: Played and started all of the Scarlet Raptors’ 16 games…Collected one goal for two points…Had 18 shots, nine on goal…Made her Scarlet Raptor debut and played 76 minutes in the season-opening 3-0 loss to 12th-ranked Swarthmore College (Sept. 1)…Played all 90 minutes and contributed to the Raptors’ first win and first shutout of the season, a 1-0 victory at Widener University (Sept. 3)…Played every minute of a 1-1 double-overtime tie at Drew University (Sept. 10)…Notched her first Scarlet Raptor goal in a 3-1 victory against Ramapo College (Oct. 1), providing the insurance goal at 77:35…Tied her season high with three shots in that game, putting all on target for her season high of three shots on goal.
Pre-Rutgers: Played two seasons of soccer (2014, 2015) and one of lacrosse (2015) at Wesley College, earning CAC All-Academic honors for both sports…Started all 18 games as a freshman midfielder on the 2014 soccer team, collecting three goals and four assists for 10 points…Had 23 shots, 13 on goal…Made collegiate debut and collected an assist against the College of St. Elizabeth (Aug. 30)…Had a four-point game against Notre Dame (a goal and two assists, all in the first half, as Wesley built a 4-0 lead on the way to a 6-1 victory, Sept. 16)…Notched a goal and an assist at Trinity (Sept. 30) and scored the Wolverines’ lone goal in a 3-1 loss to York (Oct. 1)…During the 2015 soccer season, notched two goals and two assists for six points, while starting all 17 Wesley games…Had 33 shots, 18 on goal…Notched one goal apiece against St. Elizabeth (Sept. 18) and Penn State-Harrisburg (Sept. 30), while collecting assists against Immaculata (Sept. 8) and Marymount (Oct. 3)…During the 2015 lacrosse season, played in all 16 Wesley games, starting 13…Finished third on the team in goals (19) and points (27) and second in assists (8)…Had 40 shots, 32 on goal…Led the team in both ground balls and draw controls, with 41 apiece…Had 13 caused turnovers, fifth on the Wolverines.
High School: Captured four varsity letters apiece in soccer and lacrosse at Northern Burlington High School, graduating in 2014…Played soccer for Coach Larry Young…Soccer and lacrosse team captain…Captured All-Conference Second Team honors in both sports during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons…Honor Roll student all four years.
Club Team: Hibernian Fusion.
Personal: Born January 17, 1996…Enjoys relaxing on the beach, playing soccer and napping…Health Sciences major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to apply for the accelerated nursing program, become a geriatric nurse and give back to the less fortunate communities…Kaitlyn is the daughter of Mary and Brian Nolan of Columbus.
