Kierstin Raught

Position:
Midfielder/Forward
Height:
5-4
High School:
Northridge HS
Hometown:
Layton, UT

2011 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
2009 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
2008 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (Sep. 15, 2008)

As a Senior in 2011
• Started in all 19 matches for the Wildcats, recording three points on a goal and an assist.
• Scored her lone goal during a 3-1 loss at Washington State.
• Recorded 14 total shots, placing 12 on frame.

As a Junior in 2010
• Started the first two matches of the season, but suffered a season-ending knee injury during the Wildcats' second match of the season at BYU.

As a Sophomore in 2009
• Kierstin played in all 18 matches, starting seven times.
• Was scoreless on the season.
• Attempted 10 shots and put six on-goal.
• Was named to the Big Sky All-Academic Team.

As a Freshman in 2008
• Kierstin played in all 21 games for the Wildcats and made a single start.
• Was an offensive catalyst for the 'Cats off the bench, scoring three goals to tie for third on the team in both goals and points (6).
• Scored her first collegiate goal in a 3-0 win over North Dakota on Aug. 28.
• Recorded a multi-goal game with a pair of tallys in a 2-0 win over UTEP on Sep. 12.
• Her two-goal match against UTEP earned her the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week award on Sep. 15.
• Attempted 24 shots and put 14 on-goal to lead the team with a .583 shots on-goal percentage.
• Was named to the Big Sky All-Academic team.

During her Prep career
• Kierstin is a 2008 graduate of Northridge High School in Layton, Utah.
• Played her club soccer with Utah Avalanche.
• Lettered three times in soccer for the Knights (2004-2006) and earned one letter in Cheerleading (2005).
• Helped lead her Northridge team to the 2004 Region I Championship and her Utah Avalanche team to the 2006 State Cup Championship.
• Has been a member of the Utah Olympic Development Program team for the last three years (2005-2007) and a member of the Region IV ODP team in both 2006 and 2007.
• Was a 2005 All-Region I Honorable Mention selection, a 2006 All-Region I First Team and All-Area Second Team pick.
• Was the 2007 Homecoming Queen at Northridge.
• Was honored with the Northridge HS Soccer Rookie of the Year award in 2004, the 2005 Most Improved Player award and the 2007 Most Valuable Player award.
• Enters WSU with a 3.9 Grade Point Average.

Personal
• Kierstin is the daughter of Greg and Becky Wood.
• Married Austin Raught, a member of the Weber State football team, on Dec. 17, 2009.
• Is the second of four children.
• Has one brother, Austin, and two sisters, Katelyn and Madison.
• Is majoring in Human Performance Management with a minor in Nutrition, and is on pace to graduate in December. Was also recently accepted into the Dental Hygiene Program, which she will begin in the fall.
• Her grandfather, Larry R. Wood, played basketball at Weber State from 1948-1950 and was the Wildcat Club president in 1986-87.