Cornell University Athletics

ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad (2019)
ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad (2018)
Academic All-Ivy (2021)

As a senior (2021)

• Played in 15 games and started 11. 
• Recorded a multi-assist game against Colgate (Oct. 3) and Bucknell (Oct. 10).
• Finished the season ranked second in the NCAA (only behind teammate Bridget Mahoney) in assists per game with .80.
• Recorded 12 helpers as the Big Red's primary inserter on penalty corners.
 

As a junior (2020)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

As a sophomore (2019)

• Appeared in 11 games on the season.
• Notched one assist against Brown.
 

As a freshman (2018)

• Earned the most playing time of any rookie in 2018, seeing action in all 17 contests.
• Registered one assist on the season with a helper vs. Bryant.
• Awarded the team’s Class of '91 Cup, which is chosen by the senior class and given annually to the freshman with the most promising future.
• Named to the 2018 ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
 

Prior to Cornell

• A four-year letter winner at Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School.
• An All-Regional All-American in 2017.
• A NFCHA Academic All-American in 2017.
• Helped her team to a Group II State Championship in 2014 and 2017.
• Also won a Group II Central Jersey Sectional Championship in 2014, 2016, and 2017.
• A three-time New Jersey Shore Conference Champion (2014-17).
• Elected to the First Team All-Group II in 2017 and the Second Team All-Group II in 2016.
• Selected as a First Team All-Shore Conference member in 2016 and 2017.
• Her club team, Jersey Intensity, were National Hockey Festival Champions in 2017.
• Also ran track and was a member of the MAXFH second team all-regional team in 2017.
• A first team All-Shore Conference winner for track in 2017-18.
• Holds three high school records in both sprinting and distance.
 

Personal

• Kaitlyn Emma MacGillis is the daughter of Gregory and Diane MacGillis and has two sisters.
• Her twin sister, Megan, plays lacrosse at Vanderbilt University.
• Enrolled in the School of Engineering.