Hokie Club2023
Season Notes: Appeared in one match for Virginia Tech.
• Tallied two shots, including one shot on goal, in six minutes of action in Tech’s 3-0 win over Miami (Oct. 22).
2022: Did not make an appearance due to injury.
2021: Appeared in two matches.
2020: Did not make an appearance due to injury.
Club: Played with the Lehigh Valley United under coaches Manny Oudin and Chris Bleam, for almost a decade, where the team was a national tournament qualifier in 2016 ... Also played a season for the Reading Rage under coach Eric Puls, a team that was ranked first in the state, sixth in the region and 18th in the nation ... Lastly, for one season, was with the Lehigh Valley Tempest of the Women's Premier Soccer League, playing six times, scoring five goals and earning East Region All-Conference honors.
High School: Earned nine varsity letters while competing in three different sports at Whitehall ... Her four letters in soccer were under coach Chris Bleam, and included being named first team all-conference all four seasons and the league's MVP as a junior and senior ... Also earned first team all-state honors three times, was a two-time USC All-Region II (East) Female Team selection and was the Morning Call's Player of the Year as a junior ... In her four-year career, scored 89 goals and had 28 assists and was just named a USC Region II All-American for her efforts in 2019 ... Also earned three letters running for the school's track team, winning the league title in the 4x100 three times, a district title twice and qualifying for the state meet freshman through junior season while setting the school record in the event ... Also picked up a pair of letters playing as a forward for the Zephyrs' field hockey team ... Named Whitehall's 2020 Female Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Kate Marie Bonshak … Born October 17, 2001 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania … Daughter of Doug and Amy Bonshak … Has a younger sister, Emma … ... Father was a two-time NCAA DI national qualifier at Rider ... Uncle, Mark, played baseball at Bloomsburg, while four of her cousins have competed collegiately: three at Lehigh University - Erinn (field hockey), Matthew (wrestling) and Ryan (baseball), while Cara played field hockey at Michigan State ... Majoring is human nutrition, foods and exercise.