UAlbany’s Pascale named collegiate award recipient by Capital District Women of the Year

ALBANY, N.Y. — Katie Pascale, a senior at the University at Albany, was named one of the three collegiate award recipients for 2024 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Pascale competes in lacrosse and will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Tickets are available online at proctors.org or the Proctors Box Office.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student-athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Pascale had a 3.64 GPA and graduated with a degree in Accounting and a minor in Business. She was a three-time America East All-Academic Team honoree and was a two-time America East Women’s Lacrosse Spring Scholar-Athlete. She was the SUNY Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was selected to the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll that season. Pascale was a two-time America East Honor Roll honoree and was selected to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Athletically, Pascale was on the 2024 Tewaaraton Award Watch List and was a 2024 Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America Honorable Mention and Preseason All-America Honorable Mention honoree. She was a two-time America East Midfielder of the Year (2023 and 2024) and a two-time Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention selection. Pascale was a two-time IWLCA All-Region Second Team selection as well as a 2022 IWLCA All-Region First Team selection. In 2023, she made All-ECAC and was the America East Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

A three-time America East All-Conference First Team performer, she made the America East All-Tournament Team twice. During her career, she also received honors as a pre-season offensive player of the year, rookie of the year, six-time player of the week, and five-time rookie of the week. Pascale holds UAlbany career records in points, assists, draw controls, single-season draw controls, and single-game points. She holds the America East tournament record for single-game points.

She suffered a major knee injury that caused her to miss most of the final five games of the 2024 season. Before that injury, she ranked ninth among NCAA Division I players in points per game and was fourth among all active Division I players in career assists and career assists per game. She is the first woman in UAlbany lacrosse history, and third overall including men’s lacrosse, to record 300 points in a career. She is the fifth women’s lacrosse player and seventh overall in America East to record that mark.

Pascale suffered a major head injury playing basketball in high school that required her to be resuscitated, and the injury nearly ended her athletics career.

Pascale’s community service includes assisting in cleaning up Madison Park, youth sessions with CityLax, a Communities Day Clinic, Women’s Sports Day, and Gift of Life. She had worked with the Tunnel of Towers Foundation and volunteers as a youth coach.

Pascale becomes the fourth University at Albany student-athlete to be selected by CDSWOY in the organization’s five-year history. She joins Amanda Chambers (2023), Katie Falotico (2022), and Phoebe Fox (2021),

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the Aug. 12 event. The next recipient will be announced on July 10.