Mattie Tabor

Mattie Tabor prepares to pass the ball to Mia Duchards in the win against Ball State

Mattie Tabor takes the ball down the field in the Cardinals 2020 alumnae game

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Mattie Tabor looks for a teammate on the field

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Sacred Heart

As a senior (2022): Team co-captain... Dished out an assist in the 4-0 win against Ball State (10/16)... Registered her first career hat trick in the 5-0 win against Fairfield (9/18)... Scored a goal in the 2-1 win against No. 13 Princeton (Sept. 4).

As a junior (2021): Played in all 20 games with 12 starts... Tied for third on the team with six goals... Stood fourth on the team with 14 points (6G, 2A)... Five of her goals were game-winners, standing second in the ACC in that category... Scored a goal in the 3-2 overtime win at No. 10 North Carolina... Delivered the game-winner in the double-overtime victory against No. 15 Wake Forest (10/1)... Registered the game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory against No. 11 Virginia (9/17)... Tallied the game-winning goal and dished out an assist against No. 11 Liberty (9/12)... Notched the game-winning goal in overtime in the 3-2 victory at No. 13 Princeton (9/5)... Scored a goal in the 6-0 win over Ohio (8/27)... ACC Academic Team Selection... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As a sophomore (Fall 2020): Earned a starting role in the first two games of the season... Dished out an assist in the 3-0 win against Duke (Sept. 26)... Suffered season-ending injury in the Sept. 27 game against Duke... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... ACC Academic Honor Roll member.

As a freshman (2019): Played in 19 games with two starts... Scored her first career goal in the 4-1 win at Michigan State (9/8)... Dished out her first career assist in the 4-2 win against Kent State (9/4).. Finished the season with one goal and two assists for four points... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selection.

High School/Club: Played for two-time state champion Sacred Heart Academy... As a senior, she helped the Valkyries to the 2018 state title and was named Most Valuable Player of the State Tournament... Earned NFHCA All-America second team honors... The 2018 Max Field Hockey Kentucky Player of the Year... Kentucky Miss Field Hockey nominee... MVP of the Apple Tournament... Farnered Apple all-tournament honors her sophomore and junior seasons... Two-time NFHCA All-Midwest Region (2016, 2017) selection... Three-time all-state tournament team member (2016, 2017, 2018)... Two-time first-team all-district (2015, 2016) and all-state district 2 selection (2016, 2017)... Louisville Catholic Sports first team honoree... Courier Journal Sports Award Player of the Year Finalist in 2016 and 2017... One of Max Field Hockey’s Top 100 Players in 2019, Tabor was also named to the publication’s 2017 All-West Region second team... Earned NFHCA National Academic Team honors in 2018.

Personal: Full name is Mattie Tabor... Nickname is Matt... Birthdate is February 9, 2001... Daughter of Bill Tabor and Jill Tabor... Has a sister, Audrey who plays field hockey at Ball State... Majoring in communications... Post college ambition is to create a business... Proudest moment was committing to Louisville for field hockey... Favorite athlete is Lebron James... Before every game she listens to music.