Karsyn Cherry

Karsyn Cherry fights off a defender vs. Auburn

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.
High School:
Lafayette Central Catholic

PRONUNCIATION

2025: Team Captain... No. 73 on TopDrawerSoccer's Top 100 Players list for the preseason... United Soccer Coaches Defender to Watch.

2024: 2024 United Soccer Coaches Fourth Team All-Region... Played and started all 18 games on defense for her junior season... Scored six goals, one assist and 13 points over 1,486 minutes played... Was second on the team in goals and points and was third on the team in minutes played... Tallied her sixth goal of the season against Pitt... Scored in the third-straight game in the second half of the 2-0 win over UT Martin on Sept. 5... Set a career high with three points after her fourth goal of the season and first career assist against Evansville... Tallied her third goal of the season off of a corner kick against Cincinnati... Scored for the second time in as many games with another set piece goal in the 3-1 win over UAB... Scored on a set piece in the season-opening 7-0 win over Bellarmine.

2023: Played in all 18 games and made 17 starts in her sophomore season.... Tallied nine shots and four shots on goal over 1,334 minutes played... Played all 90 minutes in nine games this season... Tallied a career high with four shots and two shots on goal in the home win over Syracuse on Oct. 8... 2023 CSC Academic All-Distrcit honoree.

2022: Cherry played and started in 14 games during her freshman season... Finished the season with three goals (second-most on the team), six points (second-most on team) and 1,230 minutes played... Took part in six shutouts this season... Scored her third goal of the season in the 3-2 win over #23 Memphis on Sept. 1... Scored her second goal of the season in the road win over NKU on Aug. 28... Scored her first career goal in her first collegiate start in the season-opener against UIC on Aug. 18... It was the second-fastest goal by a freshman in an season-opening game among ACC teams this season.

High School: Cherry comes to Louisville with quite the resume, being named All-Conference and 1^st Team All Area four times, All-State in 2019 and 2020 and Journal & Courier Player of the Year in 2020...she holds Lafayette Central's single season record with 39 goals and the career records with 124 goals and 73 assists....she helped lead Lafayette Central to a state championship in 2020....she also received several accolades for her play on the basketball court, earning All-Area honors four times and the 2020 Journal & Courier Player of the Year.