2023 Field Hockey Roster
Roell, Cato
Jersey Number 13
Cato Roell
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- High School:
- Trinitas Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Almere, Netherlands
Bio
2023: Played in and started 17 games • Made 81 saves with a 2.24 GAA in more than 1,000 minutes • Had a career-best 15 saves at VCU (9/22) • Was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week (10/30) after making 10 saves in a two-win weekend.
2022: Played in 10 games, making nine starts • Made 42 saves, including a high of nine against Wake Forest (10/3) • Posted a .618 saves percentage.
2021: Played and started 17 games • Logged nearly 984 minutes in goal and earned four wins • Made a career-best 11 saves and did not surrender a goal in a win at Lock Haven (10/24) • Had 10 saves at Appalachian State (9/19) and Towson (10/31).
2020 (Played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19): Started all 11 games and played nearly 600 minutes in goal • Posted 39 saves, a 2.04 goals against average and an 0.661 saves percentage • Totaled a season-best nine saves against VCU (4/10).
Before Davidson: Played for Almeerse Hockey Club, helping the team to championships in the 2016-17 indoor and outdoor seasons and in the 2018-19 indoor season • Was named the club’s top goalkeeper in 2016-17 • Played for multiple coaches, including Alex Verga, the coach of the U21 Dutch national team and Nastasjia Erasmus, the goalkeepers coach for the U16, U18 and U21 Dutch national teams.
Personal: Daughter of Quirijn Röell and Nelleke Groesz … Born June 18, 2003 … Has four siblings, including a sister, Tessa, and brothers Bastiaan, Kamiel and Max … Her cousin, Boudewijn Röell, is a professional rower and earned a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics.
2022: Played in 10 games, making nine starts • Made 42 saves, including a high of nine against Wake Forest (10/3) • Posted a .618 saves percentage.
2021: Played and started 17 games • Logged nearly 984 minutes in goal and earned four wins • Made a career-best 11 saves and did not surrender a goal in a win at Lock Haven (10/24) • Had 10 saves at Appalachian State (9/19) and Towson (10/31).
2020 (Played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19): Started all 11 games and played nearly 600 minutes in goal • Posted 39 saves, a 2.04 goals against average and an 0.661 saves percentage • Totaled a season-best nine saves against VCU (4/10).
Before Davidson: Played for Almeerse Hockey Club, helping the team to championships in the 2016-17 indoor and outdoor seasons and in the 2018-19 indoor season • Was named the club’s top goalkeeper in 2016-17 • Played for multiple coaches, including Alex Verga, the coach of the U21 Dutch national team and Nastasjia Erasmus, the goalkeepers coach for the U16, U18 and U21 Dutch national teams.
Personal: Daughter of Quirijn Röell and Nelleke Groesz … Born June 18, 2003 … Has four siblings, including a sister, Tessa, and brothers Bastiaan, Kamiel and Max … Her cousin, Boudewijn Röell, is a professional rower and earned a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics.
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