Katie Mullan

Katie Mullan
Personal information
Full name Kathryn Mullan
Born (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Dalriada School
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20xx–2012 Ballymoney
2012– UCD Ladies
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–  Ireland 154 (30)
Medal record
World Cup
2018 London
Champions Challenge
2014 Glasgow

Katie Mullan (born 7 April 1994) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was captain of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Mullan has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey League titles with UCD. Mullan has also played camogie for CLG Eoghan Rua and helped them win the 2010 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie championship.

Early years and education

Mullan is originally from Coleraine, County Londonderry. She has four siblings - two older brothers, Bernard and Aidan, and two younger sisters, Brega and Olivia. She attended Dalriada School in Ballymoney. [1][2][3] Mullan studied for a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering at University College Dublin. [4][5][6]

Camogie

Mullan played camogie for CLG Eoghan Rua. She was a member of the Eoghan Rua team that won the 2010 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Camogie championship. She came on as a substitute in the semi-final against Lismore and scored the winning goal in a closely contested match. She also came on as a substitute in the final, a 3–8 to 2–3 win over Laois Harps. In 2013 Mullan scored two goals in the Derry Senior Camogie Championship final victory against Slaughtneil. She also scored 1–1 in the Ulster Senior Club Camogie Championship final against Rossa. Eoghan Rua retained the Derry Senior Camogie Championship title in 2014 and Mullan scored 1–4 in the final win over Slaughtneil. [5][7][8]

Field hockey

Early years

Mullan began playing women's field hockey at Dalriada School where her PE teacher was Bridget McKeever, a former Ireland women's field hockey international. [1][9][10] She also played for Ballymoney where her team mates included Megan Frazer. [11][12][13][14]

UCD

Mullan started playing for UCD in 2012. [15] She was a member of the UCD teams that won the Irish Senior Cup in 2014, 2017 and 2018. She scored UCD's third goal in the 2018 final when they defeated Pegasus 4–0. [16][17][18][19] Mullan was also a member of the UCD teams that won Women's Irish Hockey League titles in 2013–14, 2016–17 and 2017–18. In 2017 UCD completed a treble when they also won the EY Champions Trophy after defeating Hermes-Monkstown in a penalty shoot-out. [20][21][22][19][23][24] Mullan has also played for UCD in the 2015 [12] and 2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cups. [25]

Ireland international

Mullan represented Ireland at Under-17 [19] and Under-18 levels [1][10] before making her senior debut against Wales in August 2012. [26] Mullan has represented Ireland in various tournaments including the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, the 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I, the 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I, 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II and the 2017 Women's Four Nations Cup. She has also played for Ireland in the 2014–15 and 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League seasons. [26][27][19][13][14][1] Mullan also represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [28]

Mullan took over as Ireland captain from Megan Frazer, who was kept out of the side through injuries. [13][14][29][30][31] She remained captain throughout Ireland's 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup campaign, leading them to the silver medal. [2][4][32][33][34] She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States, [35][36][37][38] India, [39] and England, [40] the quarter-final against India, [41] the semi-final against Spain [42] and the final against the Netherlands. [43]

Honours

Field hockey

Ireland
UCD

Camogie

CLG Eoghan Rua

References

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