2016: Second team All-CAC ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team captain ... Started 17 contests ... Tied for fourth in the CAC with a team-best five assists ... Tied for third on the Seahawks with 11 points ... Fourth for St. Mary's with 36 shots ... Fifth on the team with three goals ... Season-best three points (1 G, 1 A) vs. Frostburg State (Oct. 1) ... Season-high five shots vs. Southern Virginia (Oct. 22).
2015: NSCAA Division III Women's All-South Atlantic Region Second Team ... First team All-CAC ... CAC All-Academic Team ... CAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 12) ... Team MVP ... Started all 17 games ... Led the CAC and the Seahawks with 10 assists ... Second on the team with six goals, 22 points, and 60 shots ... Career-bests of two goals and four points twice ... Career-high two assists four times ... Netted the game-winning goal vs. Mary Washington (Oct. 10) ... Career-best nine shots at Averett (Sept. 6).
2014: CAC All-Academic Team ... All-Crusader Cup Tournament Team ... Team's Offensive Player of the Year ... Started all 16 contests played in ... Second for the Seahawks with 33 shots ... Third on team with four goals ... Fifth with eight points ... Career-bests of two goals and four points vs. Marymount (Va.) (Oct. 29) ... Netted game-winning goal vs. Methodist (Sept. 13) ... Season-high six shots at Southern Virginia (Oct. 25).
2013: Second team All-CAC ... CAC All-Academic Team ... Team's Rookie of the Year ... Played in all 19 games with 17 starts ... Made collegiate debut vs. Rutgers-Newark (Aug. 30) ... Fired off a team fifth-best 15 shots ... First career shot vs. Rutgers-Newark (Aug. 30) ... Season-best five shots at Richard Stockton (Sept. 11).
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy: 2013 graduate ... Coached by Cesar Hidalgo and Frank Pace ... 2011 Southern Section Division I Championship ... 73-10-12 four-year record ... Coaches Award ... National Honor Society ... California Scholarship Federation ... President of Mu Alpha Theta honors mathematics club ... Tolog Award ... Student Council ... School Ambassador ... Club: Played for Esteban Chavez ... Team captain ... 2013 National Cup semifinalist in Souther California ... 2012 League Cup Champion ... FC Golden State (WPSL): Mentored by Esteban Chavez ... Regular starter.
Personal: Claire Louise Kostelnik ... Dean's List (Fall '15; Spring '15, '16) ... 2016 St. Mary's Scholar ... Chi Alpha Sigma (college athlete, inducted Spring '16) ... Psi Chi (psychology) ... President, Nu Rho Psi (neuroscience) ... Margaret Floy Washburn Award (2016-17) ... Dance Club ... Intramurals supervisor ... Member, Seahawk women's basketball team in the winter ... Born December 14, 1994 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Daughter of Bill and Monica Kostelnik ... Has two older brothers, James and Philip ... Her brothers ran track in college - James at Duke and Philip at UCLA.
Why St. Mary's?: I picked St. Mary's because it was exactly what I was looking for in a school: a beautiful campus, welcoming and happy people, the small school atmosphere, outstanding academics, and a sense of community on the soccer team.
Future Aspirations: Hopes to be a clinical neuropsychologist.
Best SMCM Sports Moment(s): Playing in Spain (2013) ... Beating Christopher Newport in overtime ... Scoring against Mary Washington 23 seconds into overtime.
