Cato is entering her fifth season as head coach of Saint Martin's women's soccer program.
In 2019, Cato coached two GNAC All-Conference players, Ali Campigotto and Lexi Caceres, combining for a total of four All-Conference selections that she has coached at Saint Martin's. On the year, she had ten players that were selected to the GNAC All-Academic team.
During her second season, Cato led her team to the most non-conference wins in a season in program history and had one GNAC All- Conference selection, Kiersten Madsen. Seven players received Academic- All Conference honors and two were named a GNAC FAR recipient. Kylee Sarchett was voted to the 2018 CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District team.
During her first season as head coach, Cato installed a new culture and philosophy into the program while coaching a GNAC All-Conference selection in Rose Robbins. Cato also coached goalkeeper Ali Koehler, who led the GNAC in saves and set the school record for most saves in a single season.
Cato joined the Saint Martin’s staff in June 2017 after spending last season as the assistant women’s soccer coach at Central Michigan University. Cato helped coach the Chippewas to an impressive 15-3-3 record last season, that resulted in a trip to the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals. Central Michigan’s season included victories over Kansas State, Michigan State and Massachusetts.
On top of her coaching duties, Cato was the Director of External Operations for the Central Michigan. She managed recruiting, scouting future opponents, developing non-conference schedules, development of players, and fundraising.
Before her time at Central Michigan, Cato was the head women’s soccer coach at Rogers State University from Feb. 2014 – May 2016. During her time at Rogers State, Cato implemented a study hall program that raised the team GPA to 3.5, while fundraising, recruiting and scouting.
Cato’s head coaching career began at Whitman College in July 2010 – Feb. 2014. Whitman won 24 matches under Cato in her three seasons, including 11 in her final season.
Cato was a four-year starter at Arkansas from 1996-99 and played on the U.S. Women's National U-20 Team, and was in the USA National Team pool. She ranks as the seventh all-time leading scorer in Razorback history with 24 career goals.
| Year |
Overall |
GNAC |
Postseason |
| 2017 |
2-14-1 |
2-9-1 |
|
| 2018 |
5-12-1 |
1-10-1 |
|
| 2019 |
4-13-2 |
2-10-0 |
|
| 2020 |
1-9-0 |
N/A |
|
| Total |
12-48-4 |
5-39-2 |
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