Catherine Rapp
American soccer player (born 2004)
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Catherine Rapp (born May 2, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC. She played college soccer for the FIU Panthers and the Kentucky Wildcats. She has also previously played for Minnesota Aurora FC of the USL W League, where she set the team record for career goals in 2025.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 2, 2004 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spokane Zephyr | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | FIU Panthers | 44 | (8) |
| 2025 | Kentucky Wildcats | 21 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Minnesota Aurora | 47 | (24) |
| 2026– | Spokane Zephyr | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:44, March 7, 2026 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Rapp started playing soccer at an early age in Arkansas before her family moved to Evergreen, Colorado when Rapp was a child.[1] She went on to play for Evergreen High School alongside her two sisters,[2] helping the team make it two regional championships. Rapp earned individual recognition as a two-time Jefferson County Athlete of the Year and a one-time conference MVP.[3][1]
College career
FIU Panthers
On August 18, 2022, Rapp made her collegiate debut for the FIU Panthers. Exactly one week later, she scored her first two college goals, helping FIU beat Stetson, 3–1.[4][5] She went on to post 14 appearances in each of her first two collegiate seasons, including in a freshman campaign in which she was third on FIU in minutes played.
As a junior, Rapp started all 20 of the Panthers' games, recording six full 90-minute performances, and scored 4 goals. She was named to the All-CUSA second team after helping FIU reach a regular season conference championship.[5] In the semifinals of the CUSA tournament, she scored the game-winning goal over Middle Tennessee to lift FIU to its first-ever CUSA championship game, which the Panthers would go on to win.[6] The following match, Rapp played all 90 minutes in FIU's NCAA tournament first-round defeat to Auburn.[5]
Kentucky Wildcats
Ahead of the 2025 season, Rapp transferred to the University of Kentucky. She posted career-high figures in her sole season with the Wildcats, registering 21 appearances, 7 goals (tied for first on the team),[7] and 6 assists.[3] Four of her goal contributions came in a single match, with Rapp scoring twice and assisting twice in a victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in August 2025.[8] Rapp also scored on November 2, 2025,[9] in a victory over Florida that helped Kentucky reach the second round of the SEC tournament (where they were then defeated by Georgia).[10][11] In the Wildcats' NCAA tournament opener against Louisville, Rapp played a season-high 110 minutes as Kentucky lost the game on penalties.[3]
Club career
Minnesota Aurora
During the offseasons leading up to each of her four years of college, Rapp played for pre-professional team Minnesota Aurora FC in the USL W League. She spent her first stint with the Aurora right after graduating from high school, in the inaugural USL W League season. Playing alongside each of her two sisters,[12] she was mostly a substitute throughout 2022 as the Aurora recorded an undefeated season. In the league championship match, however, Rapp played the entirety of the extra time defeat to Tormenta FC that finally snapped the Aurora's unbeaten streak.[13]
After completing her first year at FIU, Rapp returned to Minnesota and helped the Aurora finish another regular season undefeated. Serving as dual attacking midfielders with Hannah Adler, Rapp thrived in counter-attacking situations and ended up tallying 9 goals and 6 assists across 13 games.[14][13] Rapp would return to the Aurora again in both 2024 and 2025.[13] At the end of her fourth season with the team, she set the Aurora team record for career goals, with 24.[15]
Spokane Zephyr
On January 6, 2026, USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC announced that they had signed Rapp to her first professional contract ahead of the spring portion of the 2025–26 season.[15] The move reunited Rapp with former Minnesota Aurora head coach Nicole Lukic, who had been hired in the same role for Spokane three months earlier.[7] On February 11, 2026, Rapp made her professional debut, starting and playing 65 minutes in a 3–0 loss to Sporting Club Jacksonville.[16][17]
Personal life
Rapp is the middle triplet of three triplet sisters.[12] Her youngest sister, Rami, played collegiately for the Oklahoma Sooners and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.[18] Her older sister, Elizabeth, also played for Oklahoma before spending one season at FIU alongside Catherine; Elizabeth currently plays for the Portland Pilots.[19] All three sisters played alongside one another in high school and for the Minnesota Aurora.[2][12]
Honors and awards
FIU Panthers
Individual
- Second-team All-CUSA: 2024
