Hall of Fame
Sidelined with injuries during much of her first two years on the Hilltop, Katrina persevered and refused to give up. Entering her junior year, this dedicated team leader helped the Hoyas to a third-place team finish at the 1998 NCAA indoor championships, team titles in the ECAC indoor and ECAC outdoor championships, and one team title at the BIG EAST indoor championships.
A selfless runner, Katrina and her teammates were crowned the 1999 NCAA distance medley relay champions and earned top- five finishes in the same event in the previous and following years. Deferring graduation for a year, she added a second major and completed a final year of eligibility in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track. A sixtime All-America performer, she finished her career as an individual indoor BIG EAST champion, an indoor ECAC individual champion, a four- time indoor ECAC relay champion, a two- time Penn Relays champion, and a NCAA relay champion.
Katrina competed in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Track and Field outdoor national championships in 1998 in New Orleans and reached the finals of the event at the 1999 national championships in Eugene. She also qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento at 800-meters for a chance to go to Sydney.
A volunteer at local hospitals and in DC public schools, Katrina was named the 2000 Female Athlete of the Year by the campus newspaper, The Hoya. A recipient of the James M. Gallagher Award (outstanding track and field competitor), she earned BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors four times. A member of the Psi Chi National Honor Society, Katrina was selected in her final year to the GTE Academic Women’s National At-Large Team. In addition to receiving Academic All-America recognition and the ECAC Scholar- Athlete Division I Award as a senior, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year for Washington, DC. A Dean’s List student and a Robert A. Duffey ScholarAthlete awardee at Georgetown, Katrina graduated cum laude from the College in 2000 with a degree in Psychology and Art.
After devoting two years as a special education teacher locally in Georgetown, Katrina pursued a master’s degree in Art therapy, graduating from George Washington University in 2004. She subsequently returned home to the Portland area where she began a career in mental health working with people experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and addiction. For the past seven years, Katrina has served as a middle and elementary school counselor, helping children learn skills to be their best selves and designing school-wide social and emotional learning programs.
