#25 Catalina Rubiano Season 2025
2015 SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19)
2015 Stomp in the Swamp All-Tournament Team
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 Colombian Women’s National Team Player Pool
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEC Community Service Team
CAREER CAPSULE
A two-year letterwinner with the Tigers while starting 29-straight matches in goal between the 2014 and 2015 seasons … Appeared 30 times in her three-year career at LSU from 2013-15 … Posted a 1.43 goals against average for her career while conceding 42 goals to LSU’s opponents in her 30 appearances … Played 2,641 minutes … Made 117 saves in her career, including a career-high 88 saves as a senior in 2015 to rank No. 6 on LSU’s all-time list for a single season … Kept six career clean sheets … A team leader on and off the field while also being selected to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and SEC Community Service Team during her career in 2014 … Graduated from LSU in December 2015 with her degree in sociology.
SENIOR SEASON (2015)
Enjoyed a standout senior season with the Tigers in 2015 while starting all 23 matches in goal … Helped the Tigers make their return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and fifth time in program history … Anchored LSU’s defensive unit while posting a career-low 1.21 goals against average on the season … Played 2,148 minutes on the year … Made a career-high 88 saves to rank No. 6 on LSU’s all-time list for a single season … Earned the decision in all 13 wins on the season to tie for the No. 3 spot on LSU’s all-time list for wins in a season … Kept six clean sheets on the season, including non-conference wins over Minnesota, Indiana and 15th-ranked Duke and back-to-back SEC wins over Mississippi State and Arkansas late in the conference season … Named to the All-Tournament Team at LSU’s “Stomp in the Swamp” following her shutout against Indiana … Honored as the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19 in the wake of LSU’s 1-0 road win at Arkansas as she saved all six shots on goal she faced in the 90 minutes … Diving save in the first half at Arkansas featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter as the No. 8 play of the day in the show’s “Top Plays” segment that night … Made a career-high 11 saves in LSU’s 2-1 road defeat at 12th-ranked Florida on Oct. 11 … Saved seven shots in LSU’s SEC opener at Alabama on Sept. 11 … Posted a 1.48 goals against average while making 47 saves in SEC play to help the team finish in seventh place on the final league table with a 5-4-2 mark and 17 points in conference play … Also helped the Tigers advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals and earn an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament where they faced South Alabama in the first round on Nov. 14 … Rewarded for her efforts in the classroom with a second-straight selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season … Earned her second varsity letter.
JUNIOR SEASON (2014)
Debuted in goal for the Tigers while coming off the bench in the second half against No. 6-ranked Texas A&M in SEC play on Sept. 26 … Started each of the team’s final six matches to wrap up the 2014 season … Cracked LSU’s starting 11 in home matches against Alabama, Kentucky, Florida and Auburn and road matches at Tennessee and Georgia in SEC play … Played nearly 493 minutes in goal in her seven appearances on the season … Made 29 saves while surrendering 13 goals to LSU’s opponents on 101 shots faced for the year … Posted a .690 save percentage on the season … Finished her junior season with a 2.37 goals against average in nearly 493 minutes of action … Leader of the program’s community service efforts while being named a member of the 2014 SEC Community Service Team for women’s soccer … Also recognized for her academic performance as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in her collegiate career … Earned her first varsity letter with the Tigers.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013)
Did not make an appearance for the Tigers in her first season with the program in 2013 … Called into international duty with the Colombian Women’s National Team for a national training camp in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota in July 2014 … Part of Colombia’s player pool used in selection for the 2014 South American Women’s Football Championship, or Copa America.
PRIOR TO LSU
A product of St. Mary’s Dominican High School in New Orleans under the direction of head coach Al Silvas, who was a Louisiana and Region Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America … A three-year varsity letterwinner from 2009-11 … Guided her high school team to the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Division I state championship during her senior year in 2011 … Honored with first-team all-district and all-state honors as the top goalkeeper in the state of Louisiana during the 2011 season … Played club soccer with the Carrollton Soccer Association, which is now the Chicago Fire Juniors of Louisiana, for 10 years at the youth level … Coached at the club level by Louie Smotherman … Played in the AAU Junior Olympics Indoor Soccer Tournament in 2007, winning a gold medal in her age group … Joined the LSU Soccer program prior to her sophomore season in 2013 … Attended two other schools prior to joining the LSU Soccer program, but did not play soccer at the collegiate level … Attended the University of Hawaii for an exchange semester and the University of New Orleans before pursuing a soccer career at LSU.
PERSONAL
Born on April 19, 1993 … Parents are Andres and Debbie Rubiano … Has one younger sister, Hannah … Graduated with honors from St. Mary’s Dominican High School in New Orleans … Graduated from high school cum laude with a 3.6 cumulative grade-point average … Many family members have attended LSU … Has an uncle who played college golf at Western Michigan University … Graduated from LSU in December 2015 with a degree in sociology.