Katie Ann Sopp Season 2010-11

Honors and Awards:

• NTCA Second-Team All-American (2008)
• NTCA First-Team All-Academic (2008)
• First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2011)
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Spring: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Collegiate Tournament Titles: 

• 2008 Holiday Classic

2010-11 (Senior)
Senior Katie Ann Sopp hit her stride in the last two tournaments of the year, averaging 208 at the 2011 NCAA Championships and 216 at the Music City Invitational, the final regular-season tournament of the year. Sopp's 216 average in Nashville earned her the third-place spot on the all-tournament team. Her 208 at the NCAA Championships helped the Huskers advance to the NCAA semifinals. Sopp competed in every tournament on the year, collecting 5,449 total pinfall and a season-ending average at 195.

A strong performer in the classroom, Sopp claimed first-team academic All-Big 12 honors while earning her eighth consecutive selection to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2009-10 (Junior)
Sopp finished her junior season after competing in over 80 games during the year, including 14 at the NCAA Championships. One of NU's top clutch performers, Sopp rolled strikes in her fourth and ninth frames of Nebraska's match against Fairleigh-Dickinson to give the Huskers a 2-1 lead. Sopp was a major contributor in NU's run to an NCAA runner-up finish. She added two appearances on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008-09 (Sophomore) 
After a stellar freshman season at Nebraska, Sopp competed in all but one regular-season tournament as a sophomore. She earned two top-three finishes on the season, including a second-place finish at the Capital City Collegiate Classic with a season-high 216 average. She also earned a third-place finish at the Holiday Classic with a 214 average. Sopp wrapped up her sophomore season with a 2009 NCAA Championship appearance, helping NU to its third NCAA title in six seasons. On the year, Sopp rolled a total pinfall of 6,634 over 35 games for a season average of 189.50. She rounded out the year with two selections on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

2007-08 (Freshman)
Sopp was one of four outstanding Husker freshmen in 2007-08. She competed in every tournament and was the only Nebraska newcomer to claim a tournament title. Her season-high 224 average at the Holiday Classic helped her to her first career event win.

Sopp earned five other top-10 finishes, including a second-place showing at the Morgan State Invitational with a 217 average. She claimed a pair of seventh-place finishes at the Maverick Challenge (193) and the Capital City Classic (219) at the beginning of the season.

For her outstanding efforts, Sopp was awarded a prestigious second-team NTCA All-America award. She also earned first-team NTCA Scholastic All-America honors. Sopp was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters in 2007-08.

Before Nebraska
Sopp joined the Husker bowling team after garnering numerous prep awards. Not only was she the 2007 Pepsi state champion, but she also claimed three Minnesota Junior Bowlers Tour titles and three Greater Iowa Scholarship Bowling Tour titles. Sopp was used in the anchor position to help her team to a No. 1 rating in her conference. She graduated from Centennial High School in 2007, where she was named to the "A" honor roll and earned an academic letter.

She added a win on the Minnesota Junior Tour in 2009, immediately after helping the Huskers to the 2009 NCAA title.

Personal
The daughter of Ted and Susan Sopp, Katie Ann was born on Sept. 29, 1988, in Maplewood, Minn. She has one brother, William. Sopp, a business administration major at Nebraska, was a first-team academic All-Big 12 selection in 2011 and a eight-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.