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Jersey Number 24
Kursten von Klahr
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Kannapolis, N.C.
As a Sophomore (2019): Played in nine matches as a sophomore, tallying 315 minutes…Played a career-high 88 minutes at No. 8 Duke…Also played 46 minutes in the NCAA First Round matchup vs. Navy.
As a Freshman (2018): Made nine appearances and played 201 total minutes…Played a season-high 58 minutes against Miami…Scored her first career goal in the team’s 6-3 win at Syracuse…Had one other shot on goal at UNCG…Converted the final PK in the team’s 5-4 shootout against Santa Clara in the NCAA Second Round.
Prior to NC State: 2017 Conference Player of the Yea ... A three-time all-conference and all-region selection at Northwest Cabarrus High School ... Named to the all-state team her junior year ... Helped the Carolina Rapids U19/20 squad win the 2017 USYS National Championship ... A 2017 USYS National Championship Best 11 member ... National Honors Society and Beta Club member ... Graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors ... Her parents, Harald and Karen, played soccer at Catawba College ... Father played from 1989-93 and mother played from 1991-95
Santoro on von Klahr: “Kursten joins a position of strength in our program and fits the mold of a NC State two-way central midfielder. Her vision, technical ability and decision making mesh well into what we ask those players to do once they’ve adjusted to the ACC.”
As a Freshman (2018): Made nine appearances and played 201 total minutes…Played a season-high 58 minutes against Miami…Scored her first career goal in the team’s 6-3 win at Syracuse…Had one other shot on goal at UNCG…Converted the final PK in the team’s 5-4 shootout against Santa Clara in the NCAA Second Round.
Prior to NC State: 2017 Conference Player of the Yea ... A three-time all-conference and all-region selection at Northwest Cabarrus High School ... Named to the all-state team her junior year ... Helped the Carolina Rapids U19/20 squad win the 2017 USYS National Championship ... A 2017 USYS National Championship Best 11 member ... National Honors Society and Beta Club member ... Graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors ... Her parents, Harald and Karen, played soccer at Catawba College ... Father played from 1989-93 and mother played from 1991-95
Santoro on von Klahr: “Kursten joins a position of strength in our program and fits the mold of a NC State two-way central midfielder. Her vision, technical ability and decision making mesh well into what we ask those players to do once they’ve adjusted to the ACC.”





