AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach Matt Fannon has finalized his 2023 coaching staff, officially announcing the hiring of Kathleen Duwve (DOO-vee) as assistant coach/goalkeeper coach.

Duwve will reunite with Coach Fannon in Ames, as she was a standout goalie for Bowling Green and played under Fannon from 2017-19. Duwve will also reunite with DePaul transfer Kristin Boos who signed with the Cyclones earlier this summer. She will join new additions Olivia Seddon and Jermima Job as soccer staff members.

A Sylvania, Ohio, native, Duwve arrives in Ames after spending two years as an assistant coach at DePaul University. With the Blue Demons, Duwve worked primarily with the goalkeepers. Across her two years, Duwve’s keepers posted 143 saves and eight shutouts.

Prior to her stint in Chicago, Duwve played professionally for Apulia Trani ASD in Italy’s Serie C before returning to the United States to play for the Gotham Reserves (NJ/NY) in the WPSL.

Before becoming a professional athlete, Duwve starred for Coach Fannon’s Falcons at BGSU, starting 56 games across her four years. She totaled 216 total saves and toted a .797 save percentage. Duwve earned 32 career wins and tallied 14 clean sheets.

In her freshman campaign with the Falcons, Duwve started 11 of 13 matches and recorded 10 saves in three different outings. Her sophomore season was cut short, as she sustained an injury that limited her to just three contests.

Duwve bounced back from injury in a big way, helping to lead Bowling Green to two straight MAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances over her junior and senior years in 2018 and 2019. She started all 22 matches during her junior campaign and tied the BGSU single-season wins record, tallying 14. In the postseason, she made three saves against the No. 14 Penn State Nittany Lions.

Duwve built on her stellar junior season and turned in an equally impressive senior year which again resulted in BGSU making the postseason. She posted six complete-match shutouts and started 22 of 23 matches (missing one due to injury). She totaled 54 saves and again made three postseason saves, this time against Michigan.

Duwve finished her collegiate career as Bowling Green’s all-time leader in career winning percentage and goals against average while ranking among the top five all-time in every goalkeeping category.

She earned first-team All-Conference honors in the MAC twice, as well as once earning a United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region award. Academically, Duwve was on the Academic All-MAC Team, a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and earned the MAC Commissioner’s Award.

The Iowa State soccer program will kick off its season on August 17, welcoming Arizona to the Cyclone Soccer Complex for the start of the 2023 regular season. Admission to all home matches is free.