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Wyatt Katz

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Athlete Bio

Hometown

Santa Rosa Valley, CA

Education

Westlake High School HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Personal

Son of Mitch and Eva Katz...Has two siblings, Corey and Jackson...Favorite Sports Quote: "In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take." - Lewis Carroll...Best Words of Advice: "Always play the 100 percent pass." - Paul Singh...Year Joined Junior USMNT: 2015

Career Highlights

2023: Five Rivers Tournament (Glendale, Ariz.)
2022: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
2022: Named to U.S. U-21 Men's National Team (September)
2022: 4-Nations Tournament Reserve (Glasgow, Scotland), Recorded first cap on June 30 against Ireland, Series against U-21 Austria (Vienna, Austria)
2021: U-22 Young Men's National Championship (Virginia Beach, Va), 3-Nations Series (Moorpark, Calif.)
2021: Named to U.S. U-21 Men's National Team (July)
2020: Series against Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020: Named to the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team
2020: Named to the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team
2019: Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
2019: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team (June)
2018: Series against U-16 Chile (Santiago, Chile), U-15 Canada National Championship (Toronto, Canada)
2018: Named to the U.S. U-16 Men's National Team (July)
2017: Named to the U.S. U-15 Men's National Team (August)
2017: Named to the U.S. U-16 Men's National Team (February)

World Championship Experience

Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
15th - 2021 FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup (Bhubaneswar, India)
2023 Junior Pan American Championship (St. Michael, Barbados)

Katz started playing field hockey through his private school, Carden. He then grew to love it over time with his first club Bulldogs and then the Roadrunners.