Ithaca College Athletics

Career Accolades
2023 Liberty League Second-Team
2023 Liberty League All-Academic
2024 Liberty League Honorable Mention
2024 Liberty League All-Academic
2024 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2025 Liberty League First Team
2025 Liberty League All-Academic
2025 IWLCA Second Team All-Region

2025: Picked up two ground balls in season-opening win over Brockport (2/23)...Picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover at Scranton (3/9)...Notched four ground balls and two caused turnovers at home against RIT (3/15)...Picked up three ground balls and caused a turnover against St. John Fisher (3/22)...Tallied three ground balls and a caused turnover in 12-10 win over Rochester (3/26)...Notched one ground ball and two caused turnovers in a 10-12 loss at Union (3/29)...Scooped up two ground balls in a 17-11 win over Clarkson (4/4)...Tallied two caused turnovers and two ground balls in IC's 10-7 win over St. Lawrence(4/5)...Picked up one ground ball in a 5-17 loss at William Smith (4/9)... Recorded one ground ball and one caused turnover in a 12-8 win over RPI (4/12)... Recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers in an 11-12 loss to Vassar (4/18)...Tallied two ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 24-5 win over Bard (4/19)... Scooped up two ground balls in an 11-17 loss to Hamilton (4/22)... Recorded three ground balls and four caused turnovers in a 19-11 win over Skidmore (4/26)... Had three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 13-12 win over RIT in the Liberty League Semifinals (5/2)... Tallied two ground balls and one caused turnover in a 14-13 win over Union in the Liberty League Championship (5/4)...Had two ground balls and caused turnover in the NCAA Tournament.

2024: Picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover during IC's 13-9 season-opening win over Scranton (2/25)...Recorded two groundballs and a caused turnover against Brockport (3/2)...Had a groundball and caused turnover at RIT (3/16)...Picked up one groundball and had two caused turnovers against Union (3/30)... Had two groundballs and two caused turnovers in a victory against Clarkson (4/5)...Picked up one groundball and one caused turnover in 12-7 win over St. Lawrence (4/6)...Recorded one caused turnover in victory over William Smith (4/10)...Had one groundball and two caused turnovers against RPI (4/13)...Picked up a groundball in win over Vassar (4/19)...Had two groundballs and one caused turnover against Bard (4/20)...Recorded a season best picking up four groundballs along with two caused turnovers against Hamilton (4/)...Had three groundballs and one caused turnover in win over Skidmore (4/24)...One caused turnover against RPI in Liberty League Semi-Final (5/3)...Picked up one groundball in Liberty League Championship victory over William Smith (5/5)...Had one groundball in NCAA tournament win over Shenandoah (5/12)...Recorded one caused turnover in NCAA tournament loss to Pomona-Pitzer (5/18). | 2024 Stats

2023: Recovered two ground balls and caused one turnover in IC's 12-8 win over Scranton (3/8)...Recovered two ground balls and caused one turnover in IC's 13-9 win over RPI (3/18)...Recovered three ground balls and caused two turnovers in IC's 14-12 win over St. Lawrence (3/24)...Recovered two ground balls and caused one turnover in IC's 15-10 win over Clarkson (3/25)...Recovered one ground ball and caused two turnovers against Union (4/1)...Recovered one ground ball and caused two turnovers against Vassar (4/8). | 2023 Stats

2022: Made six appearances on the season and had five ground balls with three caused turnovers.

High School: A 2021 graduate of West Babylon Senior High School, Russell earned four varsity letters under coaches Colleen Kilgus and Paul DiGuilio. She earned multiple awards including All-County Honorable Mention as a senior, All Division as a sophomore, and the Fran McCall Unsung Hero Award as a freshman. Russell also helped lead West Babylon to their first county championship during the 2021 season. 

Personal: A Communication Management and Design major, Kaitlyn is the daughter of George and Stephanie Russell.