2025 Field Hockey Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 18
Caro Schafer
- Position:
- Back
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-und Ratsgymnasium
- Hometown:
- Hannover, Germany
2025 (Sophomore): Appeared and started all 18 games for MSU … Captain ... Finished second on the team in goals scored (2), and the team lead in assists (4) and points (12)… Scored the first Spartan goal of the season in an 6-1 defeat at Louisville (8/29)… Registered a goal against Vermont (9/12), and two assists against Merrimack (9/13)… Notched one assist at Miami (Ohio) (9/21) and against Ball State (10/14)… Recorded goals against No. 12 Ohio State (10/19) and No. 20 Indiana (10/26).
2024 (Freshman): NFHCA National Academic Squad honors as well as Scholar of Distinction kudos … Started all 18 games for MSU as a defensive standout ... Led the squad with three defensive saves ... Finished her freshman campaign with a goal and two helpers ... Recorded an assist in her first collegiate game at UC-Davis, the eventual game-winner by Maddie Lawlor (8/30) ... Scored the game-winner in double overtime at Ball State (9/29) ... Assisted on Maddie Lawlor’s goal in a win over Iowa (10/26).
Prior to MSU: 2023 U18 German champion with her club, Harvestehuder THC, in 2023 ... Won seven state championships and three North-German totles with Harvestehuder ... Was a four-year state selection at Lower Saxony and twice was a state selection for Team Hamburg ... Took fourth place at the National High School championships in 2019.
Personal: Daughter of Rixta and Frank Schafer ... Has one brother, York, who plays for the U18 Port Adalaide hockey club in Australia ... Father is a member of the German Masters U50 team.
2024 (Freshman): NFHCA National Academic Squad honors as well as Scholar of Distinction kudos … Started all 18 games for MSU as a defensive standout ... Led the squad with three defensive saves ... Finished her freshman campaign with a goal and two helpers ... Recorded an assist in her first collegiate game at UC-Davis, the eventual game-winner by Maddie Lawlor (8/30) ... Scored the game-winner in double overtime at Ball State (9/29) ... Assisted on Maddie Lawlor’s goal in a win over Iowa (10/26).
Prior to MSU: 2023 U18 German champion with her club, Harvestehuder THC, in 2023 ... Won seven state championships and three North-German totles with Harvestehuder ... Was a four-year state selection at Lower Saxony and twice was a state selection for Team Hamburg ... Took fourth place at the National High School championships in 2019.
Personal: Daughter of Rixta and Frank Schafer ... Has one brother, York, who plays for the U18 Port Adalaide hockey club in Australia ... Father is a member of the German Masters U50 team.
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