Chandler Kirby

Class:
Freshman
Position:
M
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Darien, Conn.
High School:
Darien

At Michigan
• Four-time letterwinner (2017-20)
• Team captain (2020)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award recipient (2017, 2019, 2020)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2018, 2019, 2020)
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2019)

Senior (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after six games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Was one of seven players to start all six games
• Tied for second on the team with 14 points, netting 10 goals and notching four assists
• Had a .741 shots on goal percentage with 20 of her 27 shots reaching the cage
• Scored four goals off of free position shots
• Added four ground balls, one caused turnover and one draw control win
• Netted five goals and had an assist for six points at Vanderbilt (March 4) in what would turn out to be her final collegiate game

Junior (2019)
• Came in off the bench in all 20 games
• Scored 17 goals and had four assists for 21 points
• Netted the game-winning goals against UC Davis (Feb. 9) and No. 9 Denver (Feb. 26)
• Had a season-best four points against UC Davis with four goals on four shots
• Added three ground balls

Sophomore (2018)
• Played in all 17 games
• Recorded a total of 22 goals, two assists, three ground balls, one draw control, and one caused turnover
• Scored a career-high four goals vs. Canisius (Feb. 18)
• Recorded a hat trick at No. 10 Towson (Feb. 28)
• Logged two-goal efforts against Butler (Feb. 16, Northwestern (March 23), Notre Dame (April 3) and East Carolina (April 21).

Freshman (2017)
• Played in all 17 games with two starts -- the only freshman to play in every game
• Recorded four goals, six assists, five ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers
• Had a season-high two assists in two games -- Niagara (April 4) and Rutgers (April 13)

Prep
• Graduated from Darien High School (2016)
• National Honor Society
• Helped lead Darien to four straight Connecticut state and FCIAC championships (2013-16)
• Two-time All-State first team (2015-16)
• Three-time All-FCIAC (2014-16)
• Team Captain (2016)
• US Lacrosse All-American (2016)
• All-Tristate (2016)
• Connecticut Player of the Year (2016)
• MSG Varsity All-Connecticut second team in 2015

Club
• Played for CT Grizzlies with fellow Wolverine Catherine Granito

Other Sports
• Four-year varsity letterwinner in ice hockey (2013-16) -- 2016 team captain
• Helped lead her hockey team to four straight FCIAC county titles (2013-16) and the state title as a senior (2016)
• Four-time All-FCIAC (2013-16) and two-time All-State (2015-16)
• Participated in one year of soccer (2013)

Personal
• Daughter of Bill and Leslie Kirby
• Born January 20, 1998
• Father, Bill Kirby, played ice hockey at Union College
• Mother, Leslie Kirby, participated in rugby and rowing at Colgate University
• Sister, Cammie Kirby, was a swimmer at Colgate University
• Majoring in political science