by Jacob Prisk
Jacob Prisk — May 13, 2024
Katie Bowen- N.Z Football
Katie is a former GEIS student who was here between 2005-2006 and is a member of the Football Fern's. Katie demonstrated all of our school values of Respect, Excellence, Resilience and Integrity to help her achieve all of her goals, and has donated one of her Football Ferns jerseys to the school.
She featured in two of New Zealand's three matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany and in all three of her country's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. After being an alternate at the 2012 Olympics, Bowen was named to the 18-player roster for the 2016 Olympics in Rio where she appeared in all 3 matches for New Zealand. In 2019, Bowen participated in her third World Cup. She played every minute of New Zealand's three group stage matches at the World Cup in France, they lost all three matches and did not advance to the knockout round.
Italian club Inter signed Bowen on September 8, 2023, for the 2023 season with a one year extension option.
Go Katie !