title: Kaitlin Cotter
text: # Kaitlin Cotter
  
  Kaitlin Cotter (born 14 November 2001) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who plays as a defender.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Kaitlin Cotter was born in Hastings and grew up in Napier.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### Under-21
  
  Kaitlin Cotter made her debut for the New Zealand U-21 team in 2018 during a test series against Australia in Hastings.
  
  The following year she appeared at a Tri–Nations tournament in Canberra.
  
  ### Black Sticks
  
  Cotter made her debut for the Black Sticks in 2020 during season three of the FIH Pro League.
  
  Due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cotter did not represent the national team again until 2022. She was a member of the squad at the Trans–Tasman Hockey Series in Auckland. Later that year she was named in the national squad for both the FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam, as well as the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
  
  