Kate Woods (born 11 October 1981) is a South African field hockey player. Woods was born Kate Hector on 11 October 1981 in Johannesburg, Gauteng. She attended Durban Girls' College. She was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The midfielder's hometown is Cape Town, and she is nicknamed KT. She plays for a provincial team based in Western Province. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the South Africa women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament.