Livi Lawton

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Downingtown, Pa.
High School:
Downingtown East

CAREER HONORS

2023, 2024 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Ground Balls: 5 (2x), last at Pitt, 4/13/24
Caused Turnovers: 6 at Pitt, 4/13/24
Draw Controls: 3 vs. Vanderbilt, 2/28/21

GRADUATE (2024) – Played in all 17 games and earned 10 starts … Set new single-season career-highs with 18 caused turnovers and 24 ground balls, both which ranked second on the team … Career-high five ground balls vs. East Carolina on March 12 … Career-high six caused turnovers at Pitt on April 13, also matching her career-high five ground balls … Had two ground balls and three caused turnovers vs. #25 Duke … Had a ground ball and a caused turnover vs. #10 Florida in the NCAA First Round on May 10 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

SENIOR (2023) – Made 20 appearances, which included 12 starts … Part of UNC’s defense that limited opponents to a league-leading 8.4 goals per game … Ranked fourth on the team with 10 caused turnovers, which was a single-season career high … Also finished the year with five ground balls, another single-season career high … Had two ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control vs. Pitt on April 7 … Recorded a career- and game-high three caused turnovers at Duke on April 20 while matching her career-high two ground balls … Helped limit #2 Syracuse to its fewest goals all season in the ACC Semifinals on April 28 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

JUNIOR (2022) – Saw action in 18 games and earned 11 starts, the first of her career which came in the season opener at James Madison on Feb. 12 … Finished the season with three goals, three assists, six points, six ground balls, eight caused turnovers and nine draw controls – all career-highs … Notched a goal and an assist in the NCAA Second Round win over Virginia on May 15 … Also had goals against Furman (Feb. 16) and Mercer (March 11) … Other assists came at Pitt (Feb. 24) and Virginia Tech (March 26) … Converted free positions shots two of three attempts … Had three draw controls against both Furman and High Point (March 23).

SOPHOMORE (2021) – Appeared in eight games in February and March ... Saw her most extensive action against Mercer on March 27, taking two shots and collecting two ground balls (both season highs) ... Had a season-high three draw controls against Vanderbilt.

FRESHMAN (2020) – Played in six of seven games, recording two goals on three shots ... Also tallied two ground balls and four draw controls.

HIGH SCHOOL – Ranked the No. 1 incoming defender and No. 10 incoming freshman in the nation for 2020 by Inside Lacrosse ... Two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-America pick ... Scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the 2019 Under Armour All-America Game ... Four-year letterwinner at Downingtown East High School in Downingtown, Penn., for Coach Christa Somits ... Posted career totals of 216 goals and 108 assists ... Two-time Ches-Mont National League MVP and Daily Local News All-Area first-team selection ... Won her school’s most outstanding athlete award as a senior ... Four-year letterwinner and senior captain for the Downingtown East soccer team ... Also played one year for the Downingtown East basketball team ... Helped coach PA Express and NXT club teams ... Member of the All-Pennsylvania Area Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association All-Academic Team ... High honor roll student ... Spanish Honor Society and Aevidum club member.

PERSONAL – Olivia Grace Lawton is the daughter of Natalie and Mark Lawton ... Her father wrestled at Millersville University where he was a three-year captain and ranked top 20 nationally ... Has an older brother, Jack, who attends Virginia Tech ... Birthday is April 3 ... Born in Downingtown, Penn. ... Majoring in media and journalism with a minor in advertising and public relations ... Chose UNC for the amazing combination of academics and lacrosse.