Erica LaGrow

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Skaneateles, N.Y.
High School:
Christian Brothers Academy

General - A three-year returning starter in the midfield this season for Carolina ... UNC's third-leading returning scorer for 2008 ... Named to the 2007-08 United States Elite women's lacrosse team, one of 24 players so honored and one of just three current collegians on the squad (joining Duke's Caroline Cryer and Northwestern's Meredith Frank).

Junior (2007) - Named second-team All-South Region by the IWLCA ... A member of the 2007 All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team ... One of five Tar Heels to start all 21 games ... Ranked fifth among Carolina players with 21 goals and seventh with 6 points overall ... Third on the team in caused turnovers with 13 from her midfield position ... Scored two goals in seven consecutive games early in the season (from the Oregon game to the Virginia contest) ... Tallied a season-high four points at Loyola (two goals, two assists) .. Finished with three points against Oregon and Brown (two goals and one asisst in each game) ... Gathered multiple draw controls in six games, including a season-high four against Brown ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Dean's List in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007.

Sophomore (2006) - One of eight Tar Heels to start all 19 games ... Seventh on the squad in scoring with 19 points (15 goals and four assists) ... Seventh on the team in goals, tied for fifth in ground balls with 28, second in draw controls with 20 and sixth in shots with 43 ... Had a season-high four points against Penn State (three goals and one assist) ... Also had three points (a goal and two assists) against Temple ... Posted four multi-goal games on the season ... Had a season-high five ground balls against Boston University and Georgetown ... Collected three draw controls against both Penn State and Georgetown ... Winner of the Carolina Leadership Academy's Capstone Award for best leadership project in the Rising Stars program ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll for 2005-06.

Freshman (2005) - Named Carolina's Rookie of the Year by the coaches ... Appeared in all 20 games and started 17 in the midfield ... Finished fifth on the team in scoring with 25 points (20 goals, five assists) ... Tied for fourth on the team in goals ... Sixth in assists among Tar Heels ... Fourth on the team with 19 draw controls ... Led UNC with nine free position goals ... Scored a season-high three goals in the win at Duke and the win over Penn State in the regular season ... Had five multi-goal games on the season ... Tallied a season-high two assists vs. New Hampshire ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2004-05 and the Dean's List in the spring of 2005.

High School - All-America as a senior at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, N.Y ... Honorable mention All-America as a junior ... Team captain as a senior ... Two-time All-Central New York honoree ... Four-time all-league choice ... Also named all-state in soccer ... Played six years of lacrosse, five years of soccer and three years of bowling ... An Academic All-America ... Student body president as a senior ... Student senate ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal - Erica Elizabeth LaGrow is the daughter of Kathy and Kevin LaGrow ... Born on June 26, 1986, in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Majoring in exercise and sport science ... Her brother, Josh, played lacrosse at Penn State ... Spent a month in the summer of 2007 on a mission in Honduras ... Hometown is pronounced "skinny-ATLAS."

Erica LaGrow's Career Statistics

Year	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	GB	CT	DC
2005	20/17	65	20	5	25	25	7	19
2006	19/19	43	15	4	19	28	9	20
2007	21/21	61	21	5	26	18	13	22
Totals	60/57	169	56	14	70	71	29	61