Meredith Newton

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Severna Park, Md.
High School:
Severna Park

General - Returning veteran on the defensive line ... An exemplary student in the classroom ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Veteran Leaders program ... Represents the women's lacrosse team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... Phi Beta Kappa member.

Junior (2010) - Won the NCAA's Elite 88 Award at the NCAA championships as the player from the four NCAA semifinalist teams with the highest cumulative grade point average ... Saw action in 19 games, starting three ... In the starting lineup in both games against Maryland and against Georgetown ... Gathered 15 ground balls, including a season-high three against Navy in the NCAA Tournament ... Caused 11 turnovers, tying her career high with two against Denver, Maryland (regular season) and Cornell ... Named to the Dean's List, the All-ACC Academic Women's Lacrosse Team and the 2009-10 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore (2009) - Saw action in all 21 games, starting the last 18 in a row ... Gathered 25 ground balls on the season, including a career-high four at Penn and three against Virginia Tech and Notre Dame (in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals) ... Controlled five draws on the year ... Caused six turnovers, including a season-high two against Georgetown ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Academic All-ACC Team.

Freshman (2008) - Reserve defender who saw action in seven games ... Appeared against Denver, Albany, Oregon, Duke, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and Old Dominion ... Gathered a ground ball versus Ohio State ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School - Played four years of lacrosse, four years of basketball and two of cross country at Severna Park HS ... Lacrosse team captain who led Severna Park to the 2007 Maryland state championship ... Her squad won regional titles in 2006 and 2007 and county titles in `05 and `07 ... Three-time academic All-America ... First-team all-county in 2005, second-team in 2007 and honorable mention in 2006 ... Won Severna Park's Sportsmanship Award in `06 ... Two-year team captain in basketball who earned honorable mention all-county honors as a senior ... Named the team's most improved basketball player in 2003-04 ... Won Severna Park's Unsung Hero Award in 2005-06 ... Played in the county all-star game as a senior ... Cross country team captain in 2006 ... Led the team to cross country state, regional and county titles in `05 and `06 ... Won the George Roberts Award as a senior for the outstanding female student-athlete at Severna Park ... Named a Top Scholar Athlete in every season played for four years ... Graduated in the top one percent of her class (fourth of nearly 500 students).

Personal - Meredith Anne Newton is the daughter of Hugh and Leslie Newton ... Her mother swam at William & Mary ... Born on January 5, 1989, in Towson, Md. ... Biology and psychology double major.

Meredith Newton's Career Statistics
Year	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	GB	CT	DC
2008	7/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2009	21/18	1	0	0	0	25	6	5
2010	19/3	0	0	0	0	15	11	1
Total	47/21	1	0	0	0	41	17	6