Ellie Traggio

Ellie Traggio
University of North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse v Boston College
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Friday, March 3, 2023

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sharon, Conn.
High School:
The Hotchkiss School

CAREER HONORS

2025 IWLCA Third-Team All-American
2025 IWLCA All-South Region Second Team
2025 ACC All-Tournament Team
2025 CSC Academic All-District
2025 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
2023, 2024, 2025 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Ground Balls: 4 (3x) last vs. Boston College, 4/5/25
Caused Turnovers: 3 at Northwestern, 3/19/23; vs. Virgnia Tech, 4/23/25
Draw Controls: 2 vs. Duke, 4/18/24

JUNIOR (2025) – Started all 22 games ... Tallied 34 groundballs and 19 caused turnovers ... An IWLCA third-team All-American ... IWLCA All-South Region Second Team ... ACC All-Tournament team ... CSC Academic All-District ... One ground ball, one caused turnover vs. #18 James Madison in season opener ... Four ground balls, one caused turnover at #5 Florida ... Two ground balls, one caused turnover vs. #4 Syracuse ... Two ground balls vs. Temple and vs. #9 Clemson ... Two ground balls, two caused turnovers at Virginia Tech ... Two caused turnovers at #3 Northwestern ... One ground ball at #20 Notre Dame ... ACC Defensive Player of the Week for games vs. Northwestern and Notre Dame ... Four groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. #1 Boston College ... Two groundballs and one caused turnover at ECU ... One groundball and one caused turnover vs. Cal ... One groundball and one caused turnover at #10 Duke ... Three groundballs and three caused turnovers vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC Quarters ... One groundball and one caused turnover vs. #16 Clemson in the ACC Semis ... One groundball vs. #2 Boston College in the ACC Final ... Two groundballs and a caused turnover against #14 Clemson in the NCAA Second Round ... One groundball vs. #8 Princeton in the NCAA Quarters ... Two groundballs and two caused turnovers vs. #3 Northwestern in the NCAA Championship game ... Claimed a spot on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE (2024) – Played in all 17 games as a defensive middie while earning 15 starts, including the last 14 contests of the season … Finished the year with one goal, one point, 17 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and three draw controls … Scored her first collegiate goal against #10 Florida in the NCAA Tournament First Round on May 10, also recording a season-high three ground balls and two caused turnovers … Two caused turnovers and one ground ball at Pitt on April 13 … Career-high two draw controls vs. #25 Duke on April 18, also with two ground balls … Two ground balls and two caused turnovers at #7 Syracuse on May 16 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

FRESHMAN (2023) – One of six Tar Heels to start all 21 games, and the lone freshman to do so … Part of UNC’s defense that limited opponents to a league-leading 8.4 goals per game … Ranked second on the team with 18 caused turnovers and fourth with 15 ground balls … Three ground balls vs. #4 Boston College on March 3 … Career-high three caused turnovers at #3 Northwestern on March 19 …Career-high four ground balls vs. #17 Clemson in the ACC Quarterfinals on April 26 … Also had four draw controls on the year ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL — All-American … Named to the U.S. Select U18 Lacrosse Team in 2021 … Played lacrosse for The Hotchkiss School where her mother, Anna Traggio, was the head coach … Named team captain as a senior … Won the lacrosse award during her senior year … Played club lacrosse for Big 4 HHH under head coach Colleen Magarity … Also played four years of varsity soccer and ice hockey, captaining both teams as a senior … Named to the First Honor Roll all four years.

PERSONAL — Ellie Laidlaw Traggio is the daughter of Anna and Mike Traggio … Has three siblings: Nick, Giaco and Tieler … Mother played lacrosse at Brown and was a two-time Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection ... Father played ice hockey at Brown and was a 2011 inductee to the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame ... Older brother, Nick, currently plays ice hockey at Brown … Birthday is March 8 … Undecided on a major … Chose UNC because it’s full of such amazing people in a place with great academics and sports.