Sophie Student

Sophie Student
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v Temple
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Sophie Student
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v James Madison
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-7
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hopkinton, Mass.
High School:
St. Mark's School
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

CAREER HONORS

2025 Honorable Mention All-America (USA Lacrosse)
2025 Third-Team All-ACC
2025 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Goals: 4 vs. Notre Dame, 3/10/22; at Boston College, 4/2/22 (at Virginia Tech)
Assists: 3 vs. Boston College, 4/29/22 (at Virginia Tech)
Points: 5 vs. Notre Dame 3/10/22 (at Virginia Tech)
Ground Balls: 7 vs. Virginia Tech, 4/23/25
Caused Turnovers: 2 (7x), last vs. Virginia Tech, 4/23/25
Draw Controls: 9 vs. Liberty, 2/23/22 (at Virginia Tech)

GRADUATE (2025) — Appeared in all 22 games, starting 16 ... Tallied 63 draw controls, 22 groundballs and eight caused turnovers ... A USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American ... Third-Team All-ACC ... One caused turnover vs. #18 James Madison in season opener ... One goal, three ground balls, two caused turnovers at Liberty ... One ground ball, one caused turnover vs. #4 Syracuse ... Two draw controls at Louisville ... Game-high five draw controls vs. Temple ... First start of the season vs. #14 Virginia ... Game-high five draw controls vs. #9 Clemson ... Two draw controls at Virginia Tech ... A ground ball and two draw controls at #3 Northwestern ... One ground ball and two draw controls at #20 Notre Dame ... Six groundballs vs. #1 Boston College ... Eight draw controls at ECU ... Two groundballs vs. Cal ... Four draw controls at #10 Duke ... Seven draw controls, two caused turnovers and a groundball vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC Quarters ... Two groundballs and six draw controls vs. #2 Boston College in the ACC Final ... Two draw controls against #14 Clemson in the NCAA Second Round ... Two groundballs, a caused turnover and eight draw controls vs. #8 Princeton in the NCAA Quarters ... A groundball and four draw controls against #4 Florida in the NCAA Semis ... A groundball, a caused turnover and five draw controls vs. #3 Northwestern in the NCAA Championship game.

SENIOR (2024) – Redshirted the 2024 season.

JUNIOR (2023) – Started the first 11 games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury in early April … Totaled 46 draw controls to rank fourth on the team despite her shortened season … Had a goal, an assist and a game-high seven draw controls in her UNC debut vs. #12 James Madison on Feb. 11 … First career hat trick in Carolina blue vs. #4 Boston College on March 3 where she also had five draw controls … Two goals and six draw controls vs. #9 Virginia on March 11 … Season-high eight draw controls vs. #22 Clemson on March 26.

SOPHOMORE (2022 at Virginia Tech) — Started all 18 games in midfield, finishing the season with 38 goals, 12 assists, 50 points, 32 ground balls, 80 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers … Led the team in draw controls, also ranking second on the roster in ground balls and caused turnovers … Ranked third on the squad in goals, assists and points, also ranking … Her 80 draw controls rank sixth for a single season in Virginia Tech program history ... Had at least one goal in 16 of her 18 games, including six hat tricks … Scored four points and had six draws vs. Boston College in the ACC Tournament ... Netted a career-high four goals against Notre Dame on March 10 and Boston College on April 2 … Also had a career-high five points vs. the Fighting Irish … Tallied a career-high nine draw controls vs. Liberty on Feb. 23 … Had a career-high two caused turnovers on five occasions … Also recorded a career-high four ground balls in three different contests … First career hat trick was at James Madison on Feb. 16 … Earned VaSID's 2022 All-State Second Team honors.

FRESHMAN (2021 at Virginia Tech) — Played in 14 games, making one start … Totaled two goals, three assists and 21 draw controls ... Made her first career start vs. North Carolina on March 13, a game in which she had four draw controls ... Scored two points and had four draws at Davidson ... Had two points against Longwood ... Provided an assist in her first collegiate game at Liberty on Feb. 12.

HIGH SCHOOL — Under Armour All-American in August 2020 … Other prep honors included Independent School League MVP, U.S. Lacrosse All-American and three All-ISL selections … Represented New England at the national tournament twice … Set the single-season draw control record each season … Won the league title in 2018 and 2019 … Also competed in soccer and basketball … Won the Outstanding Contribution to Athletics Prize in 2020 … At the club level, played for the Bay State Bullets Silver for five years … Was awarded the William G. Thayer Prize as the highest GPA earner in her class.

PERSONAL — Sophie Elizabeth Student is the daughter of Laurie and Bernard Student … Father played soccer at Rochester Institute of Technology ... Has one older brother, Ethan … Born in Framingham, Mass. … Birthday is June 10 … Plans to major in business ... Chose UNC for its exceptional academics, athletics, lacrosse program and area.