Caileigh Sindall

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Silver Spring, Md.
High School:
Our Lady of Good Counsel

General - An honorable mention preseason All-America honors for 2015 by Inside Lacrosse ... One of the top defenders in the nation ... A returning third-year starter ... Participates as a Carolina Leadership Academy Veteran Leader.

Junior (2014) - Third-year starter on defense ... Played in all 20 games and started 19 (coming off the bench against Virginia in the regular season) ... Led the Tar Heels in caused turnovers with 20 and was second on the team with 29 ground balls ... Had at least one ground ball in 16 of 20 games ... Led all players with a career-high seven ground balls in the win over No. 2 Maryland on April 5 ... Had at least two caused turnovers in six different games.

Sophomore (2013) - Started the first 12 games of the 2013 season, then missed three in a row after suffering a concussion in practice in the week prior to the Maryland game on April 6 ... Was medically cleared to return to practice the week of the ACC Tournament and came off the bench to play in the next four games ... Returned to action in the ACC semifinal against Boston College ... Gathered a career-high four ground balls against Towson early in the season ... Had two ground balls off the bench in the NCAA quartefinal win over Virginia and one against Maryland in the NCAA title game.

Freshman (2012) - Started 17 of 19 games at defender as a freshman ... Appeared in all 19 contests ... Not in the starting lineup for either ACC Tournament game due to a minor injury ... Finished the season with 13 ground balls, 13 draw controls and six caused turnovers ... Collected a season-high three ground balls against Vanderbilt and had two against both Richmond and Maryland (regular season) ... Controlled three draws at Northwestern and two against Richmond and Georgetown ... Caused two turnovers in the win over Lehigh.

High School - A member of the Under-19 U.S. National Team that won the FIL world championship in Germany in the summer of 2011 ... One of just five Americans named to the All-World Team afterward ... Named one of the nation's top 25 recruits by Inside Lacrosse ... Started on defense for the South team in the 2011 Under Armour All-America game, teaming with fellow future Tar Heels Kelly Devlin and Morgan Rubin and recording four ground balls and two caused turnovers ... Had 12 goals, 16 assists and 65 ground balls for coach Michael Haight at Our Lady of Good Counsel HS in 2011 ... Is the school record-holder for ground balls and caused turnovers ... The WCAC Player of the Year and a two-time, first-team All-Met selection, guiding her team to three WCAC titles ... Also played soccer, field hockey and tennis ... Finished her lacrosse career with 68 goals, 55 assists, 199 ground balls, 140 caused turnovers and 139 draw controls ... A member of the National Honor Society in the classroom ... Member of the Key Club and Spirit Club ... Named to the Principal's List all four years.

Personal - Caileigh Sindall was born on Feb. 19, 1993, in Silver Spring, Md. ... The daughter of Marilyn and Bob Sindall ... One of her sisters played lacrosse at the University of Connecticut ... Majoring in exercise and sport science ... Last name is pronounced "sin-DOLL."