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Courtney Waite

Position:
Defend/Midfield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Bernardsville, N.J.
High School:
Bernards

General – U.S. National Team member ... Blossomed as a Tar Heel, developing from a freshman who played in seven games in 2012 to a National Team member in three years ... Participated in the Carolina Leadership Academy Veteran Leader program and as a CREED Mentor.

Senior (2015) –Named first-team All-America by the IWLCA ... A member of the 2015-16 U.S. National Team ... Played well vs. Florida’s Shannon Gilroy in the NCAA second round, holding the Tewaaraton Award finalist to two goals (both on free position tries) ... On the Tewaaraton Award Watch List (top 25) ... First-team All-ACC ... Second-team preseason All-America by Inside Lacrosse ... Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on April 14 after she gathered a career-high and a game-high six ground balls, caused three turnovers and controlled a draw in the April 11 win over sixth-ranked Syracuse.

Junior (2014) – Played in all 20 games, starting eight ... Started the last five contests of the year, as well as games against Virginia, Boston College and Syracuse in the regular season ... Gathered 21 ground balls, including seven games with at least two and a season-high three against Maryland ... Controlled 13 draws, including a season-high three against Virginia in the regular season ... Caused 10 turnovers, including a season-high two against Duke ... Took a shot against Towson.

Sophomore (2013) - Carolina's Most Improved Player Award winner ... The team's top backup defender for most of the season, she saw action in 19 games (starting nine) ... Started the last nine games of the season, including both ACC Tournament games and all four NCAA Tournament contests after Caileigh Sindall suffered a concussion in early April ... Finished the season with 25 ground balls, including a career-high four against Maryland in the ACC Tournament final ... Also had two caused turnovers against the Terrapins, a season-high she matched in the NCAA semifinal win over Northwestern ... Controlled five draws on the season, including a season-high two against High Point ... Named to the ACC Honor Roll.

Freshman (2012) - Saw action in seven games off the bench ... Tallied an assist in the win over Old Dominion ... Gathered seven ground balls on the season with a season-high three against Virginia Tech and two against ODU ... Controlled four draws with a season-high of two against Albany ... Caused two turnovers against both Lehigh and Virginia Tech.

High School - A defensive wing for four years at Bernards HS ... Fine all-around athlete ... A winner of 12 varsity letters in lacrosse, soccer (midfield/forward) and track (sprinter) ... In lacrosse, she started 76 out of 79 career games, totaling 97 goals, 61 assists and 257 ground balls ... Team captain ... Set the school career record for goals in soccer with 73 and earned all-conference, all-county and all-area honors in both soccer and track ... A member of the National Honor Society, a two-time Academic All-America in lacrosse and served as a peer leader ... Won Mary Elizabeth Metzger Female Athlete Award and Marine Corps Athlete Recognition award.

Personal - Courtney Costikyan Waite is the daughter of Janet and John Waite ... Born on Feb. 1, 1993, in Morristown, N.J. ... Economics major.