2015 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Marie McCool
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Moorestown, N.J.
- High School:
- Moorestown
General – Perhaps the most decorated player in UNC women's lacrosse history ... The only two-time Tewaaraton Award finalist in Carolina history (2017, 2018) ... One of eight UNC players to be named first-team All-ACC three times and one of three to be a three-time first-team All-America ... 2018 National Midfielder of the Year (ILWomen) ... The first player in ACC history to win the ACC Midfielder of the Year award twice ... A member of the 2017 US Lacrosse World Cup team playing in England in July 2017, one of two college players on the squad.
Senior (2018) – One of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award for the second year in a row (the first Tar Heel to be a two-time finalist) … 2018 National Midfielder of the Year (ILWomen) ... Won her second consecutive ACC Midfielder of the Year award (2017, 2018) … First-team All-America (ILWomen) ... First-team All-South (IWLCA) … First-team All-America and first-team All-ACC for the third year in a row … The third UNC player to be a three-time, first-team All-America pick (joining Jenn Cook and Sloane Serpe) ... The eighth Tar Heel to earn All-ACC honors three times (joining Porter Wilkinson, Cook, Christina Juras, Amber Falcone, Corey Donohoe, Serpe and Abbey Friend) ... All-ACC Tournament Team and All-NCAA Tournament Team … Led UNC and the ACC in draw controls with a career-high and UNC-record 165 … Also led Carolina in ground balls (35), caused turnovers (23) and game-winning goals (six) … Third on the team in assists (23) and points (82) … ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 27 after tallying four goals, one assist, eight draw controls and two caused turnovers in a win over top-ranked Maryland … One of two current college players who won gold medals with the U.S. World Cup team last summer … The 2017 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s lacrosse ... One of UNC’s team captains (with Naomi Lerner, Erin Kelly and Charlotte Sofield).
Junior (2017) – One of five finalists for the 2017 Tewaaraton Award ... One of four nominees for the Honda Award for Lacrosse ... First-team All-America (IWLCA, Inside Lacrosse) ... The 2017 ACC Midfielder of the Year ... First-team All-ACC ... The ACC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s lacrosse ... Part of the All-ACC Academic Team for 2017 ... Named to the 2017 All-ACC Tournament Team (had a goal and four assists vs. Duke in the quarterfinals, three goals against Boston College in the semifials and a goal and an assist in the final vs. Syracuse) ... Ranked second on the UNC team in 2017 in goals (50), third in points (69), third in assists (19), second in ground balls (30), second in draw controls (55), second in free position goals (12), second in shots (134) and first in caused turnovers (19) ... Scored a career-high seven goals and tied her career high with eight points in the April 8 win at Louisville, earning ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors for her efforts ... Also had a career-high eight points (six goals, two assists) vs. James Madison in the season opener on Feb. 4 ... Had five goals, two assists and three draw controls in the NCAA second round vs. Virginia ... Had three goals and an assist against Navy in the quarterfinals.
Sophomore (2016) – Named to Inside Lacrosse's All-ILWomen Team ... First-team IWLCA and Lacrosse Magazine All-America ... Second on the team in goals, third in points, fourth in assists and first in caused turnovers in 2016 ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List (top 25) ... First-team All-ACC ... ACC Tournament MVP ... All-ACC Tournament Team ... Named first-team All-South by the IWLCA ... ACC Defensive Player of the Week (April 5) ... First-team Midseason All-America (Inside Lacrosse) ... Ended the season having scored goals in 14 consecutive games ... Had 14 multi-goal games with a career high of six scores against Florida in February ... Led UNC with three goals and a season-high six draw controls in the NCAA quarterfinal win over Notre Dame ... Had a goal, a season-high three assists and three draw controls in the win over Penn State in the NCAA semifinals ... Had a goal and two assists in the national title game win over Maryland ... All-NCAA Tournament Team selection after tallying six goals and six asssists in four NCAA wins ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
High School - Earned prep All-America honors in each of the last three seasons at Moorestown HS ... Led Moorestown to state championships in each of those three years ... A two-time New Jersey state player of the year by the Star-Ledger ... Started in the 2014 Under Armour All-America Classic, finishing with a goal, two draw controls and a ground ball to lead the North team to the win ... Also was named a 2014 US Lacrosse first-team All-America and an honors graduate ... An Academic All-America and a finalist for the Heather Leigh Albert Award as the top player in the US Lacrosse National Tournament in 2013 ... Led the state of New Jersey in goals in both 2013 and 2014 with 86 and 81, respectively ... Finished her career with 268 goals and 94 assists, including 81 and 44 as a senior, 86 and 26 as a junior and 84 and 17 as a sophomore ... Played four years of both soccer and lacrosse, serving as team captain in both sports.
Personal - Marie Elizabeth McCool is the daughter of Mary and Michael McCool ... Born in Moorestown, N.J. ... Birthday is September 19 ... Her older sister played lacrosse at the University of Oregon for former Tar Heel assistant coach Jen Larsen Beck ... Majoring in management and society ... In the Carolina Leadership Academy’s Leadership Lab program ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
