WASHINGTON—UIndy women'as lacrosse standout Abigail Lagos was among in the first round of additions to the 2022 Tewaaraton Award Women's Watch List Presented by AXIA Time, announced by The Tewaaraton Foundation this week. Though committee considers top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse, Lagos was the only non-Division-I student-athlete included on the women's list.
 
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are comprised of premier college coaches and are appointed annually by the Tewaaraton Foundation.
 
The top scoring threat on Division II's second-ranked squad, Lagos leads all DII players in shots per game (11.5) while ranking fifth in goals per game (5.5) and seventh in points per game (6.5). The Windham, N.H., native currently ranks third among all active DII players in career goals.
 
WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND ADDITIONS
Meghan Ball, Rutgers University - Jr., Defense
Sydni Black, Loyola University Maryland - Soph., Attack
Katie DeSimone, Duke - Soph., Attack
Abigail Lagos, UIndy - Grad. Student, Attack
Belle Mastropietro, Temple University - Jr., Midfield
Kaitlyn Mead, University of Michigan - Sr., Midfield
Emily Nalls, North Carolina - Jr., Defense
Danielle Pavinelli, Florida - Soph., Attack
Sam Swart, Syracuse - Grad. Student, Midfield
Courtney Taylor, Boston College - Grad. Student, Defense
Sam Thacker, University of Denver - Jr., Defense
Arielle Weissman, University of Michigan - Grad. Student, Goalie
Jillian Wilson, Loyola University Maryland - Sr., Midfield
 
The next round of additions to the Tewaaraton Watch Lists Presented by AXIA Time will be announced on April 1. On April 21, the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. Nominees can be players on the watch lists or players not on the watch lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
 
Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced in early May and will be invited to the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 2.


ABOUT THE TEWAARATON FOUNDATION
Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC and first presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton
Award is recognized as the preeminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and
female college lacrosse player in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of
Elders and U.S. Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in
Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the
mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Native American descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, please visit www.tewaaraton.com.