Kenzie Kent
Boston, Massachusetts
2017 Mary Garber Award, ACC Athlete of the Year
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Personal: Currently works as an assistant coach at Syracuse University alongside Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse alum Kayla Treanor … lists winning the Mary Garber Award as the 2016-17 ACC Athlete of the Year as her greatest achievement … mother, Jen, is an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Boston College and served on the Eagles’ staff during Kenzie’s college career … younger sister, Callahan, was a graduate assistant on the Boston College women’s lacrosse staff during the 2022 season.
2022 Season: Starter in all 12 games who accrued 1,010 leaderboard points … third in the league with 135 MVP points … ranked second with 26 goals while tallying 33 points, good for fourth in the circuit … sixth in the league in ground balls (20) and draw controls (26) … scored at least one goal in 11-of-12 games, including five goals against Team Moreno in Week Three … scored 10 of her 26 goals during Week Four with at least three goals in each game … finished season with four goals on four shots against Team Apuzzo … opened Week Two with three goals against Team Moreno.
2021 Season: Collected 1,164 leaderboard points while appearing in 15 games during inaugural season … tied for third in the league with seven game MVP selections … third-leading scorer in Athletes Unlimited with 45 points, including league-high 23 assists … also tied for eighth in the circuit with 22 goals … accumulated 32 ground balls to rank fifth in the league, including season-high six ground balls against Team Ohlmiller on Aug. 8 … tied for ninth in Athletes Unlimited with 53 shots, including season-high seven attempts on Aug. 6 against Team Wood … fashioned seven games with 100 or more leaderboard points, including six of first eight outings … became first player in league history to score an overtime goal with her game-winner against Team Warden on July 31 … set league individual season high with eight points against Team Wood on Aug. 6, scoring four goals with four assists … tallied two goals with three assists against Team Read on Aug. 7 in addition to two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
International Experience: Made United States National Team debut last summer and participated in 2021 USA Lacrosse Fall Classic … served as an alternate on Team USA’s 2022 World Championship Gold medal squad … also competed for Team USA Under-18 ice hockey team, earning pair of Silver medals at IIHF Under-18 World Championship … also served as captain for 2014 USA U-18 Select Team.
Other Professional Experience: Spent two seasons with the New England Command of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League … scored six goals with three assists and six ground balls during 2019 campaign.
At Boston College: Two-sport athlete for the Eagles who competed on lacrosse and ice hockey teams … accumulated 131 goals with school-record 133 assists during lacrosse career from 2015-19 … starter in 48-of-53 career games … also registered 60 ground balls with 76 draw controls … nominee for 2019 Tewaaraton Award … earned First-Team IWLCA All-America recognition as a senior … three-time IWLCA All-Region pick … two-time selection on NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team, including 2017 Most Outstanding Player … earned First-Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition as a sophomore and fifth-year senior … tied for fifth in program history with 255 career points … tallied 127 points during final season at Boston College, the second-highest mark in school history … owns school record with 75 assists during 2019 campaign … registered nine games with six or more assists … also played school-record 157 games for Eagles’ ice hockey team, scoring 40 goals with 98 assists … served as the Eagles’ captain during 2017-18 ice hockey season and 2019 lacrosse season … led Eagles to three NCAA Tournament appearances in ice hockey.
