Lauren Gilbert

Lake Oswego, Oregon

First-Team IWLCA All-America selection

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Personal: Member of the Player Executive Committee... Majored in journalism at Northwestern … mother, Christina, played field hockey at Dartmouth … father, Jerry, played football at Dartmouth … sister, Katy, is a midfielder on lacrosse team at Stanford who just completed her sophomore season … summer hobbies including hiking, paddle boarding and waterskiing on the lake … huge dog lover who has a labradoodle named Rudy.

2022 Season: Talented rookie who accrued 1,129 leaderboard points while starting all 12 games … tied for fourth in the league with 960 win points … also shared seventh place with 105 MVP points … third-leading scorer in the league with 25 goals … finished seventh in Athletes Unlimited with 37 points … registered at least one goal in 10-of-12 outings, including first nine games to start the season … scored three or more goals in a game six times … opened professional career with four goals against Team Glynn on July 21 … also scored four times in Week Three opener against Team Colson … notched back-to-back three-goal outings to close Week Three against Team Johansen and Team Moreno … also collected 15 draw controls, including season-high five draws in Week Three opener.

At Northwestern: Five-year letter winner for the Wildcats who started 63-of-81 games from 2018-22 … fourth-leading scorer in program history with 225 career goals … also contributed 59 assists and 155 draw controls … finished career ranked sixth on Northwestern’s career list with 284 points … led Northwestern to pair of Big Ten Conference titles and three appearances in NCAA semifinals … member of 2022 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … First-Team IWLCA All-America selection in each of her last two seasons … also received Second-Team All-America status from Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine … garnered All-Big Ten First Team recognition in 2021 and 2022 campaigns … started all 21 games as a fifth-year senior and led Wildcats with 79 goals and 106 points … also ranked second on the squad with 27 assists … finished 2022 campaign as the Big Ten’s leading goal scorer while ranking fifth in NCAA Division I … starter in 16 games during 2021 season and netted 66 goals with nine assists … contributed 25 goals with nine assists in seven games during COVID-shortened 2020 campaign … starter in 20-of-21 games as a sophomore who scored 52 goals with 13 assists … appeared in 17 games during freshman campaign, scoring three goals with one assist … recipient of N Club Award, which is given to the best male and female student-athlete in each graduating senior class … two-time captain for the Wildcats who moved from midfield to attack as a sophomore.

Height 5' 6"

Hometown Lake Oswego, Oregon