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June 3, 2004
Virginia’s Amy Appelt, the Honda Sports Award recipient for lacrosse, the ACC Player of the Year, and the consensus Offensive Player of the Year, was named the 2004 recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy, presented to the Outstanding Player in collegiate women’s lacrosse. Appelt, the leading scorer on Virginia’s national championship team, earns her second major award in a two-day span and becomes Virginia’s first female recipient of the Tewaaraton. Appelt, a consensus first team All-American who led the nation in scoring with 90 goals and 121 points, set ACC records this season for goals in a season, hat tricks in a season, and consecutive games scored.
Appelt had one of the finest offensive seasons in the history of Division I women’s lacrosse, notching 90 goals and 121 points. She became only the third person in history to notch 90 or more goals in a season, and only the fourth person to reach 120 points or more in a single season. Appelt scored at least two goals in every game, notching a hat trick (three or more goals in a game) in 20 of Virginia’s 22 games, smashing the ACC record in the process. Her 90 goals is an ACC record and she finished the 2004 season with 201 career goals and 278 career points, and ranks in the top-25 all-time in Division I history with a full season to play. She stands second in Virginia history in goals and points in a career, needing just 17 goals and 43 points to become Virginia’s all-time leader in those catagories, respectively.
In the NCAA tournament, Appelt scored the game-winning goal in all four games and had fifteen total goals, notching a hat trick in each of the Cavaliers’s four wins and added seven assists for 22 points. Her 15 goals ranks second all-time for a single tournament while her 22 points ranks third in NCAA tournament history.
Appelt, the ACC Player of the Year, was named the National Offensive Player of the Year by both womenslacrosse.com and insidelacrosse.com. An All-ACC selection for the second consecutive year, Appelt earned first-team All-American honors for the second consecutive year.
Virginia’s Chris Rotelli won the men’s Tewaaraton Trophy in 2003.