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Ashlyn McGovern

Attack
Position
5'9''
Height
Graduate Student
Class
Phoenix, Md.
Hometown
St. Paul's School for Girls
High School
Ashlyn McGovern - Women's Lacrosse - Virginia Cavaliers

2023
• IWLCA All-America Second Team
• US Lacrosse Magazine All-America First Team
• All-ACC First Team
• IWLCA All-South Region First Team
• Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention
• IWLCA Senior All-Star Game selection
• Finishes her career ranked third in program history in career goals (204) and seventh in career points (224)
• Third in the ACC and 16th in the nation in goals per game (3.39) this season
• 10th in the ACC in points per game (3.78)
• Second on the team in goals (61) and third in points (68)
• Scored at least one goal in 17 of 18 games this season with 8 hat tricks
• Matched her career high with seven goals at Pitt (3/18)
• Scored five goals at Princeton (2/22), Richmond (3/15) and VCU (4/5)
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022
• IWLCA All-America Third Team
• Inside Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention
• All-ACC First Team
• IWLCA All-South Region First Team
• All-ACC First Team
• Second on team with 63 goals
• Started and appeared in all 20 contests
• Has goal scoring streak of 27 games dating to the 2021 season before it ended in the NCAA Second Round against North Carolina (5/15/2022)
• Finished with multiple goals in 18 of the 20 games, including 15 hat tricks
• Had eight assists on the season
• Had four caused turnovers, and 15 ground balls
• Scored a season-high seven goals against Pitt (3/17/22)
• Had six goals against Virginia Tech (4/21/22)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021
• Played in 17 games with 13 starts
• Led the team with 38 goals and 41 points
• Had multiple goals in 11 games
• Scored at least 1 goal in 16 games
• Had multiple goals in the last 4 games
• Won 9 ground balls and caused 17 turnovers

2020
• Played in all eight games with six starts
• ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after scoring game-winner and leading UVA with career-high five goals at No. 15 Navy
• Third on the team with 15 goals
• Was 3-for-5 on free position shots
• Had multiple goals in five games
• Finished with four goals in the win at California
• Had two goals and one assist in win over George Mason

2019
• Appeared in 19 games on the year, starting all 19
• Tallied 27 goals and one assist
• Won 15 ground balls and caused nine turnovers

2018 
• Was a redshirt

HIGH SCHOOL
• Played lacrosse and soccer for 4 years for St. Paul’s School for Girls
• 2016 & 2017 lacrosse team MVP
• 2014 & 2016 soccer team MVP
• Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland all conference 2016 & 2017
• MD Under Armour Underclass Team 2016
• Finished high school lacrosse with 201 goals and 45 assists
• 2017 Second Team All-Metro in Baltimore Sun

PERSONAL
• Major: Public Policy (Masters)
• Parents are Chris & Kelly McGovern
• Father played lacrosse a Loyola University 1987-1991
• Brother, Alex, played lacrosse at UNC in 2015, plays at Loyola University 2017-present
• Volunteered at Moveable Feast
• Coach for TLC lacrosse