Alex McNicholas

Alex McNicholas Louisville Women's Lacrosse

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Midfielder
High School:
South Side
Hometown:
Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Prev School:
South Side

As a Senior (2021): Played in all 16 games with nine starts ... tied for team lead with 21 caused turnovers, ranked second with 10 assists and 37 draw controls ... added nine goals, 19 points and 21 ground balls ... she led the team in draws during her freshman and junior seasons and her 175 career draws rank third all-time in UofL history.

As a Junior (2020): Played in nine games with seven starts ... finished season with five goals, three assists, eight points, 11 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers and 32 draw controls ... ranked 10th in the ACC with 3.6 draw controls per game ... led the team with 32 draw controls and ranked third with 10 caused turnovers ... led the team in draw controls in five of nine games ... had six draw controls in wins at Vandy on 2/25 and vs. Longwood on 3/3 ... finished with two goals and a season-high seven draw controls in 17-7 win over Niagara on 3/9

As a Sophomore (2019): Named ACC All-Academic team ... started all 18 games ... ranked second on team with 49 draw controls ... ranked fourth on the team with 23 goals and fifth with 25 points ... led the team with a .857 shot on goal percentage ... tied for fifth on team with 30 ground balls ... ranked fourth with 19 caused turnovers ... had five multi-goal games, including two hat tricks ... tied a career-high with four goals at Butler on 3/6/19 ... recorded her only two assists of the season vs. Duquesne on 3/12/19 ... season-high seven draw controls vs. Mercer on 2/23/19.

As a Freshman (2018): Appeared in all 17 games with 11 starts ... Led the team with 57 draw controls ... career-high six points and four goals (two assists) vs. Butler, also added four ground balls, four draw controls and two caused turnovers ... four points (one goal, career-high three assists) vs. Virginia Tech ... career-high eight draw controls vs. Virginia Tech and Robert Morris
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Prep: Played Varsity Lacrosse at South Side HS in Rockville Centre, NY ... Took 637 draws combined in 2015/16 & 2016/17 with a 70% win rate ... Helped lead South Side to back to back Conference Championships in 2016 & 2017.... 2 year South Side HS Captain 2016 & 2017 ... Voted by her teammates best midfielder 2016 and 2017 ... Tallied 53 goals and 62 assists at South Side. Named to the Nassau County All Conference team 2016. ... Named to the Nassau All County team 2017 ... Named to the Newsday All Long Island team 2017 ... Named US Lacrosse Academic All American 2017 ... Played club lacrosse for Coach Pat McCabe at ICON lacrosse from 2014-2017 ... Honored on The Womens National Tournament Long Island team in 2016 ... Named to Brine All American Long Island Team in 2015 & 2016 ... named a Maximum Exposure All-Star in 2012 and 2013 ... named to the Brine National Lacrosse Tournament, Long Island team in 2014 and 2015

Personal: Born on May 8, 1999...daughter of Tom and Denice McNicholas...has two siblings, T.J.(16) and Ryan(13)...Uncle Michael Ryan played basketball at Yale. Aunt Rosemary Ryan played soccer at Yale. Cousins Thomas Ryan plays basketball currently at Yale and cousin Cormac Ryan plays basketball at Stanford University.