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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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2 Maria Themelis

  • Position Midfield
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Manhasset
  • Hometown Manhasset, N.Y.

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
Two-time Second-Team All-Ivy (2022, 2023)
Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2023)
Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2023)


2024: Team captain ... Saw time in 19 of Penn’s 20 games and made seven starts … Finished the season with 10 goals and three assists, six ground balls and two caused turnovers … Scored three goals in regular-season finale, a win at Dartmouth (4/27) … Had two goals in both of Penn’s NCAA wins at Franklin Field, against Richmond (5/10) and Loyola (5/12) … Also scored in both Ivy League Tournament games, the win over Princeton (5/3) and the OT loss to Yale (5/5) … First goal of the season came at Temple (2/28) … Had two assists in Ivy win at Cornell (4/13) … Dished out an assist in win at William & Mary (3/8) … Had a shot and two GBs in Ivy win over Harvard (3/24) … CTs came against Drexel (2/17) and Michigan (3/16).

2023: Second-team All-Ivy … Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament … Finished 14th in program history for goals in a single season (40) … Ranked third on team in goals (40) and fourth in points (47) … Went 10-for-17 in free-position goals … Added 19 draw controls, seven ground balls, and two caused turnovers … Had a 16-game scoring streak from Loyola (March 1) to the NCAA first round against UConn (May 12) … Set a career high in goals with six in the Ivy League championship against Yale to earn Most Outstanding Player honors … Had 10 multi-score games out of 19 total played in.

2022: Missed initial games due to injury ... Played in nine games with eight starts ... Finished sixth on team in points with 20 off 16 goals and four assists ... Added 17 draw controls, six ground balls, and two caused turnovers ... Registered points in seven games, including a career-high four points twice: at Princeton (April 20) and Columbia (May 1) ... Scored first career hat trick against Brown (April 16) ... Reached a career-high four goals at Princeton (April 20) ... Went 3-for-5 on free-position attempts ... Pulled in a career-high five draw controls twice: Northwestern (April 3) and at Princeton (April 20).

2021: Season consisted of one game due to nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 ... Made her first collegiate start against La Salle, scoring her first goal on a free-position attempt while causing one turnover. 

High School: Four-year letter winner … Team Captain ... Two-time Conference 1 and Nassau County Champions (2018, 2019) ... 2018 Long Island Champion ... 2018 NYSPHSAA Class B State Champion ... Leading scorer in 2018 State Championship game with two goals in 6-4 win over Brighton ... Manhasset ranked #1 in country in 2018 by US Lacrosse ... 2018 Under Armour Highlight Team National Champion ... Two-time Under Armour Highlight Team selection ... 2019 US Lacrosse All-American ... Two-time Newsday Top 100 Players list and 2018 Inside Lacrosse Top 100 list ... Also lettered in basketball and soccer ... Two-time Conference A2 Champion in basketball ... Three-time All-County team and 2018 Conference Player of the Year ... 2020 Newsday Top 100 Players list for basketball ... All-Conference and All-Class in soccer ... High Honor Roll all four years, and four-time Scholar Athlete in soccer, basketball and lacrosse ... National Grid Female Student Athlete of the Month ... Heisman Scholarship State Finalist ... Three-year member of Student Athlete Leadership Team ... Academic All-State for basketball
 
Club: Long Island Liberty (9 years)

Personal: Daughter of Olga and George Themelis … Will enroll in The Wharton School

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Freshman

    M
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    M
    5'5"
    2
  • 2

    2023Junior

    M
    5'5"
    2
  • 2
    C

    2024Senior

    Midfield
    5'5"
    2
    C