2024 Field Hockey Roster
Wadas, Lauren
Jersey Number 2
Lauren Wadas
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Palmyra Area High School
- Hometown:
- Annville, Pennsylvania
Bio
Awards:
- NFHCA First Team All-American (2023, 2024)
- 2024 NFHCA All-Senior Team
- 2023 NFHCA West Region Player of the Year
- 3x NFHCA All-West First Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2x NCAA All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2023)
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2022)
- 2x Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (10/24/22, 10/2/23)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/29/21)
- 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2021)
Career Highs:
- Goals: 2 (2x- last vs. Penn State, 10/6/24)
- Assists: 3 (at Ball State, 10/10/21)
- Points: 5 (at Ball State, 10/10/21)
- Shots: 10 (at Ball State, 10/10/21)
- Shots on Goal: 5 (2x - last at Ball State, 10/10/21)
2024
- Started in 23 games for Northwestern's National Championship season
- Fired three shots on goal in the 3-0 season opener against Maine (8/30)
- Tallied her first goal of the season alongside three shots on goal in the 6-1 win over UMASS (9/1)
- Scored a goal and two shots on goal in 2-0 win over No. 5 Duke (9/6)
- Rallied three shots on goal back to back for the 2-0 win against No. 9 Louisville (9/13) and the 1-0 win over Cornell (9/14)
- Notched an assist and recorded a defensive save in a 3-2 win against No. 16 Princeton (9/29)
- Scored two goals and tallied five shots with three on goal in 7-2 win over No. 19 Penn State (10/6)
- Fired three shots with one on goal in 3-2 win over No. 9 Harvard (10/13)
- Contributed an assist and a shot on goal in 7-0 win against Stanford (10/18)
- Scored game-winning goal to clinch the Big Ten Title in 2-1 overtime win against No. 7 Michigan (10/25)
- Launched three shots with all three on goal in 5-0 win at Michigan State (10/27)
- Recorded an assist in 2-0 win over Rutgers (11/8)
- Tallied an assist and four shots with three on goal in 9-2 win against Miami (OH) (11/15)
- Scored game-winning goal in overtime to advance to the Final Four in 3-2 victory over No. 8 Virginia (11/17)
- Logged her first shot on goal of the year in a 1-0 overtime win against #17 Boston College (9/1)
- Recorded three shots on goal in a 3-0 win over #20 UMass (9/9)
- Tallied two assists and one shot on goal in a 5-0 win against Indiana (9/15)
- Fired three shots on goal in a 4-3 win vs. #12 Ohio State (9/22)
- Logged an assist and recorded three shots on goal in a 4-0 win over Princeton (9/24)
- Notched an assist and logged four shots on goal in a 6-0 win against Michigan State (9/29)
- Scored a game-winning goal, her first of the season, in a 1-0 win over #15 Michigan (10/1)
- Scored a goal in a 2-0 win against #3 Iowa (10/6)
- Scored a goal and recorded a defensive save in a 5-0 win over Ohio (10/15)
- Found the back of the net twice in a win over Penn State (10/20)
2022:
- NCAA All-Tournament Team
- NFHCA All-West First Team
- Big Ten All-Tournament Team
- Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week following her walk-off goal against No. 6 Michigan
- NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
- Started all 25 games as a junior, recording six goals, three assists and three defensive saves on Northwestern's campaign back to the national championship
- Notched two assists and fired two shots in the season opener against No. 22 Maine (8/28)
- Fired three shots, including two on goal, against No. 25 UMass (8/29)
- Recorded three shots against No. 18 Duke (9/2)
- Fired two shots at No. 14 Boston College
- Recorded seven shots, including four on goal, in the first homestand of the season against No. 11 Liberty and No. 9 Virginia (9/9-11)
- Assisted the go-ahead score and scored the insurance goal in the win over Penn (9/16)
- Scored a goal while firing four shots, all on goal, against Richmond (9/25)
- Fired three shots, including two on goal, in the overtime win against No. 6 Penn State (9/30)
- Tallied two defensive saves against No. 4 Maryland (10/2)
- Fired a shot on goal against No. 23 Rutgers (10/8)
- Unleashed four shots, including two on goal, against Michigan State (10/14)
- Fired two shots on goal in the overtime win against No. 21 Ohio State (10/16)
- Scored the game-winning goal with 37 seconds left in double overtime to lift Northwestern past No. 6 Michigan (10/21)
- Scored a goal and unleashed four shots on goal against Miami (OH) (10/30)
- Scored the opening goal while firing three shots on goal in the Big Ten quarterfinals against No. 18 Rutgers (11/3)
- Recorded a goal in the Big Ten championship game against No. 6 Michigan (11/6)
- Fired six shots on goal, made a defensive save and converted the decisive shot in the penalty shootout against No. 25 Miami (OH) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/11)
- Tallied a shot on goal in the NCAA Final Four against No. 2 Maryland (11/18)
2021:
- Started 20 games in the 'Cats National Championship-winning season
- Tallied four goals and five assists on the season
- Logged an assist against No. 7 Boston College (9/5)
- Scored her first goal of the season against No. 25 Maine (9/12)
- Found the back of the net against California (9/19)
- Recorded a career-high five points against Ball State on one goal and three assists while firing 10 shots (10/10)
- Added an assist against Ohio State (10/15)
- Posted a fourth quarter game-winner against Iowa to send the 'Cats to the NCAA Final Four (11/14)
2020-21:
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after performance against Ohio State (3/29)
- Posted her first career goal against Indiana (3/14)
- Led the field with two goals, including the game winner, in over time win against Ohio State (3/28)
High School:
- 2020 USA Rise Women's National Team
- 2017 USA Field Hockey U-17 Team
- Scored 48 goals and recorded 12 assists in 26 games senior year
- Totaled 113 goals and 13 assists in her high school career
- First team NFHCA All-American, First-team All- State, first-team Max Field Hockey All-PA Region, second-team Max Field Hockey All-American, second-team NFHCA All-Region junior year
- Team captain during junior and senior seasons
- Four Varsity letters
- Team was a State Finalist in both 2018 and 2019
Personal:
- National Honors Society
- Honor Roll
- Competed against Northwestern teammates Bari Lefkowitz and Maggie Powers
- Anticipated major in economics
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