2015 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Selena Lasota
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- First-Year
- High School:
- Carihi Secondary
- Hometown:
- Campbell River, B.C.
2019: Redshirt senior attacker ... Big Ten attacker of the year …. All-Big Ten Team member … Tewaaraton Award 2019 finalist ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media First-Team All-American ... Honda Sports Award finalist ... 3x Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week... Ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 4.25 goals per game ... Leads the ‘Cats in goals (85) and points (104) … Started in 20 games this season … Began her senior campaign with five goals in a 21-11 win over Louisville (2/08) ... Tied a career best with three assists against Canisius (2/25) … Contributed five goals and seven points against No. 1 Boston College (3/9) … Recorded nine goals and 10 points in 23-13 win over Rutgers (3/14) … Added three goals and six points to 24-4 victory over Marquette (3/23) … Tallied six goals and seven points in 19-11 win over Penn State (3/28) … Scored six goals in 17-13 victory over No. 5 Penn (3/31) … Scored two goals and tallied three points in victory over Johns Hopkins (4/6) … Recorded six goals and six points against No. 2 No. 2 Maryland (4/11) … Contributed four goals, five points and one assist in victory over Michigan (4/18) … Scored five goals, five points and forced two turnovers \ in victory over Notre Dame (4/20) … Recorded six goals and six points in victory over Ohio State (4/25) … Scored five goals and five points in victory over Michigan (5/3) … Contributed four goals and four points in victory over No. 2 No. 1 Maryland (5/5) … Added five goals, six points, four ground balls and one assist in victory over Notre Dame (5/12) ... Recorded three goals, two assists, five points and one ground ball in NCAA quarterfinal victory over Syracuse (5/18) ... Contributed three goals, one assist, four points and three forced turnovers in NCAA semifinal against Maryland (5/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Redshirt junior attacker ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region first team ... Named to the Inside Lacrosse Media All-American Second Team ... Tewaaraton Award Nominee ... Finished 15th in the nation and second in the Big Ten in goals per game with 3.57 ... Also finished second in the Big Ten in points per game with 4.43 ... Led the team in goals (75) and points (93), both of which were career highs ... Recorded a career high 18 assists ... Moved into fifth all-time at Northwestern in career goals (202) and seventh all-time in career points (251) ... Awarded Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after recording six goals and nine points in opening-weekend wins over Canisius (2/10) and Detroit Mercy (2/11) ... Tallied multiple goals in 18 of 21 games, including 10 straight games to end the season ... Had 10 games with at least four goals ... Put in the 'Cats' game-winning goal in double overtime against No. 6 Penn (4/01) to secure a 12-11 victory ... Awarded Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week after scoring nine goals and dishing out three assists against Ohio State (4/06) and Notre Dame (4/08) ... Netted six goals against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament (5/4) ... In just three games, tied Northwestern's Katrina Dowd for the NCAA all-time record for goals in a single NCAA Tournament with 22 ... Also set the NCAA Tournament single-game record and tied the school record with a career-best nine goals against Richmond in the first round (5/11), followed by eight goals against Towson in the round of 16 (5/13).
2017: Junior … Tewaaraton Award Preseason Watch List … Named to the Canada Senior National Team for the 2017 FIL World Cup … Started the first four games of the season on attack before missing the final 17 games due to injury … Finished the season with eight goals, five assists, 13 points, 12 ground balls, 14 draw controls and six caused turnovers … Scored a season-high four goals and added an assist for a season-high five points in a win at No. 8 Notre Dame on Feb. 5 … Matched her season high with five points on a pair of goals and season-high three assists at No. 4 USC on Feb. 18 … Set a career high with eight draw controls in the season opener versus Canisius on Jan. 30 … Picked up a season-high four ground balls at USC … Had a season-high two caused turnovers at Notre Dame and at USC.
2016: Starting attacker ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA Second-Team All-West/Midwest Region ... Led the Big Ten in goals during conference play ... Second on the team in goals with 50, and tied for the team lead with 67 points ... Led the team with 127 shots and 93 shots on goal ... Set career-highs in assists with 17 and draw controls with 48, which was the second highest total on the team ... Fastest player in program history to reach 100 goals, doing so in her 35th career game ... Seventh in the Big Ten with 2.38 goals per game ... Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors twice ... Posted 12 multi-goal games on the season and nine game with at least three goals ... Scored five goals and assisted another in season opening 11-8 win over Duke (2/7), which earned her Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2/9) ... Scored two goals against Virginia (2/13) ... Scored a hat trick against Marquette (3/8) ... Scored against Stony Brook and registered seven draw controls ... Scored a hat trick in 11-6 win over Colorado ... Tied her then-career-high with six goals against Michigan (4/7) ... Scored five goals in the very next game in 17-12 win over Notre Dame (4/10) ... Scored a hat trick and assisted a goal against USC (4/15) ... Scored at least three goals for the fourth straight game in win over Rutgers (4/17) ... Scored a goal and assisted two more at Penn State (4/23) ... Set a career-high and tied the second-highest single game mark in program history with eight goals against Ohio State and added an assist to match the fourth-highest single-game point total in program history with nine (4/29) ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for her display against Ohio State (5/3) ... Scored three goals and set her career high with three assists for six points in Big Ten Tournament win over Michigan, and registered her seventh straight game with at least three points (5/5) ... Scored a goal and assisted another in Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over Penn State (5/6) ... Scored twice and assisted three times for five points in Big Ten Tournament Final against Maryland (5/8) ... Registered another five-point outing with two goals and three assists in NCAA tournament victory over Louisville (5/13) ... Scored against Notre Dame in final game of the season to end year on 12-game point streak and 11-game goal streak (5/15).
2015: Starting attacker ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... All-Big Ten ... IWLCA First-Team All-West/Midwest Region ... IWLCA Second-Team All-American ... Lacrosse Magazine Rookie of the Year and All-American Team selection ... Inside Lacrosse ILWomen Postseason All-Rookie Team ... Three-time Inside Lacrosse Rookie of the Week ... Named Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week three times and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week once ... Set a Northwestern freshman single-season record and tied the sixth best mark in program history with 69 goals ... Led the Big Ten in goals and goals per game while ranking second in points and points per game ... Finished the season ranked fifth in the country in goals, eighth in goals per game (3.29), 15th in points (78) and 31st in points per game (3.71) ... Scored at least one goal in all 21 games and at least two goals in 19 of 21 games ... Had nine games with four or more goals ... Set the third-best mark in a single season with 15 free-position goals ... Led the Wildcats with 24 caused turnovers and was third on the team with 30 ground balls ... Made collegiate debut with four goals — including the game winner in overtime — and two assists at USC to earn IL National Rookie of the Week honors ... Scored 11 goals in two games against No. 8 Duke and Marquette to earn second IL National Rookie of the Week honor ... Set a season-high for the first time with six goals at Marquette on February 21 ... Tied the second-best single-game mark in program history with six caused turnovers at Marquette ... Also scored a season-high six goals and added a pair of assists for a season-high eight points at Michigan on April 2 ... Opened the NCAA Tournament with four goals in a 10-7 win over Louisville and scored five goals in a 16-11 win over Notre Dame to earn IL National Rookie of the Week honors for the third time.
High School: Grew up playing box lacrosse from a young age ... Named a 2014 Under Armour All-American, playing along several fellow NU recruits at the All-America Classic ... Member of the Team Canada U-19 squad ... Named an all-star for Team Canada at the 2014 Nike Cup Team Tournament ... Played two years of soccer and basketball at Carihi Secondary ... In soccer, served as team captain and scored a combined 51 goals in 2013 and 2014 ... Team placed first on the North Island three consecutive years ... Named her school's 2014 Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Born Selena Christine Lasota in Nanaimo, British Columbia ... Daughter of Lisa Sharpe and Steve Lasota ... Member of the Katzie First Nation people on the West Coast of Vancouver Island ... Majoring in human development and psychological services.
