Northwestern University Athletics
2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Maddie Epke
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Guilford High School
- Hometown:
- Guilford, Conn.
- Prev School:
- James Madison
Awards:
- Tewaraaton Award Nominee (2025)*
- IWLCA First Team All-American (2025)*
- ILWomen First Team All-American (2025)*
- USA Lacrosse Magazine First Team All-American (2025)*
- IWLCA First Team All-South Region (2024, 2025)*
- Inside Lacrosse Midseason Second Team All-American (2025)*
- AAC Attack Player of the Year (2025)*
- First Team All-American Athletic Conference (2024, 2025)*
- IWLCA Player of the Week (2/17/2025, 4/21/2025)*
- ILWomen Player of the Week (2/17/2025, 3/4/2025)*
- AAC Attack Player of the Week (2/12/2024, 4/8/2024, 2/17/2025, 3/3/2025, 3/17/2025, 3/31/2025, 4/14/2025)*
- USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention (2024)*
- ILWomen All-American Honorable Mention (2024)*
- AAC All-Tournament Team (2024)*
- IWLCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week (2/13/2024, 4/9/2024)*
- USA Lacrosse Division I Women's Player of the Week (2/13/2024)*
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2024)*
- ILWomen Midseason All-American Honorable Mention (2024)*
- AAC Weekly Honor Roll (2/26/2024, 3/25/2024)*
- AAC Preseason All-Conference (2024)*
- Dean’s List (2024)*
- JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025)*
- VaSID State Rookie of the Year (2023)*
- AAC Second Team All-Conference (2023)*
- AAC Freshman of the Week (2/27/2023, 3/20/2023, 4/10/2023)*
*Earned at James Madison
Career Highs:
- Shots…..........................12 (3x), at ECU (James Madison) (4/26/2025)
- Goals...........................…8, at Temple (James Madison) (4/12/2025)
- Assists…........................6, at High Point (James Madison) (2/25/2023)
- Caused Turnovers......…3, vs. UAlbany (James Madison) (2/25/2024)
- Ground Balls..................3 (3x), at Cincinnati (James Madison) (3/23/2024)
- Draw Controls….............23, vs. Charlotte (James Madison) (3/29/2025)
2025 (James Madison): Started in all 19 games … Ranked first in the country in draws per game (12.61) ... Recorded 65 goals on 140 shots (.464) to lead JMU, 119 of which were on-goal ... Added 23 assists - second-most for JMU ... Totaled 88 points to lead JMU ... Went 12-of-27 from free-position goals ... Also recorded 13 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers ... Set single-season draw record (235) and scored seventh-most goals in a single season at JMU (65) ... Tallied 11 hat tricks to lead team, including four sock tricks ... Posted at least one point in every game ... Career-high eight goals at Temple on April 12 to tie JMU single-game record.
2024 (James Madison):Started all 20 games on attack ... Scored 57 goals on 123 shots (.463) - second-most goals for JMU ... Added 23 assists - third-most for JMU ... Totaled 80 points - second-most for JMU ... Led the team with 178 draw controls ... Put 98 shots on goal (.797) ... Scored two game-winning goals - at Richmond (Apr. 3) and against Penn State in the NCAA Championship First Round (May 10) ... Went 11-of-23 from the free position ... Added 18 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers ... Tallied 10 hat tricks on the season ... Recorded 17 multi-point games and posted at least one point in every game this season ... Ranked sixth in draw controls per game nationally (8.90) ... Second in the AAC in draw controls per game ... Fourth in the AAC in goals per game (2.85), fifth in points per game (4.00) and ninth in assists per game (1.15) ... Totaled seven goals, one assist and 10 draw controls against North Carolina (Feb. 10) ... Recorded five goals, two assists, three ground balls, three caused turnovers and 11 draw controls against UAlbany (Feb. 25) ... Career highs in goals, points, shots, shots on goal, free-position goals, draw controls and caused turnovers … 2024 U.S. Women's U20 National Team ... 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 Training Team.
2023 (James Madison): Started all 22 games at attack ... Only freshman starter of the season ... Scored 17 goals and added 28 assists for 45 points ... Ranked 6th in American Athletic Conference in assists per game (1.27) ... Six assists against High Point (Feb. 25) ... Was the most assists for any JMU player in a game in 2023 ... Netted multiple goals in five different games ... Had 72 draw controls, tied for 9th in a single-season in JMU history ... Was 9th in the conference with 3.27 draw controls per game ... Controlled seven draws at Rutgers (Apr. 23) ... Shot 4-for-8 (.500) from the free position ... Had 14 ground balls ... Three ground balls vs. Florida (May 6) ... Seven caused turnovers
High School: US Lacrosse All-American in 2021 & 2022 ... 2022 Class M State Champion ... 2021 Connecticut High School Female Athlete of the Year ... Conference Player of the Year and M Class Championship Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... Also received First Team All-Conference, First Team All-State, and All-New Haven Area honors as a freshman ... Varsity captain of field hockey and ice hockey teams ... Won the field hockey state championship in 2019 ... Received Most Outstanding Player in the conference and state championship games; and received All-Conference and All-State recognition in sophomore and junior seasons for field hockey ... All-Conference and All-State honors in all three years for ice hockey ... Member of Nor'easter Lacrosse Club
Personal: Daughter of Wendy and Thomas Epke ... Has a younger sister, Kadence ... Her mother, Wendy, played college soccer at Maryland ... Her father, Thomas, played Junior hockey with the Rochester Monarchs ... Majoring in Communication Studies
