Madison, Connecticut, senior caps record-breaking season with national player of the year honors
IWLCA Announces Division II Player of the Year Awards
EASTON, Mass. (May 25, 2022) – Stonehill College senior All-American Emma Sullivan has been named the Division II Midfielder of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA), the organization announced today.
Sullivan, who is a two-time Northeast-10 Conference Midfielder of the Year having earned the Conference-wide accolade this spring after being named the Northeast Division Midfielder of the Year as a junior, is Stonehill's first IWLCA national award recipient since Jackie Craig, '10 was named the IWLCA Division II Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2010. Sullivan joins Stonehill and NE10 Hall of Famer Erin Acone, '06 in collecting Division II Midfielder of the Year accolades in the program's history after she received the honors from the IWLCA as Offensive Midfielder of the Year in 2004 and Inside Lacrosse Midfielder of the Year accolades in 2005.
Sullivan, who earned IWLCA All-America and All-East Region first team honors this spring, adds to a record-setting senior season that saw her set Stonehill single-season marks and lead the NE10 with 74 goals, 78 ground balls, 148 draw controls and 48 caused turnovers, while ranking second in the NE10 to fellow Stonehill All-American Lydia Rudden with 92 points, while dishing out 18 assists in 21 starts. The USA Lacrosse Magazine preseason All-American earned NE10 Defensive Player of the Week accolades five times this spring, adding NE10 Player of the Week honors once. She ranks 11th nationally in Division II for goals scored, 11th with 2.29 caused turnovers per game, 12th with 7.05 draw controls per game and seventh with 3.71 ground balls per game, while her 92 points rank 18th nationally.
Sullivan earns IWLCA Division II Player of the Year honors after setting program records for goals scored, draw controls, ground balls and caused turnovers (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens) |
Sullivan scored a career-high six goals in Stonehill's 20-15 NE10 semifinal win over No. 13 Pace University on May 7, adding an assist for a career-high matching seven points as she recorded 19 multi-goal games this season, totaling five or more points 11 times. She posted double-digit draw controls in six games, including a career-high 14 in the Skyhawks 18-17 NCAA Tournament win over No. 14 Mercy College on March 13, collecting a career-high eight ground balls in a 14-13 win at No. 14 Bentley University on March 26 and career-best five caused turnovers in wins over Concordia University-St. Paul on March 9 and at No. 12 Pace on April 13.
Sullivan, who received an Athletic Director's Award this spring and was named Stonehill's "Breakout Sophomore" Award recipient for the spring season in 2020, has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll multiple semesters over her career. She has surpassed both 100 points and 100 goals in her 52 career games played, totaling 134 goals and 33 assists for 167 career points, contributing 233 draw controls, 137 ground balls and 73 caused turnovers in her career. She ranks second all-time in program history for career draw controls, while ranking 12th all-time in career goals, ninth in ground balls and seventh in caused turnovers.
Stonehill, picked to finish ninth in the NE10 preseason coaches poll, finished its final NCAA Division II season with an 18-3 record overall, including 12-1 in the NE10 to win the Conference's regular season championship a record 12th time, adding a record tenth NE10 Tournament title on its way to earning a ninth NCAA Division II Tournament bid. The Skyhawks were the top seed for the NCAA East Regional and are ranked No. 5 in the final IWLCA Division II poll of the season.
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