EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern is one of five Division I women's lacrosse programs to sweep Inside Lacrosse's 2022 Conference Preseason Player of the Year awards as Lauren Gilbert was named the Big Ten Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Ally Palermo earned Preseason Defensive Player of the Year recognition.
#1 LAUREN GILBERT | ATTACK | LAKE OSWEGO, ORE.
2021 Season Recap…
First team IWLCA 2021 Division I All-American … IWLCA All-Region …. Unanimous 2021 first team All-Big Ten attacker … Second Team Inside Lacrosse All-American … Nominated for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award … Earned IWLCA Academic Honors in 2021… First-team Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Second on the team with 146 goals and 178 points all time … Led the team with 23 free position goals … Second on the team with 66 goals, 75 points, 129 shots, 100 shots on goal, three game-winning goals, and 34 free position shots ... Netted five goals in Big Ten Tournament semi-final win over Rutgers (4/30) … Posted a grand total of nine goals in a weekend slate against Rutgers (3/19, 3/21) … Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the week after her performance against Penn State (3/16) ... Tied her career high with six goals and added three draw controls against Ohio State (2/14).
#11 ALLY PALERMO | DEFENSE | SEAFORD, N.Y.
2021 Season Recap…
2021 first team All-Big Ten defender … Second Team Inside Lacrosse All-American … Third team IWLCA 2021 Division I All-American … First-team Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Has 109 ground balls as a Wildcat, the second highest total in the modern era of Northwestern Lacrosse (since 2002) ... Led the team with 12 caused turnovers in the 2021 regular season … Finished second on the team with 30 ground balls in 2021 … Named to Inside Lacrosse's All American First Team in 2020 … Led Northwestern with 17 ground balls and eight caused turnovers in 2020 … All-Big Ten Team member in 2019.
The other programs to sweep conference preseason awards include Jacksonville (ASUN), Princeton (IVY), Akron (MAC) and Loyola Md. (Patriot League)
Full list of preseason awards from Inside Lacrosse can be found here.
#1 LAUREN GILBERT | ATTACK | LAKE OSWEGO, ORE.
2021 Season Recap…
First team IWLCA 2021 Division I All-American … IWLCA All-Region …. Unanimous 2021 first team All-Big Ten attacker … Second Team Inside Lacrosse All-American … Nominated for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award … Earned IWLCA Academic Honors in 2021… First-team Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Second on the team with 146 goals and 178 points all time … Led the team with 23 free position goals … Second on the team with 66 goals, 75 points, 129 shots, 100 shots on goal, three game-winning goals, and 34 free position shots ... Netted five goals in Big Ten Tournament semi-final win over Rutgers (4/30) … Posted a grand total of nine goals in a weekend slate against Rutgers (3/19, 3/21) … Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the week after her performance against Penn State (3/16) ... Tied her career high with six goals and added three draw controls against Ohio State (2/14).
#11 ALLY PALERMO | DEFENSE | SEAFORD, N.Y.
2021 Season Recap…
2021 first team All-Big Ten defender … Second Team Inside Lacrosse All-American … Third team IWLCA 2021 Division I All-American … First-team Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Has 109 ground balls as a Wildcat, the second highest total in the modern era of Northwestern Lacrosse (since 2002) ... Led the team with 12 caused turnovers in the 2021 regular season … Finished second on the team with 30 ground balls in 2021 … Named to Inside Lacrosse's All American First Team in 2020 … Led Northwestern with 17 ground balls and eight caused turnovers in 2020 … All-Big Ten Team member in 2019.
The other programs to sweep conference preseason awards include Jacksonville (ASUN), Princeton (IVY), Akron (MAC) and Loyola Md. (Patriot League)
Full list of preseason awards from Inside Lacrosse can be found here.