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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
2016 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Jersey Number 33
Brooks Lawler
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- Big Lake, Alaska
- High School:
- McDonogh School
- Previous:
- Northwestern
- Major:
- Anthropology
Bio
JMUSports.com Feature: Lawler Mixes Passions for Sport and Archaeology
2016 as a Senior:
•  Named CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American, the second in program history to earn the accolade
•  CAA Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year
•  Second Team All-CAA
•  Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team, the second lacrosse player in JMU history to earn the award
•  IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  CAA Championship All-Championship Team
•  CAA All-Academic Team
•  Started all 20 games, transitioning from midfield to attack early in the season
•  Team's third-leading scorer with 34 goals and 12 assists for 46 points
•  Also had a team-high 13 free-position goals, 28 draw controls and seven ground balls
•  Ranked second in the CAA in free-position goals per game (0.65) and led the league in total FP scores (13)
•  Also ranked 10th in the league in goals per game (1.7)
•  Scored a career-high six points off two goals and a career-best four assists in CAA semifinals at Drexel (May 6)
•  Tallied a career-best four goals in CAA win versus Hofstra (April 10) and collected career-high five draw controls in win at Denver (March 5)
•  Had six games with three or more goals and four games with four or more points, including two with 5+
•  Scored at least one goal against every CAA team and all postseason games
•  JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
•  President's List (Fall 2015)
2015 as a Junior:
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield in her first season with the program
•  Scored 16 goals and seven assists for 23 points
•  Produced game-winning goal against High Point (Feb. 23)
•  Also had nine free-position goals, 30 draw controls, 22 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
•  Season-high two goals on three occasions, versus HPU, at Penn State (March 11) and at Hofstra (April 3) and season-best two assists against Connecticut (Feb. 15)
•  Had season-best three draw controls in seven separate games and a career-high two caused turnovers at Drexel (April 5)
•  Notched first goal at JMU in opener at North Carolina (Feb. 1) and first multi-point game the following outing at Virginia Tech (Feb. 12)
•  President's List (Fall 2014 and Spring 2015)
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
Prior to JMU:
•  Spent 2013-14 academic year at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she played club ice hockey for the Nanooks
•  Led UAF to the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament
•  Played first two collegiate years of lacrosse at Northwestern (2012, 2013)
2013 as a Sophomore (at Northwestern):
•  Academic All-Big Ten
•  Saw action in 18 games, making three starts
•  Scored five goals for five points
•  Also had three free-position goals, three draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers
•  Posted her first collegiate two-goal game against Boston College (March 6)
•  Dean's List
2012 as a Freshman (at Northwestern):
•  Saw action in 17 games
•  Scored two goals and one assist for three points
•  Also had two free-position scores, three caused turnovers and one ground ball
•  Netted first career goal in first collegiate game at Stanford (Feb. 10) while scoring other goal against William & Mary (March 10)
•  Had first career assist in second game at Duke (Feb. 19)
•  Dean’s list
High school and club:
•  Academic All-American as a junior and senior
•  Under Armor All-American as a junior and senior
•  All-Metro & U.S. Lacrosse underclass tournament as a junior and senior
•  All-Tewaaraton team as a junior
•  Helped McDonogh to a national No. 1 ranking as a junior and senior
•  Helped McDonogh to the IAAM championship all four years of high school
•  Team captain as a senior
•  Played varsity lacrosse all four years of high school
•  Played club for M&D Black Lacrosse
•  Dean’s list all four years
•  National Merit Scholar
•  Cum Laude Society
Personal:
•  Full name is Brooks Ann Lawler
•  Daughter of Anne and Norman Lawler
•  Both parents played lacrosse at Roanoke College
•  Mother, Anne, also played field hockey
•  Majoring in anthropology
2016 as a Senior:
•  Named CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American, the second in program history to earn the accolade
•  CAA Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year
•  Second Team All-CAA
•  Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team, the second lacrosse player in JMU history to earn the award
•  IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
•  VaSID Second Team All-State
•  CAA Championship All-Championship Team
•  CAA All-Academic Team
•  Started all 20 games, transitioning from midfield to attack early in the season
•  Team's third-leading scorer with 34 goals and 12 assists for 46 points
•  Also had a team-high 13 free-position goals, 28 draw controls and seven ground balls
•  Ranked second in the CAA in free-position goals per game (0.65) and led the league in total FP scores (13)
•  Also ranked 10th in the league in goals per game (1.7)
•  Scored a career-high six points off two goals and a career-best four assists in CAA semifinals at Drexel (May 6)
•  Tallied a career-best four goals in CAA win versus Hofstra (April 10) and collected career-high five draw controls in win at Denver (March 5)
•  Had six games with three or more goals and four games with four or more points, including two with 5+
•  Scored at least one goal against every CAA team and all postseason games
•  JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
•  President's List (Fall 2015)
2015 as a Junior:
•  Started all 20 games in the midfield in her first season with the program
•  Scored 16 goals and seven assists for 23 points
•  Produced game-winning goal against High Point (Feb. 23)
•  Also had nine free-position goals, 30 draw controls, 22 ground balls and eight caused turnovers
•  Season-high two goals on three occasions, versus HPU, at Penn State (March 11) and at Hofstra (April 3) and season-best two assists against Connecticut (Feb. 15)
•  Had season-best three draw controls in seven separate games and a career-high two caused turnovers at Drexel (April 5)
•  Notched first goal at JMU in opener at North Carolina (Feb. 1) and first multi-point game the following outing at Virginia Tech (Feb. 12)
•  President's List (Fall 2014 and Spring 2015)
•  CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
Prior to JMU:
•  Spent 2013-14 academic year at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she played club ice hockey for the Nanooks
•  Led UAF to the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament
•  Played first two collegiate years of lacrosse at Northwestern (2012, 2013)
2013 as a Sophomore (at Northwestern):
•  Academic All-Big Ten
•  Saw action in 18 games, making three starts
•  Scored five goals for five points
•  Also had three free-position goals, three draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers
•  Posted her first collegiate two-goal game against Boston College (March 6)
•  Dean's List
2012 as a Freshman (at Northwestern):
•  Saw action in 17 games
•  Scored two goals and one assist for three points
•  Also had two free-position scores, three caused turnovers and one ground ball
•  Netted first career goal in first collegiate game at Stanford (Feb. 10) while scoring other goal against William & Mary (March 10)
•  Had first career assist in second game at Duke (Feb. 19)
•  Dean’s list
High school and club:
•  Academic All-American as a junior and senior
•  Under Armor All-American as a junior and senior
•  All-Metro & U.S. Lacrosse underclass tournament as a junior and senior
•  All-Tewaaraton team as a junior
•  Helped McDonogh to a national No. 1 ranking as a junior and senior
•  Helped McDonogh to the IAAM championship all four years of high school
•  Team captain as a senior
•  Played varsity lacrosse all four years of high school
•  Played club for M&D Black Lacrosse
•  Dean’s list all four years
•  National Merit Scholar
•  Cum Laude Society
Personal:
•  Full name is Brooks Ann Lawler
•  Daughter of Anne and Norman Lawler
•  Both parents played lacrosse at Roanoke College
•  Mother, Anne, also played field hockey
•  Majoring in anthropology
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