#ASUNWLAX Produces Trio of USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention Selections
#ASUNWLAX Produces Trio of USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention Selections
ATLANTA – Liberty's Lizzy Ferguson, Kennesaw State's Bailey Wilson and Jacksonville's Sarah Elms were all tabbed as USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I All-American honorable mention selections representing ASUN Conference Women's Lacrosse on the distinguished list.
Ferguson made program history for the Flames becoming the first All-American in school history. The fifth-year senior attacker was an ASUN All-Conference first team and ASUN All-Tournament team honoree this spring. Ferguson finished the season with a school-record 182 draw controls and currently ranks third nationally in draw controls per game (9.58). She is the program's all-time leader in career draws with 288. Her standout season also saw the attacker tally 33 goals (third on team) to go along with 11 assists (fifth on squad) and 44 points (third on team) in 19 games (all starts). The Fort Washington, Pa. native finished the year with 29 ground balls (third on team) and 23 caused turnovers (tied for second on team) for a Liberty squad which is in the top five nationally in both caused turnovers per game (No. 4, 12.47) and ground balls per game (No. 5, 19.58). Ferguson's career year saw her notch career bests in draw controls, goals, assists, points, ground balls and caused turnovers.
Wilson, a graduate student and defender from Acworth, Ga., was one of the best in the nation at the draw position. She finished the regular season ranking second in the NCAA with 9.59 draw controls per contest. Her 163 total draw controls for the season set a new KSU school mark, topping the previous mark of 155 set by Gore in 2022. Wilson also claimed her first career conference honor this season, as she was named to the All-ASUN First Team.
Elms, a fifth-year standout attacker for the Dolphins, collected her third consecutive honorable mention recognition from USA Lacrosse Magazine after helping lead Jacksonville to a sixth straight ASUN Championship. She currently ranks second in the ASUN this year with 66 goals scored and is third with 76 total points tallied while also listed 11th in the NCAA for goals per game (3.47). Named a first-team All-ASUN honoree and the ASUN Championship MVP, Elms ranks second all-time in the ASUN for career goals scored (271), career goals per game (3.61) and career points (335). Elms and her JAX teammates are slated to face No. 6 Florida in Friday's opening round of the NCAA Championship.
Here is a full listing of the 2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I All-Americans.
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