2016 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Kaleigh Craig
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wantagh
- Hometown:
- Wantagh, N.Y.
2016: IWLCA Third Team All-American ... IWLCA First Team All-West/Midwest ... Unanimous All-Big Ten Team selection ... Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ... 2016 Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... Earned Big Ten weekly honors twice ... Led the Wildcats in goals, points, gamewinning goals, and ground balls ... Set career-highs her senior season in goals (53), assists (14), points (67), ground balls (35), and caused turnovers (16) ... Scored at least one goal in 17 straight games, her career-best streak ... Secored at least two goals in games in 17 out of 21 games on the season and had 11 games with three-goals or more ... Fifth in the Big Ten in goals per game (2.58), seventh in points per game (3.26), first in gamewinning goals and seventh in ground balls per game (1.74) ... Started all 21 games on the season ... Scored two goals, including the gamewinner in season opener against Duke (2/7) ... Notched two goals, an assist, two ground balls and two caused turnovers against Virginia (2/13) ... Posted a hat trick and an assist at Syrcause (2/28) ... Collected second hat trick of the season against Marquette and added assist in the victory (3/8) ... Scored two goals including the game winner in 7-6 win over Stony Brook (3/12) ... Registered third hat trick of the season in narrow overtime defeat to North Carolina (3/20) ... Scored four goals and added an assist, three ground balls and a caused turnover in overtime defeat to Penn (4/3) ... Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (4/12) for her performances against Michigan and Notre Dame after totaling five goals, two assists, five caused turnovers and four ground balls in the two games .. Earned consecutive Big Ten weekly honors after winning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (4/19) for her six-goal performance against Rutgers and three-goal showing against USC ... Closed the season out by scoring at least three goals four out of six times against Ohio State (4/29), Michigan (5/5), Penn State (5/6), and Louisville (5/13) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015: Starting attacker that returned after missing final eight games of 2014 season ... Finished second on the team and sixth in the Big Ten with a career-high 46 goals ... Added six assists to finish second on the team and 11th in the Big Ten with 52 points ... Scored at least two goals in 16 games, including 12 straight from March 29 to May 10 ... Capped the run of consecutive multi-goal games with a career-high five goals in the NCAA Tournament Second Round against Notre Dame on May 10 ... Scored four goals on three other occassions and three goals three times ... Scored game-winning goal with 13 seconds left in overtime to give the Wildcats a 9-8 win over No. 11 Penn on April 5 ... Academic All-Big Ten Selection.
2014: Dynamic offensive scoring threat who moved from midfield to attack over the course of the season ... Named a second-team All-ALC honoree despite missing the last eight of 2014 games with an injury suffered on April 13 ... Was the team leader with 27 goals at the time of her injury ... Scored three points (2g, 1a) in NU's season-opening 13-12 victory over No. 8 Virginia ... Against Duke, set a career high with four goals, including the eventual game-winner ... Named the ALC Offensive Player of the Week on Feb. 25 ... One goal and one assist vs. Notre Dame with a career-best three draw controls ... Recorded her second four-goal game and set a personal best with five points at Michigan ... Scored twice at Syracuse ... Scored three goals on three shots at No. 10 UMass ... Pair of goals in NU's upset of No. 1 North Carolina ... Scored a hat trick vs. Vanderbilt and netted two against Johns Hopkins ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013: Regular contributor in Northwestern midfield, playing in 22 games with one start ... In her collegiate debut, contributed two ground balls and two caused turnovers to win over UMass ... Scored her first career goal off an 8-meter attempt vs. USC ... Notched a goal and first career assist in win at Johns Hopkins ... Recorded a ground ball and her first draw control at Navy ... One goal in win over No. 8 Penn State ... One caused turnover vs. Virginia ... Scored her fourth goal of the year in win over Duke and scored for a second straight game against Stanford ... Two ground balls at Florida ... Goal at Notre Dame ... Scored one goal vs. Penn ... Scored NU's first goal in her NCAA Tournament debut vs. Stanford ... Secured a draw control in NCAA quarterfinal victory over Penn State.
High School: Four-year letterwinner ... Three-time All-County selection ... Named First Team All- American in 2012 ... Member of the All- Long Island Second Team ... Scored seven goals and had one assist as a senior in the county championship game ... Played for club team Long Island Wave ... Also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and cross country ... Two-time All-County selection and state qualifier in cross country ... Named All-Class for basketball and the recipient of the New York State Section VIII Coaches Award in 2009 ... High Honor Roll student ... Member of National Honor Society and an Academic All-American.
Personal: Born Kaleigh Anne Craig ... Daughter of Scott and Joan Craig ... Father played lacrosse (defense) at the University of Massachusetts and was a teammate of Northwestern volunteer assistant coach Scott Hiller ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton ... Played against current Wildcats Christina Esposito and Kara Mupo in high school ... Majoring in communications.
