2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

January 9, 2024, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Lacrosse Internal Media Day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 14

Mary Schumar

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • High School:
    East Grand Rapids HS
  • Hometown:
    Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Prev School:
    Marquette

Awards and Honors

  • Honorable Mention USA Lacrosse Division 1 Preseason All-American (2024)

Season Highs: 

  • Shots………………2, vs. Rutgers (3/30/24)
  • Goals………………2, vs. Rutgers (3/30/24)
  • Assists…………….3, vs. Rutgers (3/30/24)
  • Ground Balls……..1, vs. Central Michigan (3/03/24)

Honors and Awards (Marquette):

Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention (2023)
IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region First Team (2023)
All-BIG EAST First Team (2022, 2023)
Preseason All-BIG EAST (2023)
MU Team MVP (2022)
BIG EAST Attacker of the Week (March 27, 2023)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 4, 2022, April 18, 2022, Feb. 27, 2023, March 13, 2023, March 20, 2023, April 10, 2023)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2019-20, 2020-21)

Career Records (Marquette):

No. 1 all-time at MU in assists (115)

No. 5 all-time at MU in points (169)

2024: Appeared in 16 games contributing 11 goals and 16 assists for the season ... Tallied two goals and three assists in win over Marquette (2/19) ... Scored a goal in win over Colorado (2/22) ... Notched two goals, two assists, and a ground ball against Central Michigan (3/3) ... Recorded two goals and three assists against Rutgers (3/30) ... Contributed a goal and two assists in win over Ohio State (4/13) ... Notched an assist in two consecutive games against Michigan (4/21) and Johns Hopkis (5/2) ... Recorded a goal two assists, a ground ball, and a caused turnover to secure the Big Ten Tournament Title over Penn State (5/4) ... Scored a goal in first game of the NCAA Tournament over Denver (5/12) ... Contributed an assists in two consecutive NCAA Tournament games against Penn (5/16) and Florida (5/24) ... Scored a goal in the NCAA National Championship game against Bosten College (5/26).
 

2023 (Marquette): 20G-69A-89 points ... After a phenomenal senior season, earned All-BIG EAST first team honors ....Led the nation in assist per game (3.63) and in a season (69) ... She was ranked first in the BIG EAST for points per game (4.68) and in a season (89) ... Ranks No. 1 all-time in assists and No.5 all-time in points at Marquette ... Led the team in points and assists in the season ... Started in all 19 games ... Notched 3 goals, five assists and one ground ball in a win against Youngstown State (Feb. 17) ... Tacked on eight assists, three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 3 Northwestern (Feb. 23) ... Netted a career-high four goals, four assists, two ground balls and one caused turnover at UC Davis (March 12) ... Stuffed the stat sheet against Louisville (March 19), with a career-best four ground balls, two goals, five assists and two caused turnovers ... At Eastern Michigan (March 24) , had two goals, four assists, and one ground ball in a winning effort ... Tallied two goals, six assists, two ground balls and a caused turnover against Xavier (April 8) ... Had a career-high nine assists and two goals, totaling a career-high 11 points in a win at Butler (April 19) ... Had one goal and one assists in BIG EAST semifinal against UConn (May 5).

2022 (Marquette): 24G-43A-67 points ... Earned All-BIG EAST first team honors after a record-setting junior campaign ... Played and started in all 18 contests ... Tied Marquette single-season program records with 67 points and 43 assists ... Her 2.39 assists per game led the BIG EAST and ranked seventh in the NCAA, while her 3.72 points per game were the third-most in the BIG EAST ... Had eight games with three or more assists ... Also recorded three free position goals, 25 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers on the year ... Tied the Marquette single-game assist record against Butler (April 16) with seven ... Totaled seven points on two goals and five assists against Kent State (March 12) ... Also had seven points at UConn (April 2), coming on one goal and six assists ... Scored three goals at Niagara (March 6) and versus Central Michigan (March 27).

2021 (Marquette): 10G-3A-13 points ... Played in 15 games in 2021 ... Came off the bench at Cincinnati and tallied her first career points, scoring a goal and dishing out an assist while picking up one ground ball (Feb. 14) ... Tallied her first two-goal game of her career against Oregon while also dishing out one assist (Feb. 26) ... Scored at Kent State (Feb. 28) ... Netted two goals on two shots and picked up a ground ball in a win over Central Michigan (March 5) ... Scored a goal, picked up a ground ball and forced a turnover against Louisville (March 14) ... Had a goal and an assist in the first game against UConn (March 19) ... Caused a turnover and picked up a ground ball in game two against the Huskies (March 21) ... Tallied one shot and picked up two GB's at Villanova (March 26) ... Had one shot on goal in an 8-7 win at Villanova (March 28) ... Dished out an assist in a 15-9 win over Georgetown (April 9) ... Appeared in a loss to the Hoyas two days later (April 11) ... Had a CT in game one vs. Denver (April 16) ... Played off the bench in game two (April 18) ... Scored a goal and picked up two GB's in a win at Butler (April 23) ... Scored again with two GB's and a CT in the season finale win at Butler (April 25).

2020 (Marquette): Played in five games during her freshman year ... Had two shots (one on goal) and one ground ball on the season ... Made her debut at Notre Dame (Feb. 9) ... Had one shot on goal against Niagara from the free position (Feb. 23) ... Collected one ground ball at Detroit Mercy and also had one shot (March 11).

Prior to Marquette: Lettered four times each in both lacrosse and basketball at East Grand Rapids High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)… Named as the team’s co-captain in both her junior and senior years in lacrosse and during her senior year for basketball… Two-time All-American, three-time All-State, three-time All-Conference and two-time Academic All-State honoree... Helped her team to state championships as a freshman in 2016 and as a senior in 2019… Scored a game-high eight goals to lead her team to victory in the 2019 state championship… Four-time regional champion (2016-19) and two-time conference champion (2016 and 2019) at East Grand Rapids… Led team with 162 points (101 goals, 62 assists) during her senior year… Coached by Rich Axtell.

Personal: Daughter of Jim and MaryKay Schumar… Father played tennis at the University of Iowa… Has four older sisters, Ann, Kathleen, Grace and Liz, and one older brother, Tom… Majoring in mechanical engineering.

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