Northwestern University Athletics
2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Olivia Adamson
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Lake Highland Prep
- Hometown:
- St. Petersburg, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Syracuse
Awards:
- USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American Second Team (2025)*
- Preseason All-ACC Team (2025)*
- IWLCA All-America Third Team (2024)*
- USA Lacrosse Magazine third-team All-American (2024)*
- Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American (2024)*
- All-Northeast Region First Team (2024)*
- All-ACC First Team (2024)*
- Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2024)*
- ACC All-Freshman Team (2022)*
*Earned at Syracuse
Career Highs:
- Shots…..........................9, vs. Fairfield (Syracuse) (5/13/2022)
- Goals...........................…6, at Northwestern (Syracuse) (2/10/2024)
- Assists…........................4 (3x), vs. Army (Syracuse) (2/14/2024)
- Caused Turnovers......…2, at Northwestern (Syracuse) (2/10/2024)
- Ground Balls..................2 (3x), at Northwestern (Syracuse) (2/10/2024)
- Draw Controls….............14, vs. Clemson (Syracuse) (4/8/2023)
2025 (Syracuse): Appeared and started in three games before missing the remainder of the season with a lower body injury, tallying 16 points (10 goals, six assists) … Notched a season-high six points (three goals, three assists) in a win over UAlbany (2/7) … Recorded a season-high four goals at Maryland (2/15) … Had five points versus Cornell (2/18).
2024 (Syracuse): Started all 22 games … Recorded career highs in goals (58), assists (25) and points (83) … Ranked second on the team in all three categories … Also recorded career highs in ground balls (12) and caused turnovers (7) … Recorded four or more points in 12 contests, including five games with six points … Scored a career-high six goals in the season opener at Northwestern (2/10) … Also caused a career-best two turnovers … Tied her career high with four assists against Army (2/14) … Tied her season high with six points (four goals, two assists) at Notre Dame (2/24) … Earned IWLCA and ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors for her performance against the Fighting Irish … Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) in back-to-back games against Duke (3/2) and Stony Brook (3/5) … Posted hat tricks in wins at Virginia Tech (3/19) and against North Carolina (3/16) … Recorded a season-high five draw controls to go along with six points (four goals, two assists) against UAlbany (3/19) … Scored four goals in back-to-back games against Louisville (3/30) and Cornell (4/2) … Had a hat trick at Clemson (4/13) and Boston College (4/18) … Scored four goals against Virginia in the ACC Tournament semifinals (4/26) … Tied her season high with six points (three goals, three assists) against Stony Brook in the NCAA Tournament second round (5/12) … Scored three goals against Yale in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals (5/16) … IWLCA Academic Honor Roll honoree … Member of All-ACC Academic Team … Member of ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in both semesters.
2023 (Syracuse): Played in all 21 games, making 14 starts … Posted careers highs in points (51) and assists (21) … Her 30 goals were one shy of her career high … Ranked third on the team in assists and fifth in points and goals … Took nearly every draw after the injury to Kate Mashewske and led the team with a career-high 107 draw controls … Recorded three or more points in six games … Posted 10+ draw controls in five games … Had three points (two goals, one assist) in season-opening win against Northwestern (2/11) … Recorded five points (three goals, two assists) against UAlbany (3/1) … Posted career highs in points (7), assists (4) and draw controls (14) against Clemson (4/8) … Dished out three assists and recorded 12 draw controls against Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament second round (5/14) … Posted six points (four goals, two assists) and nine draw controls in win against James Madison in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals (5/18) … Had three points (one goal, two assists) and eight draw controls against Boston College in the NCAA Tournament semifinals (5/26) … Member of the All-ACC Academic Team … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall semester.
2022 (Syracuse): Played in all 21 games … Made her collegiate debut and scored her first career goal in the season opener against Stanford (2/11) … Ranked fourth on the team in goals (31) and fifth in points (48) … Recorded a pair of goals against No. 1 North Carolina … Saw her role increase in the final month of the season due to injuries and she responded with 18 goals in the final seven games … Posted first career hat trick against Louisville (4/16) … Followed that performance with three goals against UAlbany (4/19) … Had three points (two goals, one assist) against Virginia in the ACC Tournament (4/29) … Recorded season highs in goals (5) and points (6) against Fairfield in the NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) … Tallied three goals against Princeton in the NCAA Tournament second round (5/15) … All-ACC Academic Team selection … Member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Three-time US Lacrosse All-American … Florida Dairy Farmers Player of the Year … USA Today Florida Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Year … Three-time Under Armour All-American … Senior Under Armour All-American … Led Lake Highland Prep to the 2019 state championship … Team was runner-up in 2021 … Served as team captain as a senior … Member of National Honor Society … Recorded 40 goals and 27 assists in 13 games in 2021 … Led team in assists & points.
Personal: Born in January 2003 … Daughter of Tom and Rowena Adamson … One sister … Majoring in health and exercise science in the David B. Falk College of Sports and Human Dynamics.
