Women's Lacrosse | 12/19/2018 11:26:00 AM
BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 19) – Following a stellar senior season,
Maggie Nelson has earned nomination by the Lax Sports Network as a finalist for the upcoming 2018 LSN Awards.
The LSN Awards Show winners will be announced live on Monday, December 24 at 9:00 p.m. This is the third year LSN will be broadcasting a year-end awards special.
Nelson earned nomination in the category of Women's Individual Performance of The Year from LSN. Nelson was nominated for her performance in a 25-10 Saint Vincent victory over Chatham University on April 11. The Jefferson, Md. product recorded an NCAA Division III single-game record 19 points against the Cougars, recording 11 goals and adding a career-high eight assists in the Ohio River Lacrosse Conference victory.
Nelson's 19-point performance was the second-most in NCAA history – Division II Tiffin University's Alexandria Quast recorded 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win at Walsh University on April 5, 2013.
During the game against Chatham, Nelson also eclipsed the 300-goal mark and the 400-point mark for her career.
Nelson concluded her four-year career as one of the top offensive players in Division III women's lacrosse history. She finished her career as the NCAA Division III all-time leader in goals with 364. She ranks second all-time in Division III with 489 career points. She set NCAA Division III records for single-season goals (141), single-season points (178), points in a single game (19), goals per game in a season (8.81 per game) and points per game in a season (11.12 per game) during her senior season.
She was a four-time All-ORLC performer, including a three-time first team selection. She named ECAC Offensive Player of the Year twice and was voted ORLC Offensive Player of the Year twice. Nelson was named All-ECAC First Team three times and claimed IWLCA All-West Region honors as a senior.
Nelson was recognized nationally by
Sports Illustrated in its Faces in the Crowd section in the May 21st issue.
The awards show and all of Lax Sports Network programming can be watched free via the LSN app, which is free to download on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Xbox, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Google Chromecast.
The other three nominees in the category for Individual Performance of The Year were all student-athletes from the Division I level: Sam Apuzzo (Boston College), Kylie Ohlmiller (Stony Brook) and Haley Warden (James Madison).
