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USC's Catherine Lord Named to Tewaaraton Watch List
February 06, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse
The Pac-12 All-Conference First Teamer is one of 50 women on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List
WASHINGTON, D.C. – USC senior defender Catherine Lord (Denver, Colo./Regis Jesuit HS) was named among 50 women to the official Tewaaraton Foundation's 2025 Tewaaraton Award Watch Lists on Thursday, Feb. 6. The foundation hosts two separate sections, one for men's and one for women's players, including the top student-athletes across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse, and highlight early contenders for the 2024 Tewaaraton Award.
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are comprised of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.
Lord makes her debut on the Watch List after a successful 2024 campaign. During her junior year, the defender was a Pac-12 All-Conference First Team member. Lord tallied 27 ground balls, 39 draw controls and forced 18 turnovers.
Players not named to this initial list will have opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Nominees can be players from the Watch Lists or not from the Watch Lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions. Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced in early May. The Tewaaraton Award recipients will be chosen after the conclusion of the collegiate lacrosse season.
Several Trojans have advanced to be named to the list of Tewaaraton Award nominees. Kelsey Huff was recently on the watch list for three years (2019, 2021-22). Three-time All-American Michaela Michael received nominee status in 2017. Michael and All-American midfielder Amanda Johansen were the first Trojans to be named to the Tewaaraton Award's Watch List at the beginning of 2016. Michael and All-American defender Courtney Tarleton were named nominees at the end of that 2016 season. Michael, defender Lydia Sutton, and goalie Gussie Johns were each on the 2017 watch list. Johns and Sutton were on the initial 2018 watch list and were later joined by Kerrigan Miller, who was on the official watch list for three consecutive years (2018-20).
For more information on the USC women's lacrosse team, a complete schedule, and results, please visit USCTrojans.com. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow the team on Instagram and Twitter @USCTrojansLax.
ABOUT THE TEWAARATON FOUNDATION:
Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC, and first presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the preeminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse players in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and U.S. Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Native American descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, please visit www.tewaaraton.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Sarah Aschenbach
The Tewaaraton Foundation
sarah@tewaaraton.com
(202) 255-1485
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. The selection committees are comprised of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.
Lord makes her debut on the Watch List after a successful 2024 campaign. During her junior year, the defender was a Pac-12 All-Conference First Team member. Lord tallied 27 ground balls, 39 draw controls and forced 18 turnovers.
Players not named to this initial list will have opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Nominees can be players from the Watch Lists or not from the Watch Lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions. Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced in early May. The Tewaaraton Award recipients will be chosen after the conclusion of the collegiate lacrosse season.
Several Trojans have advanced to be named to the list of Tewaaraton Award nominees. Kelsey Huff was recently on the watch list for three years (2019, 2021-22). Three-time All-American Michaela Michael received nominee status in 2017. Michael and All-American midfielder Amanda Johansen were the first Trojans to be named to the Tewaaraton Award's Watch List at the beginning of 2016. Michael and All-American defender Courtney Tarleton were named nominees at the end of that 2016 season. Michael, defender Lydia Sutton, and goalie Gussie Johns were each on the 2017 watch list. Johns and Sutton were on the initial 2018 watch list and were later joined by Kerrigan Miller, who was on the official watch list for three consecutive years (2018-20).
For more information on the USC women's lacrosse team, a complete schedule, and results, please visit USCTrojans.com. Fans of the Women of Troy can follow the team on Instagram and Twitter @USCTrojansLax.
ABOUT THE TEWAARATON FOUNDATION:
Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC, and first presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the preeminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse players in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and U.S. Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six nations of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Native American descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, please visit www.tewaaraton.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Sarah Aschenbach
The Tewaaraton Foundation
sarah@tewaaraton.com
(202) 255-1485
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