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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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24 Julia Gilbert

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mclean Virginia
  • Highschool Bullis School

Biography

Honors & Awards:
USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American … Big East Attacker of the Week (Feb. 26, 2024) …Big East Weekly Honor Roll (March 4, 2024) ... IL Women Midseason Honorable Mention All-American … Big East Attacker of the Year … All-Big East First Team … Big East All-Tournament Team … USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All American … IL Women West/Midwest Region Second Team ... Tewaaraton Watch List ... IWLCA West/Midwest Region Second Team (2023) ... Big East Attacker of the Year (co-winner) ... All-Big East First Team ... Big East All-Tournament Team ... IWLCA National Offensive Player of the Week (March 7, 2023 – co-winner) ... Big East Attacker of the Week (March 6, 2023; April 3, 2023) ... Big East Weekly Honor Roll (March 20, 2023) ... USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Second Team ... Inside Lacrosse All-American Second Team ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... 2023 Preseason All-Big East Team ... 2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention) ... 2023 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention) ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... 2022 All-Big East Second Team ... 2022 Big East All-Tournament Team ... Big East Attacker of the Week (Feb. 14, 2022; April 11, 2022; April 18, 2022)

2024:
Led the Pioneers with 62 goals and second with 74 points and 12 assists … earned four game-winning goals … tied the all-time scoring record with 202 career goals … her 14 free-position goals are sixth in the Pioneer record books … recorded multi-goal performances in all but two games … scored 13 hat tricks in 2024 and 41 in her career … had a season-high five goals against Butler (4/10) and Villanova (5/2) … added 15 ground balls and 3 caused turnovers … recorded three-straight four goal games – Ohio State (2/23), San Diego State (2/24) Maryland (3/2) … finished fifth on the Pioneers with a .481 shooting percentage … Her 43 game point streak is the second longest in the Pioneer record books

2023:
Led the team and recorded career highs in goals (59) and points (67) while starting in all 23 games as one of the team’s captains … Scored in each of the 23 contests and led the Pioneers with eight game-winning goals and ranked tied for first with five player-up tallies … Ranked fifth on the team with eight assists to help give her 60-plus points for the second-straight campaign … Her 67 points ranked fourth in the Big East while her 59 points were tied for the fourth-most in a season at DU … Registered 13 hat tricks during the season and scored multiple goals in 20 games, all consecutively from Feb. 18-May 18 … First on the team in shots (130), shots on goal (104), shots per game (5.65) and shots on goal per game (4.52) … Finished with nine ground balls, five caused turnovers and one draw control … Went 18-for-26 on free-position shots, leading the team in goals and setting a new single-season program record, surpassing the previous mark of 17 set by Ali Flury in 2010 … Broke the single-season free-position record with the game-tying goal in the Pioneers’ comeback win in the NCAA Quarterfinals at No. 4 North Carolina on May 18 … Her .692 free-position percentage led the Big East and ranked fifth nationally … Registered multiple free-position goals in nine contests during the year … Had two goals on March 1 vs. Michigan and three goals on March 5 at Maryland to earn IWLCA National Co-Offensive Player of the Week (March 7), becoming just the second Pioneer to earn the offensive weekly award (Elizabeth Behrins, April 5, 2017) … Scored three times vs. Delaware on March 13, surpassing the 100-goal mark in her career and becoming the 12th-fastest Pioneer to reach the century mark (53 games) … Recorded a season-best seven points on four goals and three assists on April 1 vs. Villanova … Her three helpers in win vs. VU tied a career high (third time) … Tallied a season-high four goals on three occasions, including on May 7 in the Big East Championship Game at Connecticut (also March 9 vs. Niagara, and April 1 vs. Villanova) … Recorded career highs with 12 shots and nine shots on goal in the Big East title game vs. UConn on May 7 … Totaled 15 goals in six postseason contests, with nine coming in four NCAA Tournament games … Had three goals in both the First Round vs. Southern California on May 7 and Second Round vs. Albany on May 14 … Tallied twice in the NCAA Quarterfinals at No. 4 North Carolina on May 18 and scored in the NCAA Semifinals vs. No. 1 Northwestern on May 26

2022:
Finished third on the team with 47 goals and 62 points and was fourth with 15 assists … Was third on the Pioneers with 112 shots on goal and finished fifth in shots-on-goal percentage at .704 (min. 10 SOG) … Went 9-for-14 in free-position shots … Her five game-winning goals were the second-most on the squad during the campaign … Scored in 15-of-20 games played and recorded five or more goals on three occasions … Had 11 games where she recorded a hat trick and five where she tallied four or more times … Began the year by recording a career-high six goals vs. Louisville on Feb. 13 for her first career sock trick, helping her garner the first of three Big East Attacker of the Week awards … Recorded a caused turnover and a career-high three ground balls at Stanford on Feb. 18 … Registered back-to-back hat-trick outings on Feb. 20 at California (3g/0a) and on Feb. 25 vs. Ohio State (3g/1a) … Matched a career long with a seven-game goal/point streak from March 13-April 23 (18g/7a) … Did not play April 2 at Butler due to injury … Earned back-to-back Big East Attacker of the Week honors on April 11 and April 18 … Scored the overtime-winning goal to cap a four-point performance (3g/1a) vs. Connecticut on April 9 … Posted consecutive six-point contests on April 15 at Georgetown (5g/1a) and April 23 at Villanova (3g/3a) … Recorded four goals and two assists in the regular-season finale vs. Marquette on April 30 … Had five points (3g/2a) vs. UConn in the Big East Semifinals on May 5 … Tallied a career-high eight points vs. Georgetown on May 7 in the Big East Championship Game, the second-most in a conference tournament game in program history and tied for the second-most in contest for DU during the season … Registered the game-winning assist on Bea Behrins’ overtime goal to help the Pioneers defeat GU and claim their second-straight Big East Tournament title … Her five goals vs. Georgetown were tied for the third-most in a conference tournament game in program history, and she also became the 19th player in the school annals to record three assists in a conference tournament outing … Scored three goals on May 13 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Vermont, becoming one of just 11 Denver players to record a hat trick in a national tournament contest.

2021:
Played in 17 of Denver’s 18 games, tallying 31 points on 26 goals and five assists … Picked up six draw controls … Eight multi-goal games, including six-straight from March 21 to April 16 … Scored a season-best four goals in series finale wins against Georgetown on March 28 and at UConn on April 11 … Four hat tricks … Season-best two assists in Denver’s OT win at Marquette on April 18.

2020:
Appeared in all eight games for Denver … Tallied eight goals stemming from 26 shots and 17 shots on goal … Netted two of her five free-position attempts … Added two ground balls, one caused turnover and one draw control … Recorded her first career hat trick on Feb. 23, 2020 against Harvard.

Before Denver: 
Four-year letterwinner at Bullis School ... Scored 323 points with 234 goals and 89 assists in her high school career ... Named Rookie of the Year following her freshman season ... Two-time ISL All League ... Named team MVP in 2019 ... Two-time All-Met Honorable Mention recipient ... 2019 VS Lacrosse All-American ... 2018 and 2019 team Captain ... Also a four-year letterwinner in soccer.

Personal: 
Daughter of Alex and Kate Gilbert ... Has an older sister Ellie and older brother, James ... Chose Denver because it was the perfect mix of both academics and athletics ... Hopes to win a Big East title along with a National Championship in her career at DU ... Enjoys sailing, playing tennis and photography ... Co-president of Students Against Sexual Assault Club ... Member of the Keen Club and Capital Lacrosse Club ... Recipient of the Principal's Award ... Honor Roll student for four years in high school ... Winner of the David Hellekjaer Award.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    2023Senior

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    2024Graduate Student

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