Biography
Honors and Awards:
2024 IWLCA Preseason Defender of the Year … BIG EAST Preseason Defender of the Year … USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American … IWLCA Preseason All-American … Tewaaraton Watch List … IWLCA Midseason All-American … USA Lacrosse First-Team All-American … IL Women Honorable Mention All-American … Big East Weekly Honor Roll (4/1) ... 2023 IWLCA National D-I Defender of the Year ... 2023 Honda Sports Award for lacrosse finalist ... 2x IWLCA All-American First Team (2022, 2023) ... 2023 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team ... 2x IWLCA West/Midwest Region First Team (2022, 2023) ... IWCLA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team (2021) … 2x Big East Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023, unanimous selection both years) ... 2x All-Big East First Team (2022, 2023, unanimous selection both years) ... Big East Second Team (2021) … Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2021) … 3x Big East All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022, 2023) ... 3x IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week (March 8, 2022; March 16, 2022; May 2, 2023) ... 5x Big East Defensive Player of the Week (March 7, 2022; March 14, 2022; March 28, 2022; April 4, 2022; April 10, 2023) ... Big East Weekly Honor Roll (April 17, 2023) ... 2x USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American First Team (2022, 2023) ... Inside Lacrosse All-American First Team (2023) ... Inside Lacrosse All-American Second Team (2022) ... 2x Tewaaraton Nominee (2022, 2023)... 2x Preseason All-Big East Team (2022, 2023) ... 2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (First Team) ... 2022 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Defensive Player of the Year ... 2023 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (First Team) ... 2022 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (Third Team) ... Team MVP (2023) ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023)
2024:
Appeared in 13 games including 12 as a starter after suffering an injury against Colorado (4/3) … earned a season-best four draw controls against Louisville (2/9) and Georgetown (3/29) … picked up four loose balls at Michigan (2/17) and against UConn (3/24) … ranked fourth on the Pioneers with 25 ground balls and fifth with 21 caused turnovers … holds the program records for ground balls (182) and caused turnovers (186)
2023:
Served as one of the team’s captains and led the team with 53 caused turnovers—the third-most in a season in program history … First DU player to be named the IWLCA D-I Defender of the Year … Ranked second on the team with 59 ground balls and third with 45 draw controls … Was one of six players in the nation to record at least 40 caused turnovers, 40 ground balls and 30 draw controls during the 2023 campaign, and was one of two players with 50 or more caused turnovers and ground balls and 40-plus draw controls … Recorded at least one caused turnover in 20-of-23 games and picked up at least one ground ball in 21 of those contests … Led the Big East Conference and ranked seventh in the nation with 2.3 caused turnovers per game … Had a season-high six draw controls on April 8 at Connecticut … Recorded her first career point with an assist on April 14 vs. Stanford while also adding five caused turnovers, three ground balls and three draw controls in the contest … Tied a season best with five ground balls and matched a career high with six caused turnovers on April 29 at Marquette, tied for the seventh-most CTs in a game in program history and going on to earn her third career IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week honor (May 2) … Also had five ground balls and added three caused turnovers and two ground balls on April 1 vs. Villanova … Combined for 13 ground balls, 12 draw controls and seven caused turnovers in four NCAA Tournament games, helping guide the Pioneers to their first appearance in the Final Four and Championship Weekend … Recorded three caused turnovers, three draw controls and two ground balls in Round 1 vs. Southern California on May 12 and grabbed four loose balls, won four draws and forced one turnover in the Second Round vs. Albany on May 14 … Against North Carolina in the NCAA Quarterfinals on May 18, registered one draw control, three ground balls and three caused turnovers, including forcing a key turnover during a UNC free-position attempt in the closing minutes to seal DU's first-ever win in the Elite Eight … Registered four ground balls and four draw controls in the NCAA Semifinals vs. No. 1 Northwestern on May 26 … Has started in 69-of-70 games in her career, with the only contest she didn’t start being 2021 Senior Day on April 25, 2021 vs. Villanova (played in all 70 games) … Second in program history in total caused turnovers (164), trailing only Kate Henrich’s 170 (2010-2013), tied for fifth in career ground balls (157) and eighth in draw controls (143) … While on the roster, Denver has reached at least the NCAA Sweet 16 in each of the three seasons and won both the Big East Conference regular-season and tournament championships three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023) while posting a 63-7 overall record and a 21-0 mark in conference games (no postseason play in 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic).
2022:
Led all players in the country in caused turnovers (64) and caused turnovers per game (3.05) … It was the second-most caused turnovers in a single season in program history (Kate Henrich, 70, 2013) and moved her into second-place in school history for career CTs with 112 (Henrich, 170, 2010-13) … Ranked second on the team in both draw controls (49) and ground balls (47) … One of 25 women finalists for the Tewaaraton Award given to college lacrosse’s top player … Started all 21 games and had 13 games with three or more caused turnovers, including in all four postseason contests … Produced nine games with three or more ground balls and nine games with three-plus draw controls … Grabbed three ground balls and recorded a career-high six caused turnovers on Feb. 20 at California, tied for the seventh-most CTs in a game in school history … It was the 20th occurrence where a player had six or more caused turnovers in a contest … Forced five or more turnovers in three games overall, causing five on both March 4 vs. UC Davis and May 7 vs. Georgetown in the Big East Championship Game … Picked up four total Big East Defensive Player of the Week Awards and earned back-to-back IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week Awards on March 8 and 16, becoming the first Denver player to earn the national award multiple times … Earned her first national weekly award after registering five caused turnovers, four ground balls and four draw controls vs. UC Davis on March 4 and a career-high six ground balls, three caused turnovers and three draw controls vs. Vanderbilt on March 6 … The following week, forced four turnovers, had two ground balls and one draw control vs. No. 1 Boston College on March 9 and earned four caused turnovers, three draw controls and one ground ball at No. 8 Michigan on March 13 … Registered a career-high seven draw controls at San Diego State on March 27 … Produced four caused turnovers and four ground balls at Butler on April 2 … Had four caused turnovers and four draw controls at Georgetown on April 15 … Recorded five draw controls, three ground balls and three caused turnovers the next week at Villanova on April 23 … Earned four caused turnovers, three ground balls and two draw controls vs. UConn in the Big East Semifinals on May 5 … Came up with five caused turnovers, three ground balls and a draw control in the conference title game vs. Georgetown on May 7 … Registered three caused turnovers, three draw controls and two ground balls in the NCAA Tournament first round vs. Vermont on May 13 … Caused three turnovers and gathered one ground ball and one draw control at Boston College on May 15 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2021:
Played in all 18 games, starting 17 in Denver’s defense … Picked up 36 ground balls, caused 35 turnovers and picked up 35 draw controls … Multiple GBs in 12 games, including a season-best five in Denver’s home opener against Arizona State on March 7 … Multiple CTs in 12 games, including a season-best five in Denver’s home opener against Arizona State on March 7 … Multiple draws in 12 games, including a season-best five in the series opener against Georgetown on March 26.
2020:
Appeared in eight games for the Pios, starting all eight … Ranked first on the team in caused turnovers (13), second on the team in draw controls (14) and third in ground balls (15) … Recorded a career-high three caused turnovers on Feb. 15, 2020 at Louisville … Tallied a career-high five ground balls on March 1, 2020 at Vanderbilt and a career-best five draw controls on March. 4, 2020 against Fresno State.
Before Denver:
Four-year letterwinner at McDonogh High School ... Three-time IAAM Champion ... Overall High School record of 86-1 ... 2018 second team Baltimore Sun All-Metro Team ... 2019 first team All-Metro Baltimore Sun ... Named to the 2019 Baltimore Sun Player to Watch List ... 2019 IAAM All-Conference team ... Team voted, Eagle Award, Golden Eagle Award and Senior Captain ... Named to the top 100 Incoming Freshman Player to Watch List ... Played for M&D Lacrosse Club for seven seasons ... Also lettered in squash and cross country along with playing three seasons of soccer.
Personal:
Daughter to Steve and Debbie Thacker ... Has two sisters, Sydni and Riley ... Chose Denver because of the atmosphere and the team ... Hopes to pursue career in business or law ... Enjoys doing community service ... One Love Club Leader ... Member of FCA ... Deans List, Honor Roll and National Latin Honor Society Member ... Majoring in Business.
