University of Denver Athletics

Honors and Awards:
Big East Weekly Honor Roll (April 29, 2024) ... All-Big East Second Team (2023, 2024) ... Big East All-Tournament Team (2023, 2024) ... IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week (March 21, 2023) ... Big East Defensive Player of the Week (March 20, 2023) ... USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention ... Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll

2024:
Finished second on the Pioneers with 39 ground balls while starting all 20 games … scored the third goal of her career against San Diego State (2/25) … recorded a ground ball in 16-of-20 contests this season and finished third on Denver with 27 caused turnovers … tied her career-best 5 loose balls against Stanford (3/17) and UConn (5/04) … picked up four loose balls and caused four turnovers in an upset win over Yale (4/22) … recorded a ground ball and caused turnover in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Stanford (5/10) … Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team … All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree … sixth in program history with 98 career caused turnovers

2023:
Finished second on Denver with a career-best 42 caused turnover and placed third with 42 ground balls while starting 22-of-23 games … Also added one draw control and scored her second career goal during the year … Only game she didn’t start was senior day on April 22 vs. Georgetown … Recorded a ground ball in 19-of-23 games and forced at least one turnover in 20 contests during the year … Opened 2023 with a season-best five ground balls and three caused turnovers on Feb. 10 at Louisville … Recorded four loose balls on March 9 vs. Niagara … Scored on March 13 vs. Delaware … Had three ground balls, three caused turnovers and a draw control vs. Boston College on March 19, helping her earn National Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 21 … Recorded a career-high seven caused turnovers and matched a season best with five ground balls at Connecticut in the Big East Championship Game on May 7 … Forced a turnover in both the NCAA First and Second Rounds on May 12-14 and also added a ground ball in Round 2 vs. Albany on May … Caused a turnover in the NCAA Quarterfinals at North Carolina on May 18 and had a ground ball and two caused turnovers on May 26 in the NCAA Semifinals vs. Northwestern.

2022:
Started all 21 games and finished third on the team with 45 ground balls and fourth with 27 caused turnovers, both personal bests … Recorded at least one ground ball in 18 contests and one caused turnover in 17 outings … Added two draw controls as well … Recorded three or more ground balls on eight occasions … Had a then-career-high four ground balls on March 6 vs. Vanderbilt … Forced a personal-best three caused turnovers vs. Fairfield on March 15 … Had three ground balls and one caused turnover in the Big East semifinals vs. UConn on May 5 … Registered two caused turnovers and a draw control in the Big East Final vs. Georgetown on May 7 … Grabbed a career-high seven ground balls vs. Vermont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 13—the most in a game by a DU player during the season and the most in a national tournament game in school history … The seven ground balls were also tied for the most in any postseason contest in school history (conference or national tournament) … Had a ground ball in Round 2 at Boston College on May 15.

2021:
Played in 15 of Denver’s 18 games, scoring a goal, picking up a ground ball, forcing two turnovers and adding three draw controls … Scored in Denver’s series finale against Villanova on April 25.

Before Denver:
Letterwinner at Riverside High School … 2018 Second Team All-Region … 2019 First Team All-Region and First Team All-State … Played club for the Cardinal … Served as team captain.

Personal:
Daughter of Mike and Kendall McCaughey … Has one brother, Michael … Chose DU because it felt like home and was a beautiful campus … Honor Roll in high school … Volunteer at Friends of Homeless Animals … Also lettered in basketball … Majoring in Business Management.