University of Denver Athletics

Honors & Awards:
USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American … Preseason Tewaaraton Watch list … Big East Attacker of the Week (2/24, 3/10, 3/31, 4/21) … Big East Attacker of the Year … All Big East First Team … Big East All-Tournament Team ... All-Big East Second Team...Big East Weekly Honor Roll (Feb. 13, 2023; May 1, 2023: 3/18/24)...2023 Preseason Big East Offensive Player of the Year...2023 Preseason All-Big East Team...2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention)...2023 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention)...IWLCA All-West/Midwest Region Second Team (2022) ... All-Big East First Team (2022, unanimous selection, 2024) ... 2022 Big East Freshman of the Year ... Big East Attacker of the Week (3/7/22, 4/15/24) ... Big East Freshman of the Week (2/21/22, 3/14/22, 4/4/22, 5/2/22) ... Big East Weekly Honor Roll (4/25/22).

2025:
Appeared in 19 games for the Pioneers … tied for first on the team with 76 points on 55 goals and 21 assists … her 55 goals are good for 12^th best in a single season in program history … recorded two six-goal outings against Arizona State (2/21) and Georgetown (3/29) … had multi-goal outings in all but three games this season … scored a career-best three free position goals in the win over Georgetown (3/29) … her 14 free position goals tie for sixth most by a Pioneer in a single season … Black ranks sixth all time in program history with 182 career goals, eighth with 69 assists and fifth with 253 career points.


2024:
Recorded 38 goals, 21 assists and 59 points in 20 games … led the Pioneers with five game-winning goals and  finished second on the team in total goals and third in points … picked up a career-high 38 draw control wins … earned a season-high six wins in the circle against Northwestern (3/08) and Colorado (4/03) … had 11 multi-goal performances and recorded a hat trick in 7 games … added 13 ground balls and six caused turnovers … scored the game-winning goal in an upset win over Yale (4/22) … started in 8 of 19 contests, did not play on 5/04 against UConn in the BIG EAST Championship Game (injury)

2023:
Registered 37 goals, seven assists and 44 points in 22 games … Finished second on the team in goals and tied for third in points and added 13 ground balls, four caused turnovers and two draw controls … Had 12 multi-goal performances and recorded a hat trick in six games … Recorded 15 free-position goals on the year, tied with Julia Feiss for fourth on the team’s single-season list … Was third on the team and fourth in the Big East in free-position percentage .536 … Started 21-of-22 contests, as the only game she didn’t start was senior day on April 22 vs. Georgetown … Did not play on Feb. 25 vs. Ohio State (injury) … Began the season by scoring in each of her first six games (11g/1a) from Feb. 10-March 9 … Tallied twice at Maryland on March 5 and had a goal and assist on March 19 vs. Boston College … Had a career-long 20-game goal streak that spread across two seasons come to an end on March 12 vs. Delaware (March 13, 2022-March 9, 2023) … Picked up two points (1g/1a) and two draw controls on April 1 vs. Villanova … Scored the game-winning goal on April 14 vs. Stanford … Recorded four points in an outing four times: April 5 vs. Butler (3g/1a), April 14 vs. Stanford (4g/0a), April 29 at Marquette (3g/1a) and May 12 vs. USC in the NCAA First Round (3g/1a) … Played in all six postseason games, including all four NCAA Tournament contests … Produced two goals and an assist on May 14 vs. Albany in the NCAA Second Round.

2022:
Finished second on the team in all three scoring categories during her freshman campaign by recording 54 goals, 20 assists and 74 points … Her 74 points were the most by a freshman in a single season in school history, breaking the mark that was previously held by Ali Flury in 2007 (72) … Became just the second DU freshman to score 50-plus goals in their first collegiate campaign, as only Flury tallied more goals with 59 in 2007 … The 54 goals were tied for the ninth-most overall in a single season in program history, and she became the first Big East freshman to reach the 50-goal threshold in a campaign since the conference’s realignment in 2014 … Led all Big East freshmen in scoring and ranked fifth nationally among first-year players in goals and points … Additionally, was tied for seventh among NCAA freshmen for assists, ranked sixth in goals per game (2.57) and seventh in points per game (3.52) … Was second on the team with 119 shots and finished with a .454 shooting percentage and a .680 shots-on-goal percentage … Led Denver and ranked first in the Big East with seven game-winning goals … Tied for the team lead with 10 free-position goals (10-for-24) … Started 18-of-21 games … Recorded multiple points in all 21 contests, scored in each of her first six outings (15g/3a) and finished the season on a 14-game goal streak (39g/16a)—the only contest she didn’t score was March 9 vs. No. 1 Boston College … Made her collegiate debut in the season opener on Feb. 13 vs. Louisville and recorded her first collegiate hat trick with three goals … The performance vs. LU was the start of a six-game multi-goal streak and her first of 11 hat tricks during the year … Finished with 17 multi-goal games during the year … Posted back-to-back four-point games vs. UC Davis on March 4 and Vanderbilt on March 6, recording three goals and an assist in each game … Had her first multi-assist contest with two helpers vs. BC on March 9 … Had back-to-back four-goal games in San Diego, Calif., on March 25-27 vs. Drexel and San Diego State … Recorded her first sock trick with a career-high six goals and seven points (6g/1a) at Villanova on April 23, starting a run where she tallied at least three goals in six straight games (March 23-May 13, 22g/8a) … Matched her career high of seven points two games later with four goals and three assists vs. Marquette in the regular-season finale on April 30 … Registered consecutive three-assists outings as she also reached the mark vs. Connecticut in the Big East Tournament Semifinals on May 5 (3g/3a) … Had three goals and an assist vs. Georgetown in the Big East Championship Game on May 7 … Tallied a hat trick vs. Vermont in the first round the NCAA Tournament on May 13 … Picked up a goal and an assist at Boston College on May 15 in the second round of the national tournament to surpass Flury’s freshman record for points in a single campaign.

International:
Won a gold medal with Team Canada at The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in July 2022 (4g/4a in 5GP).

Before Denver: 
2019 British Columbia Lacrosse Association Lacrosse Player of the Year … Gold medalist in the 2019 Canadian Box Nationals, receiving MVP honors in the gold-medal game … Silver medalist in the 2019 Canadian Field Lacrosse Nationals, receiving MVP honors in the gold-medal game … Three-time silver medalist in the Canadian Box Lacrosse Nationals (2016, 2017, 2018) … Captain of 2018 club team … 2019 British Columbia provincial gold medalist and captain of team.

Personal: 
Volunteer box and field lacrosse coach … Enjoys yoga in her spare time … Aspires to major in biology.

Why DU:
"I chose Denver because it has the perfect balance of academics and athletics. I instantly felt at home the first time I walked onto campus. The coaching staff and whole team made me feel so welcomed and I knew that was where I wanted to be."