Elise Smigiel

Position:
Attack/Midfield
Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Germantown Academy
Hometown:
Flourtown, Pa.

Honors and Awards
BIG EAST All-Academic (2021-22)

2022 (Fr.): 23G-3A-26 points ... Appeared in 17 games, making one start during her freshman campaign ... Totaled 26 points on 23 goals and three assists ... Also recorded two free position goals, four ground balls and a caused turnover ... Took 53 shots on the year, 44 of which were on goal ... Scored a season-high three goals on two occasions, at San Diego State (March 15) and at UConn (April 2) ... Had two of her three assists in a three-point effort against Villanova (April 9) ... Took 53 shots on the year, 44 of which were on goal ... Had two goals and a ground ball against Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals (May 5).

Prior to Marquette: Lettered (4x) in lacrosse at Germantown Academy under head coach Mary Dean ... Also swam for three years in addition to playing one year of varsity volleyball and one year of varsity volleyball ... Smigiel was named to the 2021 All-Inter-Ac League First Team and her school's Team MVP in addition to winning the Inter-Ac Athletic League Athletic Director Award in 2021 ... She scored over 100 goals in her prep career at Germantown ... A four-year varsity starter, she also made the 2019 Philly National Tournament Team and the 2018 Under Armour Philadelphia Command Team ... She was named the 2018 MSJA Rookie of the Year and won the 2018 Abby O'Bierne Memorial Award ... She led Germantown to the PAISAA Semifinals in 2019 and the 2021 Inter-Ac League Tournament Semifinals ... Played club for Phantastix Lacrosse Club under coach Lorraine Beers.

Personal: Born in Flourtown, Pa., on June 25, 2003 to Margaret and Jim Smigiel ... Has an older brother, Rowan, and a younger sister, Lucy ... Both her mother and father rowed in college at Drexel University ... Her brother, Rowan, is currently on the rowing team at Drexel … Planned major is exercise physiology.