Kyra LaMotte

Position:
Attack
Height:
5-11
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
New Trier HS
Hometown:
Winnetka, Ill.
Prev School:
Furman

Honors and Awards:
First Team All-SoCon (2021)
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (March 7, 2022, April 25, 2022)
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2022)
BIG EAST All-Academic (2021-22)

2022 (Gr.): 44G-10A-54 points ... Played in all 18 games during her graduate season, starting in 17 of them ... Ranked fourth on the team and 11th in the BIG EAST with 54 total points (44g, 10a) ... Scored 44 goals, ranking second on the squad and sixth in the BIG EAST ... Finished the year with a .524 shot percentage (44-of-84), third-best in the BIG EAST ... Recorded hat tricks on six occasions ... Totaled a season-high six points on give goals and an assist at Canisius (March 4) ... Also registered season-high five goals at Detroit Mercy (Feb. 25) and versus Butler (April 16) ... Dished out a season-high four assists to go along with a goal at Louisville (Feb. 18) ... Totaled eight free position goals, five ground balls, six caused turnovers and two draw controls on the year.

Prior to Marquette: Played the past four seasons at Furman University, where she appeared in 55 games, scoring 108 goals and registering 12 assists ... In 2021 she led Furman to the SoCon title game and was named First Team All-SoCon after scoring 60 goals ... She tallied a .500 shooting percentage in her career while registering 51 draw controls, 47 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers ... In her senior year in 2021, she scored a team-best 60 goals and dished out five assists ... She scored multiple goals in 12 of 17 games and had 10 games of four-or-more goals ... In high school she played at New Trier in Winnetka, Illinois, whom she led to three-straight conference championships and back-to-back No. 2 state rankings …Named team captain, All-State, All-Conference, Inside Lacrosse Epoch Committed Academy champion, and Scholar-Athlete as a senior … Named to Team Illinois US National Team and Under Armor team, as well as a Scholar-Athlete, as a junior … Also played golf in high school ... Played for head coach Pete Collins in high school.

Personal: Daughter of Beth and Bo LaMotte ... Has one older brother, Drew, who played collegiate baseball at Lehigh University … Working towards her master's in digital media & communications studies.