Faith Chmielewski

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Westminster
Hometown:
Westminster, Md.

Honors and Awards
BIG EAST All-Academic (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

2024 (Sr.): Started in all 17 games … Second on the team in ground balls (29) and caused turnovers (18) … Three ground balls at Northwestern (Feb. 19) … Three ground balls and two caused turnovers at Niagara (March 3) … Three ground balls and one caused turnover at Ohio State (March 12) … Three ground balls and career-high four caused turnovers against Eastern Michigan (March 17) … Four ground balls vs. Michigan (March 24) … Three ground balls and four caused turnovers vs. Villanova (April 27).

2023 (Jr.): Saw action in all 19 games and started in two ... Tallied 26 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers ... Ranked fourth on the team in ground balls and third in caused turnovers ... In the second game of the season at Youngstown State (Feb. 17), Picked up three ground balls and caused two turnovers ... Had season-high four ground balls at Cincinnati (Feb. 19) in a win ... Picked up two ground balls and a caused turnovers at Eastern Michigan (March 24) ... Scooped up three ground balls and two caused turnovers against Ohio State (April 4) ... Totaled a season-best three caused turnovers and one ground ball in the BIG EAST Semifinal against UConn (May 5).

2022 (So.): Appeared in all 18 games, making 16 starts during her sophomore campaign ... Totaled 28 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers and two draw controls on the year ... Her 28 ground balls ranked third on the squad ... Started each of the final 16 games of the year ... Had a season-best four ground balls to go along with two caused turnovers at Niagara (March 6) ... Had three ground balls apiece at Oregon (March 20) and versus Central Michigan (March 27).

2021 (Fr.): Appeared in nine games during the 2021 season ... Came off the bench to make her MU debut at Cincinnati, picking up one ground ball (Feb. 14) ... Appeared against Oregon (Feb. 26) and at Kent State (Feb. 28) ... Played against UConn on March 21 ... Picked up one GB and caused a turnover at Villanova (March 26) ... Appeared at Villanova in an 8-7 win (March 28) ... Appeared at Georgetown (April 11) ... Played in both games at Butler (April 23 and 25) to conclude her true freshman season.

Prior to Marquette: Lettered four times in lacrosse and soccer at Westminster High School ... Also lettered three times in indoor track, where she ran in the 400, 800 and 4x800-meter relays (4x800 county champion) ... Played high school lacrosse under head coach John Brown and won state and regional championships in her sophomore and junior seasons ... She was a captain as a senior for both her soccer and lacrosse teams ... In her junior year she had 48 goals, 29 assists, 53 ground balls and 40 caused turnovers ... Played club for Skywalkers Blue under Melissa Diepold and Ally Carey ... Helped her team finish second at the 2019 Genesis Tournament ... Chmielewski made the 2017 Maryland Select Team for the Brine All-American National Classic ... Also played on the 2018 Maryland Metro Team for the U.S. Lacrosse National School Girl Tournament.

Personal: Daughter of Norman and Christine Chmielewski ... Has two sisters, Hannah and Kirsten ... Birthday is Novermber 12 ... Majoring in biomedical sciences and minoring in business administration at MU.