Marquette University Athletics
2027 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Mary Velner
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Position:
- Defense
- Hometown:
- Edina, MN
- High School:
- Edina
Honors/Awards
2025–26
Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2024–25
All-BIG EAST Second Team
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (April 14, 2025)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023–24
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2026 (Jr.): Named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team ... Started all 16 games ... Finished with 29 ground balls and led the team with 27 caused turnovers.
2025 (So.): Scored one goal for one point while starting all 16 games on defense ... Earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors ... Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after tying career highs with three ground balls and three caused turnovers vs. UConn (April 12) ... Netted a goal at Cincinnati (Feb. 20) ... Recorded three games with three caused turnovers ... Logged seven games with three ground balls.
2024 (Fr.): Scored one goal for one point while appearing in 14 games, including six starts ... Recorded two ground balls in first career start at Northwestern (Feb. 19) ... Tallied first career goal with three ground balls, one caused turnover and one draw control at Niagara (March 3) ... Posted a career-high two caused turnovers at Ohio State (March 12).
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Edina High School in Edina, Minnesota ... Named All-American as a senior ... Helped team to a runner-up finish at the 2023 state finals and earned All-Tournament Team honors ... Earned First Team All-Section and Second Team All-State honors as a junior and senior ... Won three conference championships ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Played club lacrosse for Minnesota Elite ... Also a five-year letterwinner in cross country and one-year letterwinner in hockey.
Personal: Daughter of Steve and Teri Velner ... Has three siblings, Henry, Charlie and Frank.
