WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kristen Shanahan of the No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team was added to the Tewaaraton Watch List, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation Thursday evening.
Kristen Shanahan has made an immediate impact in her first season with the Terps. She is currently second on the team in points with 22 and leads the team in assists with 11. Her four goals against Georgetown helped Maryland erase a four-goal deficit. In her first home game at Maryland, she recorded a career-high six assists. With three assists in the opening quarter, Shanahan posted the program's first three-assist quarter since Eloise Clevenger in 2024 and the first six-assist game since Clevenger accomplished the feat in that same contest. She added three goals and two assists in a 16-12 win over No. 14 Princeton, marking her 17th career multi-goal game, seventh career multi-assist game and 23rd career multi-point game.
Maryland has won eight of the last 13 Tewaaraton awards, with Megan Taylor becoming the first goalie in lacrosse history to win the award in 2019. Before that, Zoe Stukenberg took home the prestigious award in 2017, Taylor Cummings won three straight from 2014-16 and Katie Schwarzmann became the first two-time winner for Maryland in 2012-13. Caitlyn McFadden started the eight-for-13 streak for Maryland, garnering the award in 2010.
Jen Adams won the inaugural Tewaaraton in 2001.
In the 19 years of the award, Maryland has won nine times, the most of any school and has had 26 finalists, including at least one in 16-of-17 seasons under head coach Cathy Reese. Most recently,
Aurora Cordingley was named a finalist in 2022, where she totaled 118 points (67 goals, 51 assists).
The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse players in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.
Players not named to this initial list will have opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch List additions will be announced on March 26, before the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees on April 16. Nominees can be players from the Watch Lists or not from the Watch Lists, effectively allowing for a third round of additions.
Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced on May 7. The Tewaaraton Award recipients will be chosen after the conclusion of the collegiate lacrosse season
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The Terps will face off against James Madison for their Type-1 Awareness game at 12 p.m. on Saturday. The game will air on BIG+.
