University of Maryland Athletics

CAREER HONORS

• 2023 Tewaaraton Watch List
• 2023 Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American
• 2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Second Team All-American
• Princeton record holder for career draw controls (214) and draw controls in a season (112)
• 2022 Third-Team IWLCA All-American
• 2022 Second Team Inside Lacrosse All-American
• 2022 Second-Team USA Lacrosse All-American
• 2022 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
• 2022 First-team IWLCA All-Region
• 2022 Ivy League Defender of the Year
• 2022 First-Team All-Ivy
• 2022 Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
• 2019 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2018 Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team

DONOVAN IN THE NEWS
Aerospace engineering grad Marge Donovan aiming for stars with Maryland women's lacrosse (Baltimore Sun, March 29, 2023)

2023 at Maryland: Started in all 21 games appeared in ... Stood second on the team with 19 caused turnovers, third with 24 groundballs and also tallied 10 draw controls ... Led team with three caused turnovers and picked up a groundball in NCAA Second Round vs. #7 James Madison (5/14) ... Notched two groundballs and two caused turnovers in Big Ten Championship vs. #1 Northwestern (5/8) ... Tallied three groundballs and a caused turnover in B1G Quarterfinal win vs. Ohio State (4/29) ... Recorded two groundballs at #18 Penn State (4/13) ... Had a groundball, caused turnover and draw control vs. Ohio State (4/8) ... Notched two groundballs and two caused turnovers in Big Ten Championship vs. #1 Northwestern (5/8) ... Tallied three groundballs and a caused turnover in B1G Quarterfinal win vs. Ohio State (4/29) ... Recorded two groundballs at #18 Penn State (4/13) .. Had a groundball, caused turnover and draw control vs. Ohio State (4/8) ... Caused three turnovers and picked up two groundballs at Villanova (3/11) ... Tallied two draw controls, one groundball, and one caused turnover vs. William & Mary (3/8)

2022 at Princeton: Started all 19 games ... Led team in draw controls (112) and caused turnovers (32) ... Third on team in ground balls (28) ... Led Ivy League and ranked No. 23 in the country in caused turnovers-per-game (1.68) ... Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League and No. 29 in the nation in draw controls-per-game (5.89) ... Scored at Virginia (2/20), adding five draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls ... Won five draws against Temple (2/26) ... Had an assist to go with four draws and two caused turnovers against Cornell (3/5) ... Won seven draw controls at USC (3/8) ... Secured 11 draw controls at San Diego State (3/12) ... Won eight draws, adding three caused turnovers and three draw controls against Penn State (3/18) ... Won seven draws at Loyola (3/23) ... Scored a goal and added five draw controls against Stony Brook (3/29) ... Won five draws, adding two caused turnovers and two ground balls at Brown (4/9) ... Won four draw controls, causing two turnover and picking up a pair of ground balls against Maryland (4/13) ... Won seven draws against Dartmouth (4/16) ... Won three draws, picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers against Harvard (4/23) ... Secured seven draw controls and dished out an assist against Columbia (4/27) ... Won seven draw controls, caused three turnovers and picked up three ground balls against Harvard in Ivy League Tournament semifinal (5/6) ... Set school record with 12 draw controls, adding two caused turnovers, two ground balls and an assist against Yale in Ivy Tournament final (5/8) ... Won six draws and caused a pair of turnovers against UMass in NCAA Tournament first round (5/13) ... Won four draws, caused five turnovers, and picked up four ground balls against Syracuse in NCAA Tournament second round (5/15).
 
2020 at Princeton: Started all five games ... Posted 17 draw controls, 14 ground balls and 7 caused turnovers ... Scooped up four ground balls at Temple (2/15) ... Had three CTs and three GBs against Virginia (2/22) ... Won nine draw controls at Villanova (2/26) ... Won four draws, adding six ground balls and three caused turnovers at Columbia (2/29)

2019 at Princeton: Played in all 20 games and had 43 ground balls, 28 caused turnovers and 15 draws controls ... collected two draws and a ground ball in the season opener versus Temple ... had four draws, caused two turnovers and picked up one ground ball at No. 12 Virginia ... collected two ground balls in a 21-10 win over No. 8 Penn State ... added a ground ball in a 19-1 win over Columbia ... had four ground balls and two caused turnovers in a win over No. 18 Stony Brook ... collected three ground balls while causing two turnovers at No. 16 Florida ... had a season high five caused turnovers, four ground balls and a draw versus Brown and followed up with five ground balls and four caused turnovers at No. 2 Maryland ... earned four ground balls and four caused turnovers in a win over Villanova ... picked up a ground ball in a win at No. 25 Dartmouth ... tallied four ground balls, two caused turnovers in a win over Loyola ... had two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win versus Harvard ... had a ground ball in a 13-11 win at No. 12 Penn ... won a season high seven draws while picking up four ground balls and causing one turnover at Cornell and had a ground ball against the Big Red in the Ivy League semifinal ... had a draw, a caused turnover and a ground ball in the Ivy League championship win over No. 12 Penn ... added two ground balls and a caused turnover against Wagner in the first round of the NCAA tournament ... had a caused turnover and a ground ball versus No. 10 Loyola in the second round ... tallied two caused turnovers and a ground ball at No. 1 Boston College in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy League
• Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America
• Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (April 29)

2018 at Princeton: Led the team in draw controls with 70 to set a Princeton single season record for draws ... added a team-high 37 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers ... played in all 19 games and started in 17 ... had one draw in the season opener at Temple ... had a career-high nine draws, two ground balls and a caused turnover versus No. 16 UVa ... pulled in seven draws and caused a turnover in a win at Lehigh ... picked up three ground balls, caused one turnover and won a draw at Brown ... added two draws and a ground ball at No. 16 Loyola ... had two draws, a ground ball and a caused turnover in a 13-12 win at No. 18 Penn State ... grabbed three ground balls, a draw and caused turnover versus Dartmouth ... won seven draws, three ground balls in a one-goal loss to No. 11 Syracuse ... added three draws, three ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 15-6 win at Delaware ... won seven draws and three ground balls in a win at Harvard ... pulled in four draws, three ground balls and one turnover in a one-goal loss to No. 2 Maryland ... won six draws, with a ground ball and a turnover in an 18-4 win over Yale ... had one caused turnover and a draw in a win over Cornell ... won seven draws with three ground balls in a 21-8 win over No. 10 Penn ... picked up six ground balls, three draws and a caused turnover in the regular-season finale at Columbia ... added two draws and a ground ball in the Ivy League semifinal with the Lions ... had one draw, one caused turnover, one ground ball in the Ivy League championship with No. 13 Penn ... had four draws, two caused turnovers and a ground ball in the first round of the NCAA tournament with No. 19 Syracuse ... added two draws, two ground balls and two caused turnovers at No. 4 Boston College in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Awards
• Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
• Honorable Mention All-Ivy League

Before Princeton: Donovan and the McDonogh Eagles went undefeated during her four years with a perfect 86-0 record ... as a senior captain she caused 28 turnovers, had 10 ground balls and scored once ... McDonogh won four Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) titles, as the top-ranked program in the nation ... named both a US Lacrosse All-America and an Under Armour All-America as a senior, as well as IAAM all-conference ... added Baltimore Sun first-team All-Metro, Varsity Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year, Howard C. Eyth Scholar-Athlete and the McDonogh School Golden Eagle Awards ... all-IAAM in soccer and indoor track ... named IAAM all-conference goalkeeper and won the Coaches Award as senior soccer captain ... captained the indoor track & field team as a senior, earning all-conference honors as she won the shot put, took second in the 500 and second in the 4x400 relay .... Baltimore Sun recognized her as a second-team All-Metro selection and the Eagle Award in the sport of track and field ...played club lacrosse for the Skywalkers 2017 Blue.

Personal: Full name is Margaret Francis Donovan ... parents are Dan (Loyola '95) and Sheila (UMBC '94) ... Dan is a contractor and Sheila is a pre-school teacher ... has an older brother Joe (Villanova '18).