WASHINGTON D.C. – Terrapin women’s lacrosse midfielder Caitlyn McFadden won the Tewaaration Award, annually given to the top men’s and women’s collegiate lacrosse players, last night at the National Museum of the American Indian.
McFadden, who led the Terps to their first national championship since 2001, beat out Northwestern’s Katrina Dowd, North Carolina’s Jenn Russell, Virginia’s Brittany Kalkstein and Penn’s Ali Deluca. Ned Crotty, an attacker for Duke, won the men’s award.
McFadden, supported by her coaches and several of her teammates last night, thanked her parents, her brother, her team and her coaches for the last four years.
Sheis only the second Terp – on both the men’s and women’s side – to win the award. This was the 10th anniversary of the award, and Terps’ Jen Adams won the inagural award in 2001.
It seems fitting that McFadden won it, as Adams was the last Terps women’s lacrosse player to lead the program to the national title.
The Phoenix, Md., native finished her career third on the Terps’ career assists list with 110 and sixth in points with 259. She won ACC Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors this season.
The ceremony will be shown locally on WUSA-Channel 9 on Saturday, June 12th at 12:30 p.m.
Check out the Diamondbackonline next week for reaction from McFadden, coach Cathy Reese and hopefully Jen Adams.
Chris Eckard is the Diamondback’s Terrapin women’s lacrosse beat reporter. He can be reached at ceckard@umdbk.com