MILWAUKEE, Wis. (naccsports.org) --- The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) has announced its all-conference team and major award winners for the 2025 women's lacrosse season.

Regular season champion Lake Forest College secured three of the six major awards as seniors Jenna Doctor and Savannah Frauhiger were named NACC Attacker of the Year and NACC Defender of the Year, respectively, while the coaching staff led by head coach Casey Ryan was selected by their peers as the NACC Coaching Staff of the Year.

Beloit College senior Maya DeGeorge (Grand Junction, Colo.) was named NACC Midfielder of the Year. A pair of Aurora University freshmen secured the final two major awards as Rachel Wickey was named NACC Goalkeeper of the Year and midfielder Olivia Dahlberg was named NACC Freshman of the Year.

Midfielder of the Year - Maya DeGeorge, Sr., M, Beloit College
DeGeorge started all 14 games for the Buccaneers this season, finishing the year with 81 points on 75 goals and five assists. She scored at least two goals in every contest, led by a season-high nine goals in win over Illinois Tech on April 16. DeGeorge scored at least seven goals on four other occasions. Of her 75 goals, 26 came on free-position shots, including a NACC season-best four against MSOE. A reflection of her two-way play and impact on the Beloit squad, DeGeorge ranked either first or second on the team in nearly every major statistical category.

She ranks amongst the leaders in NCAA Division III in a handful of categories, including standing atop the national rankings in ground balls per game at 6.29. DeGeorge also ranks third in free position goals per game (1.86), fourth in both shots (10.64) and shots on goal (8.29) per game, fifth in goals per game (5.36), and seventh in goals (75). She also holds a top-30 national ranking in draw controls per game (13th, 7.50), points per game (24th, 5.79), and caused turnovers per game (29th, 2.57).

This is the second NACC major award for the Beloit program. Maggie Mudd was named NACC Freshman of the Year last season.

Also making the honor roll for the Bucs are senior attack Johanna McNair (Fishers, Ind.) (2nd team), freshman defender Kylie Wolff (Alberta, Canada) (honorable mention) and junior defender Elzbieta Patapaite (Panevazyn, Lithuania) (honorable mention). 

McNair had a record breaking season for the Bucs, breaking the career goals scored record (154) and career points scored record (205). She is second in career assists with 51 and career ground balls with 171. 

Wolff and Patapaite held down a young defense for the Bucs, with Wolff coming on and finding her footing in the second half of the season. 

Read the full article from the NACC and see the complete list of winners here.