Student-Athlete Features
The Vanderbilt Hustler — Lacrosse leader in the limelight
Honors
• Three-time AAC All-Academic (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
• 2017-18 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
As a Senior (2021) – Game-by-Game Statistics
• AAC All-Academic
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 19 games and started 13
• Totaled 35 points (22 G, 13 A)
• Notched hat tricks three times: at Cincinnati (March 21), vs. Old Dominion (April 3) and vs. Temple (April 23)
• Posted five goals and an assist at East Carolina (March 28)
• Claimed 11 ground balls and caused two turnovers
As a Junior (2020) – Game-by-Game Statistics
• AAC All-Academic
• SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Played in six games and started four
• Finished with one goal, three assists, four points and four ground balls
• One goal and one assist for season-high two points at No. 5 Boston College (Feb. 16)
• Season canceled after nine games due to coronavirus outbreak
As a Sophomore (2019) – Game-by-Game Statistics
• AAC All-Academic Team
• Played in 12 games off the bench as a sophomore attacker
• Was fifth on the team in assists with nine, including two in the AAC semifinals against Florida
• Scored twice for 11 total points
• Finished the season fifth in the AAC in assists per game with 1.50
As a Freshman (2018)
• Appeared in eight games for the Dores as a freshman attacker
• Finished season with two goals
• Scored her first two collegiate goals in win over Furman (Feb. 24)
The Gearhardt File
• Four-year starter for David Gearhardt at the Hutchison School
• Four-time state champion and amassed a 82-8 record in her four years
• Named a first team US Lacrosse All-American all four years and an USL Academic All-American her junior and senior year
• Won the US Lacrosse Jackie Pitts Award her senior year which is given to the player who combines academic and service as well as leadership with athletic accomplishments
• Recipient of the Marjorie Hudson Wright Senior Award for outstanding contribution to the athletics program
• Four-time first team All-State, three-time Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week, and two-time Memphis Commercial Appeal Player of the Year
• Set school records for career assists (317) and points (645) along with single season records for assists (94) and points (181)
• Sara Griffin Gearhardt
• Prefers to be called Griffin
• Daughter to Meg and David Gearhardt
• Has an older sister Loring and older brother Byers
• Loring played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins