#16 Julie Blaze Season 2015-16

HONORS
2019 AAC First Team
2019 AAC All-Tournament Team
2019 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (2/26/19)
2019 AAC All-Academic Team
2018 Second Team All-BIG EAST
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (2/27/18)
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Week (2/13/18)
2018 First Team Preseason All-BIG EAST
2017 First Team All-BIG EAST
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (2/14/17)
2017 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHS: 
Goals: 5 vs. Kennesaw St., (2/11/17)
Assists: 2 (three times)
Points: 6 vs. Kennesaw St. (2/11/18)
Draw Controls: 7 (twice) last time vs UConn (4/14/19)
Ground Balls: 5 vs Oregon (3/28/18)
Caused Turnovers: 4 vs Oregon (3/28/17)

Senior (2019):

• Started all 16 games as a midfielder for the Commodores
• She totaled 28 points with 22 goals and six assists
• Notched her 100th career goal in the AAC semifinals against Florida
• Surpassed the 100-point mark in her 50th career game against Kennesaw State
• Named to the AAC second team to make the All-Conference team for the second straight week
• Earned a spot on the AAC All-Tournament for her two-goal, five ground ball performance in the semifinals

Junior (2018): 

• Started all 17 games as a junior midfielder, posting 44 points on 33 goals and 11 assists
• Earned All-BIG EAST Second Team honors
• Finished third on the team in both points and goals
• 33 goals ties her career high, set in 2017, while 11 assists and 44 points are new career highs
• Finished second on the team with 41 draw controls, third on the team in points and goals and fourth in assists, ground balls and caused turnovers

Sophomore (2017): 

• Started 14 of 15 games for the Dores during her sophomore campaign
• Selected to the first team All-BIG EAST at the end of the season
• Finished the year with 33 goals, five assists, 38 points, 18 ground balls, 22 draw controls and caused 12 turnovers
• Led the team in goals, second in points, fourth in draw controls and caused turnovers and fifth in ground balls
• First sophomore to lead the team in goals since April Tellam in 1999
• Set a career high in goals with five in the home opening win against Kennesaw State
• Five of the Dores six wins came when Blaze scored multiple goals
• Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following her performance against the Owls
• Scored multiple goals in 11 of the 15 games
• Named to the 2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman (2016): 

• Played in all 16 games and started in seven during her first season on campus
• Tallied 12 goals, two assists, 20 ground balls, eight draw controls, nine caused turnovers and was 5-for-7 on free position shots
• First among Commodore freshmen in points with 14,goals with 12 and second in ground balls with 20
• Earned her first collegiate goal in the opening game of the season at Kennesaw State
• Scored a season-high three goals twice against Cincinnati and Villanova
• Season-high five ground balls came against Cincinnati and Villanova
• Named to 2016 First Year SEC Academic Honor.

High School:

• Three-year starter for coaches Kim Simons and Wendy Kridel at Bryn Mawr
• Named US Lacosse High School All-American honorable mention for 2015
• Named US Lacrosse High School Academic All-American twice, in 2014 and 2015
• As a senior, she scored 31 goals, dished out 10 assists, won 33 draw controls and collected 27 ground balls
• Served as captain in lacrosse, field hockey and indoor track

Personal:

• Julie Hilgartner Blaze
• Born July 16, 1997
• Daughter of John and Emilie Blaze
• Has one brother, Hil, and two sisters, Patty and Nellie
• Hil played lacrosse at Furman University… Majoring in Human and Organizational Development