#36 Molly Finlay Season 2022-23
Attack
Honors:
• 2024 All-AAC Second Team
• AAC Honor Role (March 25, 2024)
• AAC Honor Role (March 4, 2024)
• Two-time SEC All-Academic Honor Roll (2023-2024)
• Two-time AAC All-Academic (2023, 2024)
As a Junior (2024)
• Started all 17 games, posting 40 points off 30 goals and 10 assists. Picked up 39 draw controls and 17 ground balls and caused five turnovers
• Had fifth hat trick of season in win at Old Dominion (April 6)
• Posted six points off five goals and one assist in win at Xavier (March 20). Also had four draw controls, one ground ball
• Scored once in conference opener at Temple (March 17)
• Had two goals, four draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover against Mercer (March 13)
• Scored three goals and had one assist for four points in win over Arizona State. Also had five draw controls and one ground ball (March 10)
• Dished one assist and had five ground balls at No. 15 Johns Hopkins (March 6)
• Had a career-high eight points off five goals and three assists in win over Kennesaw State. Also had two draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover (March 2)
• Posted four goals on five shots, had two ground balls and two draw controls and added one assist and one caused turnover in win at Butler (Feb. 21)
• Had two goals, two ground balls and six draw controls in season opener against Central Michigan (Feb. 17)
As a Sophomore (2023)
• Appeared in 15 games (nine starts)
• Finished with 15 points on 11 goals and four assists
• Tally four groundballs and two draw controls
As a Freshman (2022)
• Made 10 appearances
• Scored twice on five shots
• First career goal came in win over #12 Notre Dame (Feb. 19)
The Finlay File
• Prepped at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School under head coach Katie McMahon-Gates
• Has notched 175 points (117 goals, 58 assists) through junior season
• 2019 first-team all-conference
• 2019 second-team all-state
• 2019 all-MET honorable mention
• Two-time School Girls First Team
• Played for Capital Lacrosse Club
• Daughter of Rebecca and Chris Finlay
• Has two older brothers, Ryan and Ben, and an older sister, Meghan
• Brother, Ryan, played lacrosse at Brown, and brother, Ben, plays lacrosse at Princeton
• Sister, Meghan, rides equestrian at Rhodes
Why Vandy: “The first time I visited Nashville I knew needed to be here. It’s the best city, school, and student body in the country.”