2008 IWLCA Women's Lacrosse Award Winners (PDF)
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Playing in the North-South Senior All-Star Game and then receiving a third consecutive All-America honor seemed like a good way to end an outstanding playing career at Gettysburg College for recent graduate
Katie Ceglarski (Darien, Conn./Darien), but the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) wasn’t quite done handing out its awards as it named Ceglarski NCAA Division III Midfielder of the Year to cap its All-American Banquet on June 14.
Ceglarski is the first Bullet in program history to be named the top midfielder in the country by the IWLCA and just the third player named a national player of the year by the organization, joining Megan Murphy ’03 and Kate Murphy ’05, who were named Offensive Player of the Year (2003) and Defensive Player of the Year (2005), respectively. It is Ceglarski’s second player of the year notice, having been tabbed Defensive Midfielder of the Year by Inside Lacrosse in 2006.
The honor is the capstone to a truly outstanding four-year career by Ceglarski in orange and blue. She is the only student-athlete in program history to be named an All-American three times and she is the only one to earn first-team All-Centennial Conference honors on three occasions. The Connecticut native was tabbed a first-team All-American by both the IWLCA and womenslacrosse.com in 2008 after setting personal marks in nearly every offensive statistical category. Ceglarski led the conference and finished 14th in Division III with 95 points coming on 44 goals and 51 assists, marking the fifth-highest scoring season in school history. She accounted for almost 20 percent of Gettysburg’s total offensive production this spring, a remarkable feat considering 21 Bullets posted at least one point. Ceglarski was a major factor on the other side of the ball as well, finishing second on the team in draw controls (54), fourth in ground balls (29), and sixth (tie) in caused turnovers (14).
Complimenting Ceglarski’s full tote of awards are gaudy career statistical numbers. She is the only women’s lacrosse athlete at Gettysburg to accumulate at least 200 points, 100 goals, 100 assists, 200 draw controls, 100 caused turnovers, and 150 ground balls. She is second all-time in assists (123) and caused turnovers (108), while ranking third in draw controls (204), fourth in points (266), fourth (tie) in games played (80), fifth in ground balls (183), and eighth in goals (143). With Ceglarski patrolling of the midfield, Gettysburg racked up a record of 71-17, won a pair of conference championships (2005, 2006), and made four trips to the NCAA playoffs, highlighted by a runner-up showing in 2006. The Bullets won a school-record 21 games in 2006 and received its first No. 1 national ranking, a feat that was repeated the following spring.
