LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East Conference has announced its 2024 Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference Teams. The All-Conference Teams are made up of twelve student-athletes on each team with two separate All-Conference teams for this season. Four major awards have been handed out including Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year.
All five United East institutions that sponsor Women’s Lacrosse were represented across the two All-Conference teams and major awards. St. Mary’s College of Maryland leads the way with seven individuals named All-Conference, including the Rookie of the Year after an undefeated league season.
Bryn Athyn College has five individuals on the All-Conference teams including the league’s Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year.
Cedar Crest College, Wilson College and Notre Dame of Maryland were each represented by four individuals named to the All-Conference teams.
Major Award Winners
Offensive Player of the Year - Shea Gormley (Bryn Athyn College)
Defensive Player of the Year - Kira Bradley (Bryn Athyn College)
Rookie of the Year - Allie Greeley (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
Co-Coach of the Year - Ramona Walters (Bryn Athyn College)
Co-Coach of the Year - Rylee Gould (Cedar Crest College)
Shea Gormley (Jr. / Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) has been named the 2024 United East Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Bryn Athyn Lions to a 2-seed in the United East playoffs and a 10-3 record this season. Gormley led the United East with 4.85 Goals per Game, scoring 63 goals in just 13 games played. Nationally, Gormley finished #5 in NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse in Goals per Game, #3 in Free Position Percentage (.750), #6 in Shots per Game (10.38), #6 Shots on Goal Per Game (8.08), #33 in Draw Controls per Game (6.69), and #47 in Points per Game (5.31). This is the third straight season where Gormley has won a major award from the league. Gormley was the 2023 CSAC Player of the Year and 2022 CSAC Rookie of the Year in addition to First Team All-Conference honors each of those seasons.
Kira Bradley (So. / Levittown, Pa.) has been named the 2024 United East Defensive Player of the Year after helping the Bryn Athyn Lions to a 2-seed in the United East playoffs and a 10-3 overall record. Bradley managed the back line of a defense that finished in the Top 50 nationally in Caused Turnovers per Game (39th; 12.38) and Scoring Defense (48th; 8.85). Bradley was on the national leaderboard for Ground Balls per Game (36th; 4.08) and Caused Turnovers per Game (50th; 2.46) as well. This is the first major award for Bradley on the lacrosse pitch as she was a First Team All-Conference honoree in the CSAC for the 2023 season. Additionally, Bradley was the Skye Division Player of the Year in Women’s Soccer for the 2023 season.
Allie Greeley (FY / Havre de Grace, Md.) was an immediate contributor in their first season of collegiate competition and has been named the 2024 United East Rookie of the Year. The first-year goalkeeper from St. Mary’s College of Maryland had a .611 Saves Percentage in the four league games across over 147 minutes of game time. With Greeley in net, the Seahawks were the league's best defense, only allowing 9 goals in league play. Nationally, Greely was #35 in Goals Against Average (GAA) with an 8.88 GAA and #45 in Save Percentage with a .474 overall percentage.
Ramona Walters has been named the 2024 United East Co-Coach of the Year after guiding the Bryn Athyn Lions to a 10-3 overall record and the 2-seed in the United East Championships. Additionally, the Lions had both the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. This is the second Coach of the Year honor for Walters, as she won in 2023 when the Lions were a part of the CSAC.
Rylee Gould has been named the 2024 United East Co-Coach of the Year after leading Cedar Crest to a 9-5 overall record, the highest win total since the 2002 season. That year, the Falcons went 12-7 and lost in the CSAC Semi-Finals to Cabrini. This season, the Falcons won their first playoff game, a First-Round victory over Notre Dame of Maryland, since the 1997 PAC Championship game: a 15-12 win over Cabrini. This is the first Coach of the Year award for Gould.
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