Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 Champion (2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2018, 2021)
  • IWLCA All-Region second team (2021)
  • All-Pac-12 Conference first team (2021)
  • Two-time IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2018)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2019)
  • Signed with Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse (Summer 2021)

As a Fifth-Year (2021) • Pac-12 Champions, Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • IWLCA All-Region second team
  • All-Pac-12 Conference first team
  • IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 
  • Played in and started 11 games
  • Second on the team with 41 draw controls
  • Third on the squad with 21 ground balls
  • Also recorded a goal, an assist and eight caused turnovers
  • Career-high 10 draw controls in an overtime win at Arizona State (April 16)

As a Senior (2020)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 
  • Played in and started seven games
  • Ranked second on the team in draw controls (34) and ground balls (17)
  • Totaled three caused turnovers
  • Season-high six ground balls against San Diego State (Feb. 16)
  • Season-high eight draw controls against UC Davis (Feb. 22)

As a Junior (2019)

  • IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • Played in and started 18 games (missed one game due to injury)
  • Finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 1.22 caused turnovers per game
  • Led team with 22 caused turnovers
  • Ranked second on the team in ground balls (42), and had at least one in 17 of 18 games
  • Ranked fourth on the team in draw controls (23)
  • Also finished with one assist
  • Season-high five ground balls, three draw controls and three caused turnovers against No. 16 USC (March 31)
  • Three draw controls and a ground ball in Pac-12 Tournament win over Oregon (April 25)
  • Three ground balls and three caused turnovers in NCAA Tournament against No. 7 Notre Dame (May 10)

As a Sophomore (2018)Pac-12 Tournament Champions

  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team
  • Played in 19 games, starting 18
  • Totaled one assist, 28 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and eight draw controls
  • Picked up at least one ground ball in 16 games, multiple ground balls in 10 games
  • Season-high three caused turnovers in win over UC Davis (April 5)
  • First career assist and season-high three ground balls in win over Oregon (April 15)
  • Matched season-high three ground balls in Pac-12 Tournament semifinal victory over No. 20 USC (April 27)
  • Two ground balls and a caused turnover in NCAA First round game against Virginia (May 11)

As a Freshman (2017)

  • Played and started all 18 games
  • Totaled 18 ground balls, 10 draw controls and seven caused turnovers

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2016 graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. Calif.
  • Two-time All-American
  • 2014 All-American Honorable Mention
  • Two-time St. Ignatius Award recipient 
  • Two-time WCAL first-team selection
  • 2015 WCAL Defender of the Year
  • 2016 Fr. Edward McFadden Award recipient
  • Led St. Ignatius to two WCAL Championships (2015 & 2016)
  • Ranked No. 1 West HS Region in 2015
  • Earned eight letters in soccer and lacrosse
  • Captained soccer 2015-16
  • Captained lacrosse 2016

Personal

  • Daughter of Monica and Eric Hilcu
    • Mother rowed crew at Purdue
  • Has one sibling, Sophie
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