Julia Massaro Season 2019

Career Accolades

• Member of inaugural Pac-12 Tournament championship team in 2018
• 2019 team captain
• Two-time Inside Lacrosse Media All-America honorable mention (2018, 2019)
• Two-time IWLCA All-Region first team (2018, 2019)
• Two-time All-Pac-12 first team (2018, 2019)
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2018, 2019)
• Two-time IWLCA Academic honor roll (2018, 2019)
• 2019 Tewaarton Award watch list
• 2018 IWLCA All-America third team
• 2017 MPSF All-Academic
• 2017 MPSF All-Tournament team
• Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (April 2, 2018; April 23, 2018; April 15, 2019) 
• Inside Lacrosse National Defensive Player of the Week (April 4, 2018)
• Finished as program's all-time career leader with 224 draw controls
• Finished career 10th all-time at Stanford with 101 career ground balls 
• Set single-season school record with 103 draw controls in 2019
  • Broke her previous record of 86 draw controls in 2018 
• Set single-game school record with 18 draw controls in win at Oregon (April 14, 2019) 
  • Broke her previous record of 11 draw controls in win over Cal (April 20, 2018)
• Also finished career with two goals, three assists, five points and 46 caused turnovers
• Julia Massaro: My Stanford Story

As a Senior (2019)

• Team captain
• Inside Lacrosse Media All-America honorable mention
• IWLCA All-Region first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• IWLCA Academic honor roll
• Tewaaraton Award watch list
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (April 15)
• Set school record and finished second in the Pac-12 with 103 draw controls
• Set single-game school record with 18 draw controls in win at Oregon (April 14)  
• Led team and finished fifth in the Pac-12 with 45 ground balls
• Also finished with two assists and 14 caused turnovers
• Started all 19 games
• Had five or more draw controls in 12 games
• Season-high five ground balls against No. 19 Denver (Feb. 8)
• Eight draw controls in win over UC Davis (Feb. 21)
• Five draw controls, three ground balls, one caused turnover and an assist in win at Albany (March 1)
• Nine draw controls and three ground balls against No. 16 USC (March 31)
• Five draw controls, four ground balls and an assist in win over San Diego State (April 4)
• Four ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers in NCAA Tournament against No. 7 Notre Dame (May 10)

As a Junior (2018)

• Member of Pac-12 Tournament championship team
• IWLCA All-America third team
• IWLCA All-Region first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• IWLCA Academic honor roll
• Inside Lacrosse National Defensive Player of the Week (April 4) 
• Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (April 2 and April 23) 
• Set single season school record with 86 draw controls
• Set school record with 11 draw controls in win over Cal (April 20)
• Fifth in the Pac-12 in draw controls
• Played and started all 20 games
• Had at least one draw control in all but one game, and multiple draw controls in all but two games
• Second on the team with 39 groundballs
• Third on the team with 18 caused turnovers
• Scored and added nine draw controls and season-high three caused turnovers in win over UC Davis (April 5)
• Season-high four ground balls in wins at No. 16 Duke (March 2) and at Cal (April 20)

As a Sophomore (2017)

• MPSF All-Academic team
• MPSF All-Tournament team
• Played in 14 games and started eight
• Finished third on the team with 29 draw controls
• Also finished with 16 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and one assist
• Multiple draw controls in each of the last seven games
• Multiple caused turnovers in each of the last three games
• Season-high five draw controls against Fresno State (April 11) and Oregon (April 14)
• Four ground balls, two draw controls, two caused turnovers and first career assist in win over San Diego State (April 23)
• Season-high three caused turnovers in conference tournament semifinal against Colorado (April 28)

As a Freshman (2016)

• Made her career debut against Harvard (Feb. 27)
• Appeared in 11 games 
• Finished season with six draw controls as well as a ground ball and a caused turnover
• Scored her first collegiate goal at Fresno State (Apr. 15)

The Massaro File

• A 2015 graduate of Rye Country Day School in Rye, N.Y.
• Captured two New York Independent Schools titles.
• Captained both the Rye Country lacrosse and soccer teams.
• Three-time All-Fairchester Athletic Association.
• 2015 All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference.
• Played five years of varsity high school lacrosse, beginning as an eighth grade.
• All-America and  All-Academic as a senior.
• Scored 78 goals and had 37 assists as a sophomore.
• Holds Rye Country Day records for career and season goals and assists.
• 2012 Hustle Award winner at Stanford Winter Camp.
• Played club for Revolution Lacrosse, with REV Westchester.
• Parents are Edward and Joanne
• Has two brothers, Edward and William
• Father played baseball at Yale
• Senior class president
• Volunteered for Harlem Lacrosse