May 18, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Senior Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) continues to rack up postseason awards as she was named an Inside Lacrosse Second-Team All-American as voted on by members of the media earlier Friday afternoon while junior classmates Kayla Brisolari (Crofton, Md.) and Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.) were each tabbed honorable mention.
This marks the third consecutive week the trio of O'Donnell, Carter and Brisolari have earned postseason accolades as each were named to the 2018 All-Big Ten Team and the 2018 IWLCA All-Region Team for the West/Midwest Region earlier this month. Carter and O'Donnell each earned third-team recognition on the inaugural IL All-America teams following the 2017 season while Steph Lazo '17 landed on the second-team.
O'Donnell, who was also a preseason Inside Lacrosse All-American, finished the 2018 campaign second on the team with 61 goals and 67 points while leading the team with 16 multi-goal efforts this season including five games with at least five goals. In her final game as a Nittany Lion, O'Donnell became just the fourth player in program history to eclipse the 200-goal plateau finishing her career with 203 goals scored while also ranking sixth all-time with 227 career points.
Brisolari finished the season with 10 goals and three assists, but ranked second on the team with 76 draw controls and 24 caused turnovers while her 23 groundballs were good for fourth. Carter, also a preseason IL All-American, deposited 62 goals to lead the team a year after setting a Penn State sophomore record with 70 tallies. The junior also paced the team in draw controls for the second-consecutive season with 119 and currently ranks fifth just behind O'Donnell on the Penn State all-time goals list with 180 goals, which ranks second nationally among current members of the junior class.
All three student-athletes remain eligible for IWLCA All-American honors, which will be announced in June.