Cole Willard Season 2018

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Played in 33 games, including two as a starter...Totaled 25 points on 20 goals and five assists, 21 ground balls and one caused turnover...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten honors.
 
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Started first two games before suffering a season-ending injury.

2020 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

Season: Played in six games…Finished with two goals, two assists and four ground balls…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
at Villanova (2/8): Tallied one assist and one ground ball. Saint Joseph’s (2/15): Registered one assist. at Penn (2/29): Scored a goal and picked up one ground ball. vs. Cornell (3/8): Scored a goal and picked up two ground balls.
 
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
 
Season: Played in 16 of the team’s 18 games, finishing with 15 points on 13 goals and two assists…Added 12 ground balls.
 
Villanova (2/2): Scored his first goal of the season on his only shot of the game. Robert Morris (2/9): Picked up two ground balls. Penn (3/2): Scored one goal. vs. Cornell (3/8): Picked up one ground ball. at Maryland (3/31): Scored a goal. Ohio State (4/7): Scored a season-high three goals. at Michigan (4/13): Finished with one goal and one ground ball. Johns Hopkins (4/21): Registered one assist. Rutgers (4/27): Scored first two goals of the game as the Lions clinched their first Big Ten regular-season title. Johns Hopkins (5/4): Contributed one goal and one ground ball as the team secured its first Big Ten Tournament title. UMBC (5/12): Scored one goal. vs. Loyola (Md.) (5/19): Finished with three points on two goals and one assist. vs. Yale (5/25): Played in the program’s first NCAA National Semifinal game.
 
2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in nine games…Finished the season with five goals and one assist along with five ground balls. 
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Attended Cazenovia Central School for four years before completing a preparatory year at Salisbury School.…Named to Maverik Showtime All-Star Team following his freshman season…In sophomore season, won New York Class C Section III Championship and named first-team all-league…Ranked No. 18 on Inside Lacrosse Top 75 Juniors list…Recorded 53 goals and 18 assists in his junior season, won New York Class C Section III Championship, named Cazenovia MVP, All-Central New York Boys Lacrosse Team, New York Class C Section III first-team all-league and earned All-USA honorable mention…Won New York Class C Section III Championship and was named All-Central New York Co-Player of the Year, US Lacrosse High School All-American, US Lacrosse Bob Scott Award, Cazenovia MVP, All-Central New York Lacrosse Team and New York Class C Section III first-team all-league as a senior…Recorded 81 goals and 32 assists in senior season…Played club for Orange Crush.
 
PERSONAL
Born Cole Willard on October 27, 1997, in Annapolis, Maryland…Parents are Brian and Jeanne Willard…Father played lacrosse at Maryland…Has two siblings, Chase and Chloe…Majored in communication, arts and sciences.