2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster

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23 Abbie Grogan

  • Class Senior
  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-7
  • Letters 3
  • Hometown Louisville, Ky.
  • Major(s) Pre-Professional Zoology
  • High School Kentucky Country Day

Biography

Career Highlights:  2025 NCAC Defensive Player of the Year … two-time IWLCA Great Lakes All-Region (First Team: 2025; Second Team: 2024) … three-time All-NCAC (First Team: 2024, 2025; Third Team: 2023) … two-time NCAC All-Tournament Team (2023, 2024) … OWU record-holder for career draw controls and ground balls. 

2026:  Senior defender …

2025:  Junior midfielder and defender … started all 17 games … led the NCAC with 50 caused turnovers and ranked 15th in NCAA Division III with 2.94 caused turnovers/game … ranked second in the NCAC with 62 ground balls and third in ground balls/game (3.65) … finished with 100 draw controls, third most in the NCAC and ranked second with 5.88 draw controls/game … recorded four draw controls against Wittenberg (Apr. 16) to break the Ohio Wesleyan career record … had four ground balls against DePauw (Apr. 19) to claim the OWU career record … named NCAC Athlete of the Week after both Wittenberg and DePauw performances (Apr. 22) … elected to All-NCAC First Team … won NCAC Defensive Player of the Year … selected to IWCLA Great Lakes Region First-Team.  

2024:  Sophomore midfielder and defender … started all 17 games … led the NCAC in ground balls (64) and ground balls/game (3.53)  … finished second in the NCAC with 94 draw controls  and fifth in draw controls/game (5.53) … ranked fourth in the conference with 26 caused turnovers 1.53 caused turnovers/game … recorded seven draw controls against Kenyon to earn NCAC Defensive Player of the Week (Apr. 9) … selected to the NCAC All-Tournament Team … earned All-NCAC First Team honors … earned a spot on the IWCLA Great Lakes Region Second-Team.  

2023:  Freshman midfielder and defender … started all 17 games … led the team in caused turnovers (26) and ground balls (43) … ranked fifth in NCAC in caused turnovers/game (1.53) and seventh in ground balls/game (2.53) … finished with 16 draw controls … scored first career goal against Transylvania (Mar. 26) … tallied four goals and tossed one assist for five points … recorded four caused turnovers and five ground balls against Wooster (Apr. 26) to help clinch Ohio Wesleyan’s first NCAC Tournament appearance since 2010 … named to the NCAC All-Tournament Team … selected to the All-NCAC Third Team.

High School:  Attended Kentucky Country Day School … lettered four times in soccer, three times in lacrosse, and played basketball … two-time member of the all-state tournament team in lacrosse … helped lacrosse team win back-to-back state championships … nominated as Defensive Player of the Year in lacrosse. 

Personal:  Native of Louisville, Kentucky … parents are Kristen and Stephen … majoring in Pre-Professional Zoology.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023Freshman

    Midfielder-Defender
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2024Sophomore

    Midfielder-Defender
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2025Junior

    Defender
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2026Senior

    Defender
    5'7"
    23