35 Named to Inside Lacrosse Men's and Women's All-America Teams

ROSEMONT, Ill. – A total of 35 Big Ten men’s and women’s lacrosse student-athletes were included as Inside Lacrosse Magazine announces its list of 2023 Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse All-America Teams on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Six Big Ten teams were recognized among the league’s 18 women’s honors, including eight from Northwestern and five from Maryland. On the men’s side, 17 student-athlete from five universities were honors, including five each from Maryland and Penn State.

Northwestern’s Izzy Scane joined Maryland’s Shaylan Ahearn and Brett Makar as Big Ten student-athletes earning First Team recognition.   

A finalist for the 2023 Tewaaraton Award for the nation’s top college lacrosse player, Scane leads the nation with 4.82 goals and 6.47 points per game, while her 110 total points and 82 goals sit second and third, respectively. Scane earned her second Big Ten Attacker of the Year accolade after leading the Wildcats to both the Big Ten regular season and tournament championships and the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Ahearn provided a spark for the Terrapins inside the center circle, as club ranked fifth in the country with a .616 draw control win percentage. The senior led the Big Ten Big Ten-leading 139 draw controls, nearly 400 more than the second-place finisher. In addition to her prowess in the draw circle, Ahearn paired 22 goals and 16 assists, as her 38 total points ranked sixth on the team. 

Makar tied for the team lead with 12 caused turnovers and secured 48 ground balls to anchor the nation’s 21st ranked scoring defense. The graduate student became the first player in Big Ten history to repeat as Defensive Player of the Year and just the second to repeat in any of the league’s individual honors, joining two-time Specialist of the Year Ohio State’s Jake Withers (206, 2017).

Inside Lacrosse’s Media All-America list was voted on by a dozen media members who vote in the weekly Media Poll.

The Inside Lacrosse All-America Team is the second of three All-America Teams to be released this postseason. The USA Lacrosse Magazine teams was announced on Tuesday, May 9, while the  Coaches' All-American teams from the USILA and IWLCA, will be released later this month.