Monica Joines

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
North Harford
Hometown:
White Hall, MD

Senior Year: Team co-captain…Started all 17 games…Credited for 43 goals and eight assists…Collected 26 ground balls…Posted 13 draw controls…Caused 14 turnovers…Honored as the Syracuse University Scholar-Athlete of the Week…Named to the Spring 2004 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll…Named to the 2004 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Academic Honor Roll…Named to 2005 Tewaaraton Trophy preseason watch list...Selected as the BIG EAST Conference’s Women’s Lacrosse Preseason Offensive Player of the Year…Received the 2004-05 BIG EAST/Aéropostale Scholar-Athlete Award… Honored as the BIG EAST Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week three times…Earned All-BIG EAST honors...Selected to the 2005 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Association/US Lacrosse Division 1 North All-Region First Team…Named national All-Americans by the IWLCA/US Lacrosse...Selected to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Second Team … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during the spring semester.

Junior Year: Named to the 2004-05 U.S. Women’s Developmental Team … IWLCA Division I North Region first-team All-American … First-team All-BIG-EAST selection … Started all 15 games … Second on the team in scoring with 48 points (40 goals and eight assists) … Had a career-high five goals against California and Denver … Had four goals against Connecticut … Tallied hat tricks versus Maryland, Massachusetts, Colgate, Rutgers, Boston College and Loyola … Registered at least four points in six games, and at least two points in 13-of-15 contests … Named to the IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Sophomore Year: Named to the IWLCA All-America Third Team … IWLCA Division INorth Region first-team All-American … First-team All-BIG-EAST selection … Earned BIG EAST Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week of March 30, 2003 … Started all 16 games … Second on the team in scoring with 40 points (34 goals, six assists) … Third on SU’s single-game points list with a career-high eight (four goals, four assists) against Colgate … The four assists are tied for third on the Orange’s single-game assists ledger … Had four goals versus Maryland, Dartmouth and Boston University … Had a hat trick against Notre Dame … Six two-goal games … Registered at least two points in 12 games and at least one point in 14 games … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Freshman Year: Played in 16 games, starting four … Tied for fifth on the team in points with 16 (12 goals, four assists) … Notched her first collegiate point with an assist against Massachusetts … Had four points (three goals, one assist) against Dartmouth … Recorded two-goal games versus Virginia Tech, Boston University and Colgate … Scored at least one point in six consecutive games … Notched nine points in the team’s final four games … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

High School: Led team with 50 points as a senior … Two-time all-county selection in lacrosse and basketball … Received North Harford’s Outstanding Female Athlete Award as a senior … Named the 2000 Harford County Athlete of the Year … Lacrosse team captain as a senior … Also earned first-team all-county honors in soccer ... Attended the same high school as teammate Christina Gibson.

Personal: Born June 1983 … Daughter of Monti and Marcia Joines … One sister … Majoring in political science and public relations.