Danita Stroup

Photo by: TD Paulius

Photo by: Stephen J. Carrera

Photo by: Stephen J. Carrera

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Riverside Secondary School
Hometown:
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Prev School:
Long Island Brooklyn

18th all-time in program history with 95 career goals, despite playing just three seasons at Northwestern

2018: Senior attacker ... Played in all 21 games and started in 20 ... Finished third on the team with 31 goals ... Grabbed a career-high 11 ground balls and created a career-high five caused turnovers ... Netted multiple goals in 13 games ... Scored a season-high four goals in a 19-7 win over Rutgers (4/21) ... Also recorded three ground balls and two caused turnovers against Rutgers ... Notched three goals, one assist and a career-high two caused turnovers in a 9-5 win over No. 6 USC (2/25) ... Tallied two goals each in games against Richmond (5/11) and North Carolina (5/19) in the NCAA Tournament.

2017: Appeared in all 21 games, making 19 starts on attack … Named to the Canada Senior National Team for the 2017 World Cup … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree … Finished second on the team with a career-high 42 goals … Also had career highs in assists (2), points (44), shots (75), shots on goal (63), ground balls (10), draw controls (3) and caused turnovers (4) … Scored at least one goal in 18 games … Posted 10 multi-goal games, including a career-high six goals in wins at Ohio State on Apr. 6 and over Albany in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 12 … Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after her career-high performance versus the Buckeyes … Dished out her first career assist at No. 4 USC on Feb. 18 … Recorded 11 multi-point games … Scored three goals and had an assist in the second round of the NCAA Tournament versus No. 8 Stony Brook on May 14 … Finished the NCAA Tournament with nine goals … Picked up a career-high three ground balls in a win over Marquette on March 11.

2016: Key contributor to the attack ... Scored 22 goals on the season, the fifth-highest total on the team ... Scored against Duke in the season opener and her first game as a Wildcat (2/7) ... Scored against Virginia in the second game of the season (2/13) ... Notched two goals in 17-11 home-opener against Marquette (3/8) ... Scored a key goal against Stony Brook in tight 7-6 win (3/12) ... Hit the back of the net in four straight games against Colorado, Maryland, Penn and Michigan (3/25-4/7) ... Registered two goals in three straight games against Rutgers, Penn State, and Ohio State (4/17-29) ... Scored four goals in the Big Ten Tournament including two in the semifinal win over Penn State (5/5-8) ... Recorded her first hat trick as a Wildcat in the NCAA Tournament win over Louisville and finished a seven-game stretch where she scored 13 goals (5/13).

Before Northwestern: Member of Canada U19 Team that won gold medal at 2015 Rathbones FIL U19 World Championships … Scored nine goals and had 11 assists for 20 points in World Championships … Scored four goals and had a pair of assists in semifinal win over Australia … Dished out a pair of assists in historic 9-8 victory over USA in gold medal game … Started all 16 games for LIU Brooklyn and finished second on the team with 31 goals, 11 assists and 42 points … Scored in 12 of 16 games … Posted 10 multi-goal games, including two games that she scored a season-high four goals … Earned Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team honors … Earned MVP honors at the 2013 Field Lacrosse Nationals Gold Game with Team BC … Helped Team BC earn silver medals at 2009 and 2011 Canadian Box Lacrosse National championships.

Personal: Born Danita Rosa Stroup in New Westminster … Daughter of Dan and Rita … Father played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) for 13 years and was a member of Team Canada in 1998 and 2002 … Played with fellow Wildcat Selena Lasota on Team BC and Canada U19 Team … Competed against fellow Wildcats Mallory Weisse and Claire Quinn at 2015 U19 World Championships … Majoring in human communication sciences.