17 Amanda Macaluso Class: Junior Hometown: Smithtown, N.Y. High School: Hauppauge Height: 5-3 Position: M

2012: Led Northwestern with three points on two goals and one assist against Team USA in preseason Champion Challenge event ... One goal in season-opening win at Stanford.

2011: Played in 22 games and started 14 during her sophomore campaign ... Took an increased role in Northwestern's attack, scoring 25 goals and adding two assists to finish fifth on the team with 27 points ... Recorded three hat tricks on the year (at Vanderbilt, at Georgetown, at Massachusetts) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 10-9 victory over top-seeded Florida in the ALC Championship game ... Notched one goal each in NU's first-round and quarterfinal NCAA Championship contests ... Tied a career-best with three ground balls against William & Mary and finished with 12 ground balls on the year ... Caused seven turnovers ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2010: Major contributor for the Wildcats in her freshman season, seeing action in 21 games ... Started seven games, including the final five of the year ... Finished with 14 goals, highlighted by her first career hat trick against Duke (5/22) in the NCAA quarterfinal victory ... Also tallied a pair of goals against Duquesne (3/12) and Vanderbilt (4/24) ... Dished out three assists on the season ... Recorded 18 ground balls, led by three each against the Commodores and in the NCAA semifinal win over North Carolina (5/28) ... Won eight draw controls on the year, including two in each of the ALC tournament games against Penn State (5/7) and Vanderbit (5/8) ... Recorded a pair of caused turnovers in each of the games against Duke (4/3 and 5/22), finishing with seven on the year.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Hauppauge High School ... Three-time All-Suffolk County and three-time all-division selection ... Served as team captain as a junior and senior ... Named team's MVP and Most Outstanding Offensive Player ... Earned Suffolk County Gold Key Award and Zone Award as a senior ... Earned Newsday Player of the Week in 2008 after notching seven goals against Sayville ... Member of US Lacrosse WDNT Schoolgirls New York third team ... Competed for Long Island Yellow Jackets club team for three seasons ... Named All-Galaxy League player at U-17 World Lacrosse Festival ... Captured team MVP and Best Midfielder awards ... Also competed in soccer, basketball and winter track ... Earned all-county and all-division accolades in soccer ... Member of league champion 4x200-meter relay ... Helped set school record in sprint medley relay ... Academic All-County selection ... National Honor Society and high honor roll member ... Served as class president her freshman and sophomore years ... Member of Spanish honor society.

Personal: Born Amanda Macaluso ... Daughter of Joseph and Ann Macaluso ... Competed with and against current teammates Brianne LoManto and Erin Fitzgerald in high school ... Majoring in communication studies.

Macaluso's Career Highs

Goals	3, four times (most recent vs. Massachusetts, 3/26/11)
Assists	1, five times (most recent vs. California, 3/11/11)
Points	3, four times (most recent vs. Massachusetts, 3/26/11)
Ground Balls	3, three times (most recent vs. William & Mary, 3/19/11)
Draw Controls	2, three times (most recent vs. Georgetown, 3/5/11)
Caused Turnovers	2, four times (most recent vs. Penn, 4/10/11)

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