Norris Novak

Position:
Defense
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bryn Mawr School
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.

Did You Know...?
Norris Novak earned third-team All-America honors in 2007.

Team captain in 2008 ... an All-America and all-region candidate on defense.

2007 - earned third-team IWLCA/USLacrosse All-America honors ... a first-team All-Mid-Atlantic region selection ... also a first-team All-Ivy choice ... started all 17 games on defense ... finished among team leaders with 27 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers ... had at least one ground ball in 13 of 17 games ... five ground balls and two caused turnovers at Maryland ... two ground balls and two caused turnovers in win at Dartmouth ... 12 games with at least one caused turnover ... had two ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover in the NCAA tournament against Virginia.

2006 - Earned second-team all-region honors ... started last 13 games and played in all 18 games ... ranked third on the team with 34 ground balls ... had 10 ground balls in her last four games ... also among team leaders with 17 caused turnovers, including seven in the last four games ... two caused turnovers in win over Virginia in NCAA tournament ... six games last season with two or more caused turnovers ... 12 games with two or more ground balls ... four ground balls and two caused turnovers in win at Temple ... three ground balls and two key late caused turnovers against Maryland May 3 ... also had three ground balls at Brown ... came off the bench in first five games before entering starting lineup against Virginia March 25.

2005 - Started final 12 games of her freshman season ... played in 15 games ... had 19 ground balls on the season ... three ground balls against both Virginia and Brown ... two caused turnovers in NCAA tournament game against Northwestern ... two ground balls in six different games ... also two caused turnovers in overtime victory at Cornell ... 10 caused turnovers on the season.

At Bryn Mawr - four-year letterwinner in lacrosse on defense ... also played field hockey ... four-year honor roll student ... club team defeated Australian Under-19 national team to win National Draw Tournament.

Personal - full name is Norris Ann Patterson Novak ... daughter of David & Ginger Novak ... has sister Ginna and brother Matt, who graduated from Vanderbilt ... birthday is Dec. 13, 1985 ... a politics major.