| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| Female Senior Student-Athlete of the Year |
2025 |
| BIG EAST Co-Attacker of the Year |
2023 |
| IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Second Team All-Region |
2023 |
| All-BIG EAST First Team |
2023, 2024 |
| All-BIG EAST Second Team |
2025 |
| BIG EAST All-Tournament Team |
2025 |
| IWLCA Co-Offensive Player of the Week |
2023: February 28 |
| BIG EAST Attacker of the Week |
2023: February 27, 2024: February 19, March 11, 2025: March 17 |
| BIG EAST Freshman of the Week |
2022: March 28 |
| BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll |
2023: March 13, 2024: February 26 |
| IWLCA Academic Honor Roll |
2025 |
| PhillySIDA Academic All-Area |
2022-23 |
| CSC Academic All-District |
2023-24 |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
2025: Capped off one of the greatest careers in Wildcat history as Villanova's Female Senior Student-Athlete of the Year … Earned All-BIG EAST Second Team after scoring 48 goals in her final campaign on the Main Line … Became the program leader in goals scored with 181, as well as shots attempted (403) and shots on goal (284) … Finished her career second in points (214), third in free position goals (26) and fifth in points per game (3.24) … Was held scoreless in just one game, scoring three or more points 11 times … Opened season with two goals and assists vs. Binghamton … Scored five points against both Navy and Bucknell … Contributed a seven-point outing against Lafayette and five goals versus Columbia … Scored two or more goals in 11 straight games to finish the year … Earned BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after five goals in the conference title matchup versus Denver.
2024: Put forth her second straight All-BIG EAST First Team campaign after leading the team with 49 goals and 53 points … Earned BIG EAST Attacker of the Week twice with a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll selection in the last week of February … Garnered multiple preseason accolades with All-American and All-BIG EAST honors … Scored points in 14 straight games with just one scoreless contest on the year … Tallied multiple goals in 13 bouts, including three performances of five-plus goals … Scored five times against USC and six times at No. 17 Navy … Tallied season-high two assists to go with four goals vs. Marquette to send team into postseason … Led the team with nine free position goals … Caused seven turnovers, controlled six draws and scooped up 14 ground balls … Reached top-10 single season marks in goals and free position goals (both tie-fifth) as well as goals per game (3.27, fifth).
2023: Appeared in all 17 games while making 16 starts.. Led the team in points with 64 and led the team in goals with 52.. finished top four in points in a single season in program history.. finished top three in goals in a single season in program history. Named Co-offensive IWLCA Player of the Week..Scored at least one goal in 15 out of the 17 games.. had 11 games where she scored three or more goals.. Scored six goals against La Salle, Quinnipiac, and Xavier... Names to the IWLCA Mid-Atalntic Region Second Team... Nominated for the Tewaaraton Award watch list ...Â
BIG EAST: Earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly honor roll three times.. Named BIG EAST Attacker of the Week.. Named All-BIG EAST Co-Attacker of the Year.. Named All-BIG EAST First Team.Â
2022:Â Flourished as a freshman, playing all 16 games and making 11 starts. Scored 32 goals and dished out three assists. Had five games with four or more goals, including four in a row. In the season opener against William & Mary (2/12), had two goals on six shots. At Lafayette (3/16) she had four scores on seven shots. Against UC Davis (3/26), her five goals helped Villanova to a win. To begin BIG EAST play, she had three straight games with four goals, against Georgetown (4/2), Marquete (4/9) and UConn (4/16).
Garden City High School: Dual sport athlete in field hockey and lacrosse… 2021 US Lacrosse All-American… 2021 Newsday All-Long Island Team… Two-years in a row Newsday Top 100 Players… 2021 Class B Long Island Champion… 2021 Class B Nassau County Champion… 2021 Team Captain Field Hockey… 2021 New York All-State Team… 2021 Newsday Top 25 Players… two-time All-County… Four time Long Island Champion… New York State Class B State Championship Team… 2021 Team Captain… 2021 Nassau County US Academic All-American… Awarded Lois Chapman Award for most points on lacrosse team.
Personal: Born 05/22/2003 in Garden City, NY … Daughter of Jay and Aileen Pappas … Has two brothers, Nolan (24) and Gavin (22)… Brother, Gavin played lacrosse at Denison… Chose to attend Villanova for the exceptional academics and athletics, as well as the school spirit and culture… Declared major in finance.
