16 WPIAL girls lacrosse players honored as All-Americans, academic all-Americans
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Friday, June 13, 2025 | 4:54 PM
Pine-Richland’s Cate Gentile (7) and Mt. Lebanon’s Quinn Murdoch (31) race for a loose ball in the WPIAL Class 3A championship game May 22 at Upper St. Clair.
Seventeen WPIAL girls lacrosse players and one coach were recognized by USA Lacrosse this week with postseason honors.
Eight were named all-American, eight were academic all-Americans and Hempfield senior Heather Harshman was named the Jackie Pitts award winner, which recognizes players who go above and beyond in service to their team, school and community.
All-Americans for the Western Pennsylvania region were:
Juliana Betts, sr., midfield, Chartiers Valley
Ella Roach, sr., goalie, Mars
Quinn Murdoch, jr., midfield, Mt. Lebanon
Emma Kail, sr., midfield, Peters Township
Madeline Mill, sr., midfield, Pine-Richland
Catherine Gentile, jr., attack, Pine-Richland
Elsa Blodgett, sr, midfield, Shady Side Academy
Anna Capobres, sr., midfield, Upper St. Clair
The All-Academic team for this year includes:
All-Academic honorees for the Western Pennsylvania region were:
Scotlyn Paxton, jr., midfield, Bethel Park
Zehra Ozkaya, jr., midfield, Fox Chapel
Elizabeth Saponksy, sr., midfield, Hampton
Anna McGrath, jr., midfield, Mars
Ayla Moffa, sr., midfield, Penn-Trafford
Meredith Fallgren, jr., midfield, Quaker Valley
Emily Reiner, sr., goalie, Quaker Valley
Clarke Wickland, jr., defense, Shady Side Academy
Coach of the Year: Mackenzie Bell, Moon
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