2020-21 Women's Lacrosse Roster

#8 Savannah Buchanan 2019-20 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Height 5-10

Class Graduate

Hometown Baltimore, Md.

High School McDonogh School

Bio / Statistics

AWARDS/HONORS:

GRADUATE YEAR:

2021 ACC All-Academic Team
2021 Inside Lacrosse Second Team All-American
2021 Preseason All-ACC
2021 Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
Started all 18 contests for the Irish while serving as a team captain.
Led the Irish in both caused turnovers (27) and ground balls (31).
Finished second on the team with 32 draw controls.
Added six goals and 10 assists offensively.
Mark of 1.50 caused turnovers per game ranked fourth in the ACC.
Had seven games with multiple caused turnovers, including a trio of 4CT performances vs. Robert Morris (March 6), vs. Liberty (March 19) and vs. Virginia Tech (April 21).

AS A SENIOR:

Served as a team captain for the Irish.
Part of an Irish defensive unit that ranked second in the country with a mark of 7.29 goals allowed per game.
Ranked second on the team with 24 draw controls.
Finished third on the Irish with eight caused turnovers and 10 ground balls.
Totaled four goals and seven points in five contests.
Earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors after leading all players with five ground balls, five draw controls and three caused turnovers in Notre Dame’s 13-9 victory over #18 Boston College (March 7).
2020 Tewaaraton Watch List.
2020 Preseason All-ACC.
2020 IL Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.

AS A JUNIOR:

Served as a team captain for the Irish.
Finished second on the Irish with 71 draw controls, which is the fourth highest single-season mark in program history.
Recorded 16 goals and a career-best 18 assists for 34 points.
Tied her career-high with 38 ground balls and caused 22 turnovers.
Posted a career-high four assists in Notre Dame’s 19-10 win at Ohio State.
One of five Irish players to cause 20+ turnovers.
2019 IWLCA Second Team All-West/Midwest Region.
2019 Second Team All-ACC honoree.
Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
Closed her junior season ranked third in Irish history with 183 career draw controls.

AS A SOPHOMORE:

Led the team in assists (27), second in draw controls (67), ground balls (38), third in goals (27), points (43) and caused turnovers (18).
Second in the ACC in assists and sixth in draw controls per game among midfielders.
Assisted on the overtime game-winning goal against No. 7 Syracuse on March 24.
Scored the game-winning goal with 31.4 seconds left to upset No. 18 Duke on April 15.
Tied for third all-time for draw controls in a single season and ranks ninth in draw controls for her career.

AS A FRESHMAN:

PREP and PERSONAL:

Graduated from McDonogh in June of 2016.
Lettered all four years in lacrosse, soccer, and basketball.
Won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland Championship in lacrosse all four seasons.
Her school’s lacrosse team was ranked No. 1 nationally all four years.
Under Armour Underclass champion with Team Baltimore during her sophomore and junior seasons.
Named to the Baltimore Sun second team All-Metro during her junior season.
Also named a USA Today Third Team Pre-Season All-American, US Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American, and Under Armour All-Tournament Team her junior year.
Won the IAAM Championship in both soccer and basketball as a junior.
The soccer team was ranked No. 1 nationally her junior and senior years.
Scored 43 goals and totaled 24 assists her senior season.
Named a USA Today First Team Pre-Season All-American, Baltimore Sun’s Female High School Athlete of the Year, USA Today First Team All-American, and Under Armour All-American honors as a senior.
Named Baltimore Sun Athlete of the Year in basketball her senior year.
The lacrosse team won its eighth consecutive championship and 155^th consecutive game to conclude her senior year.
Made the Dean’s list all four years of high school.
Full name is Savannah Nicole Buchanan.
Born to Philip and Donna Buchanan in Towson, Md.