Journey
Charlotte grew up in Dallas, Texas, squarely in the middle of what is traditionally considered the great American lacrosse outback.
From a very early age, Charlotte showed a strong interest in sports, some natural athletic gifts and a keen competitive spirit. She tried her hand at quite a few different sports, including soccer, softball, tennis, track and field and (later) field hockey.
Her first sports love was basketball. For many years, “Play in the WNBA” was what she said she wanted to do when she grew up. She considered basketball shorts appropriate attire for all occasions.
She played basketball all through high school, phasing out club basketball after her freshman year as her commitment to lacrosse grew. She still holds all her high school’s basketball scoring records.
She didn’t pick up a lacrosse stick until she was 13 and in 7th grade.
The first couple of lacrosse seasons were fun but held little clue about possible future success. Charlotte found she loved the game, though, and began working hard to improve.
In the summer after 8th grade, Charlotte joined a club lacrosse team coached by Molly Ford (former Georgetown All-American and US National Team player) and played in her first club tournaments.
Just before Charlotte’s 10th grade season, Maggie Koch (former Georgetown All-American and Syracuse assistant) arrived in Dallas to coach Charlotte’s school team and help coach her club team.
Charlotte and her school team soon began to experience some success. They came close a couple of times and finally won both conference and state titles in Charlotte’s senior year.
Throughout high school, Charlotte worked hard on her lacrosse skills every day; nightly wall ball sessions were routine; she spent many hours breaking down YouTube videos of great players.
Starting after 9th grade, Charlotte began thinking seriously about playing lacrosse in college. Her recruiting prospects seemed uncertain.
By the summer after 10th grade, she had drawn some recruiting interest. Most of the college roster spots for her 2017 HS class had been filled. In July 2015 she committed to fill the last available spot on the Duke women’s lacrosse roster.
After HS graduation, Charlotte announced her arrival on the national stage by scoring the OT game winner and being named MVP of the Under Armour Senior All-America Game in July 2017.
She played her first two college seasons at Duke. Then, in June 2019 she made the difficult decision to transfer colleges.
Charlotte quickly determined that the Boston College coaches, team, culture and winning tradition were the perfect fit for her.
After a rocky start in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, everything came together in dramatic fashion for BC in 2021, culminating in wins over UNC and Syracuse in the Final Four and BC’s first national championship.
Charlotte received the Tewaaraton and a slew of individual awards. She set the NCAA single season and tournament goals records.
The BC team was celebrated at the Massachusetts capitol and Red Sox and Bruins games, and Charlotte made the first BTB first pitch in MLB history.
Charlotte returned to BC for her final year of college playing eligibility. She and her teammates had another thrilling run to the national championship game in 2022. With a furious late-game comeback against Maryland, BC returned to the NCAA finals for the fifth consecutive year. There, BC fell to UNC by one goal, just short of a back-to-back championship.
Charlotte repeated as the Tewaaraton winner (only the fifth woman to do so). She finished her college playing career as the all-time NCAA leader in goals (358) and fourth all-time leader in points (433).
Charlotte was honored to play on the USA women’s national lacrosse team that won gold at the World Lacrosse championships in July 2022. She led the team in goals (23) and was tied for second in points (28) during the tournament.
Charlotte was the first player drafted by Athletes Unlimited to play in its second professional lacrosse season (2022). In each of her first three pro seasons, she led the league in goals, two-point goals and points. In her third pro season (2024), she finished second on the AU leaderboard and set new league records for goals (50) and points (59) in a season. She established a new single game goal record of 8. In only three seasons, she was the fastest player to reach 150 career goals and became the all-time AU leader in hat tricks (24) and 2 point goals (18). Over her 36 AU contests so far, Charlotte was named a game MVP 15 times, earning #1 MVP honors 9 times.
Most recently, Charlotte was honored to play on Team 1, the first ever USA women’s national box lacrosse team. The USA team won gold at the World Lacrosse women’s box championships in September 2024, beating Canada 10-7 in a thrilling final. Charlotte led the USA team in goals (25) and was third in points (31) during the tournament.
On November 13, 2024, Charlotte was front and center when the Premier Lacrosse League announced the launch of the Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL).
Charlotte was featured on several ESPN shows, including Get Up, First Take and SportsCenter. She rang the NASDAQ closing bell that day to top off the occasion.
On December 11, 2024, the WLL unveiled its first four teams - the Boston Guard, the New York Charging, the Maryland Charm and the California Palms. Charlotte will be captain of the Boston Guard. The WLL will announce the teams’ coaches and player rosters soon, and begin play with a championship series in February 2025.
As Charlotte said, this is an extremely important milestone in the development of professional women’s sports. Stay tuned for more WLL details to come!
Charlotte hopes to continue to play competitively at the international and professional levels.
She also has big plans for Charlotte North Lacrosse, her own brand and business.
Be sure to check back here frequently for news about Charlotte, her new camps, clinics and other events, her in-person and online training programs and her new equipment and merchandise!
