2023 Lacrosse Roster

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Charlie Rudy
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Charlie Rudy
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Charlie Rudy

  • Position:
    Attacker
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Novato, Calif.
  • High School:
    Novato
  • Major:
    Business Analytics
AWARDS: 
  • College Sports Communicators All-District At-Large Team (2023)
  • Named to Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2023)
  • IWLCA Second Team All-Region Award (2023)
  • Honorable Mention from USA Lacrosse Magazine (2023)
  • Drafted for Athletes Unlimited’s third lacrosse season (2023)
  • Pac-12 Attacker of the Year (2023)
  • All Pac-12 First Team (2023)
  • CUSPY’s Female Career Athletic Achievement Award (2023)
  • 2X All-Pac-12 Second Team (2022, 2021)
  • 3X IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2022, 2021)
  • 3X Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022,2021, 2020)
  • 5X Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (April 18, 2023, March 21, 2023,  May 2, 2022, April 12, 2021, March 9, 2020)
  • USA Lacrosse Magazine DI Women's Player of the Week (March 8, 2022)
CAREER HIGHS:
Goals: 8 vs. Coastal (3/08/20)
Assists: 3 (3x)
Points: 9 vs. Coastal (3/08/20)
Ground Balls: 7 vs. Michigan (2/24/19)
Draw Controls: 1 (5x)

CUMULATIVE CAREER STATS:
Goals: 194
Assists: 40
Points: 234
Ground Balls: 82 
Draw Controls: 5
Caused Turnovers: 31
Shots: 468 (.415)
Shots on Goal: 351 (.750)

2023 (FIFTH-YEAR GRAD STUDENT):
  • Played and started in all 19 games.
  • She scored a hat trick in the first three games of the 2023 campaign. Scored a hat trick in 15 out of 18 games (had an 11 game streak of hat tricks).
  • Led the team in goals (66). Was first in the Pac-12 in goals (66).
  • Was first in points in the Pac-12 (83). Finished 24th in the NCAA with 83 points for the season (66g, 17a).
  • Finished 11th in the NCAA with 3.47 goals per game. 
  • Finished 12th in the NCAA with 7.79 shots per game (148). 
  • Finished 43rd in the NCAA with .548 free position goals per game.
  • Set a CU season high for goals scored in a single game with 7 vs. #20 USC (4/16/23).
  • Moved into second in CU’s program in career goals when she earned her 173rd goal vs. USC on 4/14/23.
2022 (SENIOR): 
  • Started in all 17 games.
  • Led CU in free possession goals with 16.
  • 22nd in the nation (1st Pac-12) with 0.94 free possession goals per game. 
  • Second among CU in goals (37), assists (13), points (50), shots (97), shots on goal (78).
  • Had two games with five goals; one against UC Davis (3/06) and the other against Denver (4/27).
  • Scored 3+ goals in nine games. 
  • Totaled 19 ground balls. 
  • Matched a career-high with three assists against Cal (4/03). 
  • Surpassed 100 career goals (128), becoming the sixth player in CU history with 100 goals.
2021 (JUNIOR): 
  • Started in all 13 games played.
  • Led CU in goals (45), shots (109) and shots on goal (81) and was second in points (49).
  • Led the Pac-12 in shots per game (8.38), was third in goals per game (3.46) and free-position goals per game (0.77) and seventh in points per game (3.77). 
  • In the NCAA, she was eighth in shots per game, 12th in shots on goal per game (6.23), 24th in goals per game and 41st in goals.
  • Recorded a season-best seven goals twice, once against California (March 22) and again at Arizona State (March 28) where she also had an assist to record a season-best eight points.
  • Recorded at least three or more goals in nine of her 13 games played. 
  • Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in her career after leading CU to a pair of road wins in Northern California against UC Davis and Cal on April 9 and 11, respectively. 
  • Recorded four goals in each game and added an assist in the win against UCD. 
  • Recorded a pair of man-up goals against Denver on Feb. 28, which is tied for the second-most in a single game.  
  • Took a career-high 13 shots in the win against San Diego State on March 14, tying the third most in school history. 
  • Before missing the Pac-12 Tournament due to injury, she had scored at least one point in 18 straight games dating back to the 2020 season. 
  • Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals. Added 10 ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control.
2020 (SOPHOMORE): 
  • Led the Buffs with 24 points through five games. 
  • Her 4.80 points per game was second in the league, as well as 30th in the nation. 
  • 20 of those points were goals, which ranked third in the Pac-12. Her 4.00 goals per game led the conference and was 11th in the NCAA. 
  • Was the only Buff to score at least one goal in all five games. In four of those games she scored at least three or more goals. 
  • Had her two most productive games of the season in what would end up being the final weekend of play as CU hosted Oregon (3/6) and Coastal Carolina (3/8). Started with a seven-point performance against the Ducks, scoring four goals while adding three assists. Against CCU, she tied the CU single-game goals record with eight. She added one assist for a career-high nine points in the contest and also recorded two ground balls and two caused turnovers. She converted on eight of her nine shots on goal for an 88.9%.
  • Was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
2019 (FIRST YEAR): 
  • Recorded 26 goals and two assists in 19 games. 
  • Her 28 points and 26 goals ranked fourth on the team. 
  • In the season-opener she scored a pair of goals against Florida (2/9) and added two ground balls and one caused turnover 
  • During the season she scored multiple goals in eight games. 
  • In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, CU played top-ranked Boston College. She led CU with a then-career-high five goals on nine shots on goal.
  • Recorded 27 ground balls and six caused turnovers for the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: 
  • Graduated from Novato High School in 2018. 
  • Lettered in lacrosse and helped NHS win the Marin Country Athletic League and DI North Coast Section championship all four seasons
  • Scored 147 goals as a senior and as a junior, tallied 160 goals.
  • Earned national recognition for her play on the lacrosse field. As a senior, she was named a preseason All-American and an Under Armour All-American after the season ended. Was also tabbed the NHS Player of the Year. As a junior, she was tabbed to US Lacrosse Magazine West Coast Player of the Year and was an MCAL First Team All-League selection. Named the MCAL Player of the Year after an outstanding sophomore season and was also an MCAL First Team All-League honoree as a freshman. 
  • Was invited to try out for the U19 women’s national lacrosse team.  
CLUB TEAM: 
  • Played club for Stick With It! and Tenecity Elite Lacrosse.  
IN THE CLASSROOM: 
  • Strategic communication major with an emphasis in advertising.
  • Information science minor.
PERSONAL: 
  • Born in Novato, Calif.
  • Enjoys being outdoors, hiking, being with friends, traveling and cooking. 
  • Lists her favorite food as pasta.
  • Her favorite professional athlete is Kevin Durant.
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