Marissa White

Marissa White
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v Virginia
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Marissa White
University of North Carolina Women's Lacrosse v James Madison
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-6
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
West Chester, Pa.
High School:
The Agnes Irwin School

CAREER HONORS

2023 Honorable Mention All-America (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
2023 ILWomen Freshman Impact Player
2023, 2025 All-ACC Academic Team

CAREER HIGHS

Goals: 6 vs. Pitt, 4/7/23
Points: 6 vs. Pitt, 4/7/23
Ground Balls: 2 (5x) last at ECU, 4/9/25

R-SOPHOMORE (2025) – Started all 22 games ... Posted 49 goals and seven assists to go along with 20 groundballs, two caused turnovers and three draw controls ... Tewaaraton Award Watch List ... Preseason All-ACC (at-large) ... USA Lacrosse Preseason All-America Honorable Mention ... No. 30 on ILWomen’s ‘Top 50 Players for 2025’ list ... One goal, one ground ball vs. #18 James Madison in season opener ... Two goals, one ground ball, one draw control at Liberty ... Two goals, one ground ball, one caused turnover at #5 Florida ... One goal, one assist, one ground ball vs. #4 Syracuse ... Two goals, one assist, two ground balls, one draw control at Louisville ... First hat trick of the year vs. Temple ... Two goals, two ground balls vs. #14 Virginia ... Two goals, one ground ball vs. #9 Clemson ... Two goals, one assist at Virginia Tech .... Two goals and an assist at #20 Notre Dame ... One goal and one assist vs. #1 Boston College ... Four goals, one assist and two groundballs at ECU ... Five goals vs. Cal ... One goal and a groundball at #10 Duke ... Two goals, an assist, a groundball and a caused turnover vs. Virginia Tech in the ACC Quarters ... Three goals, one groundball and one draw control vs. #16 Clemson in the ACC Semis ... Two goals vs. #2 Boston College in the ACC Final ... Five goals and a groundball against #14 Clemson in the NCAA Second Round ... Three goals vs. #8 Princeton in the NCAA Quarters ... Three goals and three groundballs against #4 Florida in the NCAA Semis ... A goal vs. #3 Northwestern in the NCAA Championship game.

SOPHOMORE (2024) – Redshirted the 2024 season … Preseason All-ACC … Honorable Mention Preseason All-America by USA Lacrosse.

FRESHMAN (2023) – Honorable Mention All-America by USA Lacrosse Magazine … ACC All-Freshman Team … ILWomen Freshman Impact Player … Played in all 21 games and earned 20 starts … Ranked first on the roster with 46 goals, the first UNC freshman to have the team lead since Jamie Ortega in 2018 … Also ranked fourth with 49 points … Finished the year with 14 multi-point and 13 multi-goal games, which included six hat tricks … Scored in all but one game during the season, starting the year off on a 17-game scoring streak … Became the first UNC rookie since Ortega in 2018 to tally nine points in their first three collegiate games … Had five goals in her UNC debut vs. #12 James Madison on Feb. 11 … Also had five goals vs. #22 Clemson on March 26 … Career-high six goals and career-high six points vs. Pitt on April 7 … Also recorded hat tricks at Louisville on March 16 and vs. #2 Syracuse in the ACC Semifinals on April 28 … Totaled six goals during the NCAA Tournament, highlighted by a hat trick vs. Sacred Heart in the first round on May 12 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL — All-American … Ranked the No. 2 recruit in her class by Inside Lacrosse … Under Armour All-America game participant … Played for The Agnes Irwin School in Villanova, Pa. under head coach Lauren Wray … Notched 100 goals during her freshman season, which ranked second in the Philadelphia area … Also ranked second in goals in the Philly area during her senior campaign … Received All-Inter-AC and All-Delco honors in 2019 and 2022 … Named Team MVP in 2022 and Rookie of the Year in 2019 … Tabbed to the All-PhillyLacrosse.com team in 2022 … Played club lacrosse for Phantastix under coach Lorraine Beers … Was also a four-year starter in field hockey … Earned highest Honors all four years of high school.

PERSONAL — Marissa Lynn White is the daughter of Tracy and Glenn White … Father played lacrosse at Villanova … Has two older brothers, Zach and Scott … Zach played lacrosse at Fairfield … Scott played lacrosse at Ohio State … Birthday is June 18 … Major is undecided … Chose UNC because of the coaches, the academics, winning tradition and camaraderie among the program.