Mary Claire Byrne Season 2019

2019 IWLCA Senior All-Star 

2019 ACC All-Academic Team
2018 ACC All-Academic Team
2017 ACC All-Academic Team

ACC Academic Honor Roll 5x

2019 VaSID All-State Academic Team

Graduates third all-time in caused turnovers in program history (96)
Finished her career sixth in ground balls (128)

2019: Started all 18 games ... Led the ACC with 1.5 caused turnovers per game ... Wrapped up the season with a career best 23 goals and 35 points ... Tallied 42 ground balls and 27 caused turnovers ... Tallied a career best six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in the Hokies' win over Louisville, also recording three caused turnovers and five ground balls ... Scored three points against Denver, also had three ground balls and caused three turnovers ... Scored twice against USC ... Recorded three caused turnovers and had two ground balls in the win over Radford ... Scored five points and had five ground balls against ODU ... Caused four turnovers and grabbed four ground balls at No. 15 Duke ... Recorded the first hat trick of her career with three goals in the win over Cincinnati ... Scored twice against No. 9 JMU.

2018: Scored a goal versus UNC in the ACC Tournament ... Had two goals and a ground ball against Duke ... Had one goal and one caused turnover against Virginia ... Tallied one goal at Boston College ... Caused two turnovers and collected three ground balls versus Syracuse ... Grabbed four ground balls to go along with one draw control and three caused turnovers against Louisville... Scored two goals against UNC .... Had four ground balls to go along with two assist and one goal against Elon ... Dished out two assists against VCU ... Tallied one goal, one assist and caused three turnovers against Delaware ... Scored one goal and grabbed two ground balls against Notre Dame ... Dished out two assists versus Denver, while tallying four ground balls and causing three turnovers ... Recorded three ground balls at Colorado ... Scored a goal and picked up four ground balls against George Mason ... Tallied one goal in the win over Duke ... Recorded two goals versus Campbell along with three ground balls and three turnovers ... Had four ground balls and caused two turnovers against ODU ... Recorded two points at JMU ... Scored a goal in the season opener against USC.

2017: Had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Syracuse in the ACC Tournament ... Won a draw against Virginia ... Caused four turnovers and had three ground balls against Notre Dame ... Caused a turnover against Syracuse ... Collected two ground balls and one draw control against Louisville ... Dished out an assist versus North Carolina ... Scored a goal at Campbell ... Had one goal in the win over William & Mary ... Scored three points at Delaware and also collected four ground balls and caused four turnovers ... Caused three turnovers in the win at George Mason ... Scored and had three ground balls against Duke ... Had a career-high three goals and two assists against Elon ... Scored one goal against Radford ... Had five ground balls versus ODU and five caused turnovers ... Made her season debut against JMU scoring one goal.

2016: Red shirted.

2015: Played in four games ... Had an assist in the win over Old Dominion ... Put away the first goal of her career and assisted another against Gardner-Webb ... Saw action against No. 3 North Carolina. ... Scored a goal at No. 7 Syracuse.

High School: Four-year letter winner at Connelly School of the Holy Child … Won two draw controls as a starter in the Under Armour All-America Classic … Was named a US Lacrosse All-American … Captained her Holy Child team as a senior, finishing the year with 103 goals, 68 assists and 107 ground balls … Helped her team to an ISL championship in 2011 and was named MVP of that game … Was named to the All-ISL team each of the past four years … Earned Maryland All-Gazette first team honors as a senior and Second Team All-Met as a junior and senior… Played club ball for Capital Lacrosse for the last four years.

Personal: Born June 27 in Fairfax, Virginia … Daughter of John and Cindy Byrne … Has nine siblings … All three of her older siblings are Division I student-athletes … Was on Student Council for four years, and served as class president … Graduated with her degree in public relations and has begun a master's program in agriculture & life sciences.