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Heather Ferguson |
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Four-time monogram winner for the Irish ... versatile
player with excellent skills ... strong on the
attack with a nose for the net ... along with sister,
Lindsey, became the first set of twins to play for the
Notre Dame women's lacrosse team ... one of eight
sister duos to play for the Irish ... along with Caitlin
McKinney, played in a school-record 70 games, making
39 starts ... finished career with 57 goals and 35
assists for 92 points ... grabbed 65 ground balls, had
37 draw controls and 54 caused turnovers.
SENIOR YEAR: Played in all 19 games, making
16 starts ... finished fifth in scoring with 18 goals and
11 assists for 20 points ... had a career-best 23 ground
balls to go with 14 draw controls and 18 caused
turnovers ... had nine games with two or more points
and four games with two or more goals on the year
... opened the season with a three-game point streak,
getting two goals and three assists in wins over
Canisius, Duquesne and Ohio State ... after going
scoreless versus Stanford (3/2), went on a six-game
scoring streak (9g, 7a) ... scored once in 14-13 loss to
Oregon ... equaled career high with four points in
back-to-back games ... had a goal and three assists in
18-8 win versus California ... scored three goals and
added an assist in 16-8 win at home versus Delaware
... recorded a two goals and an assist in overtime loss
to Syracuse ... had a goal and an assist in wins over
Loyola and Hofstra ... scored one of Notre Dame's
two goals in 16-2 loss at Northwestern ... had two
goals in 10-8 win at Georgetown ... scored once in
20-9 win versus Rutgers and added a goal in 15-14,
triple overtime loss to Georgetown in BIG EAST
Tournament ... closed the season with three points
(2g, 1a) in NCAA Tournament loss at Northwestern.
JUNIOR YEAR: Played in all 17
games, making four starts ... was seventh
on the squad in scoring with 10 goals and
eight assists for 18 points ... picked up 10
ground balls, a career-high 14 draw controls
and caused 11 turnovers on the season
... started the season with three assists
in, 10-9, triple-overtime win at James
Madison ... added one goal in 12-11 overtime
win versus Stanford ... also extended her careerbest
point streak to 15 games (21g, 12a) ... saw streak
end in third game of the year, a home loss to
Northwestern ... scored goals in back-to-back wins
against Cornell and Canisius ...went two games without
a point before getting two assists in 16-9 win versus
Ohio State ... scored once in 11-1 win at Loyola
(Md.) ... had two goals and one assist in 15-7 win over
Duquesne ... scored two goals in 16-11 win over
California ... had one goal in historic win over
Georgetown and one in 13-9 loss at Vanderbilt ...
picked up final point of the year with an assist in 8-7
loss to Rutgers.
SOPHOMORE YEAR: Played in 19 games,making
11 starts in 2006 ... finished fourth on the team in
scoring with 25 goals and 11 assists for 36 points, all
career highs ... 25 goals was fourth-best total on the
team ... added 18 ground balls, two draw controls and
19 caused turnovers ... had 13 games with two or
more points and eight games with two or more goals
... finished the year with a 13-game point-scoring
streak (20 goals, nine assists) ... opened the season
with a goal and an assist in win at California ...
recorded a goal and an assist in 18-6 win over Ohio
... had a two-goal game in 17-15 win over Cornell ...
scored once in 20-4 win over Lehigh ... started scoring
streak with a goal and an assist in win
over Loyola ... had three points (1g, 2a)
in 21-12 loss to Northwestern ... had a
career-high four-point game (1g, 3a) in
18-2 win against Canisius ... assisted on
one goal in win at Connecticut ... started
nine-game goal-scoring streak with two
goals, including the game winner at Ohio
State ... scored two goals in loss to Duke
and one in loss at Georgetown ... picked
up two goals in 13-8 win at Rutgers ...
turned in career-high three-goal and
four-point game in 11-10 win over
Syracuse ... closed the regular season
with two goals in 12-11 win versus
Vanderbilt ... had five goals and one assist
in three NCAA games ... scored two
goals with one assist in 16-8 win over
Cornell ... scored once in 12-9 win over
Georgetown ... finished the season with
two goals in NCAA semifinal loss to
Dartmouth.
FRESHMAN YEAR: Broke into the
lineup as a freshman and played in all 15
games with eight starts ... scored four
goals and added five assists for nine
points ... had 15 shots on goals (.267
shooting percentage) ... grabbed 14
ground balls, forced 10 turnovers and had
seven draw controls ... first collegiate
goal came in season-opening win at Ohio
University ... added second goal at
Vanderbilt ... had career-best three-point
game (2g, 1a) in 18-8 win over California
... added assists versus Rutgers and
Georgetown ... had two-assist game versus
Syracuse.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-sport performer
at Archbishop Carroll High School in
Radnor, Pa. ... four-year letter winner in lacrosse and
three years in field hockey ... in lacrosse, helped lead
team to four consecutive undefeated seasons and four
Philadelphia Catholic League titles ... team MVP as a
senior in lacrosse ... had 60 goals and 27 assists as a
senior, along with 89 ground balls and 66 draw controls
... finished career with 169 goals and 103 assists
for 272 career points ... four-time all-Catholic selection
and two-time all-Delco choice ... honorable
mention All-American in 2003 and an All-American
in 2004 ... high school academic All-American in
2003 and 2004 ... team MVP in field hockey and
Catholic League MVP in 2003 ... helped team to
three Catholic League titles ... selected all-Catholic
Conference three times and all-Delco twice ... named
Archbishop Carroll female athlete of the year in 2004
... full name is Heather Nicole Ferguson ... daughter
of Robert and Marianne Ferguson ... has one sister, a
twin, Lindsey, who played lacrosse at Notre Dame
and one brother ... born July 22, 1986, in Media, Pa.
... graduated with a degree in Psychology from Notre
Dame.
FERGUSON'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP-GS | SOG | G | A | Pts. | GB | DC | CT |
| 2005 | 15-8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| 2006 | 19-11 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 19 |
| 2007 | 17-4 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
| 2008 | 19-16 | 62 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 14 | 18 |
| Totals | 70-39 | 163 | 57 | 35 | 92 | 65 | 37 | 54 |
