Sarah LeSueur Hometown: Garden City, NY High School: Garden City Height: 5-6 Position: Defense Birthdate: 03/09/1979

Valuable player coming off the bench for the Irish ... key member of the Notre Dame defense ... her intelligent play and understanding of the defense enable her to come up with key interceptions ... Dean’s List student who finished collegiate career with a 3.708 grade point average ... graduated from Notre Dame with a degrees in accounting and history.

AS A SENIOR: Saw action in 13 games for the Irish during her senior year ... recorded 10 ground balls, caused six turnovers and had three draw controls.

AS A JUNIOR: Named team’s Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete award winner ... saw action in 11 of 15 games ... picked up 13 ground balls and forced four turnovers ... collected two ground balls in games against Vanderbilt, Georgetown and Duke.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 15 games with 13 starting appearances ... assisted on Kate Scarola’s goal against Davidson ... collected 27 ground balls, third most among Irish defenders ... also caused nine turnovers and controlled five draws ... part of defense that held Davidson to two goals and did not allow the Wildcats a goal in the second half ... picked up four ground balls in games against Harvard, Vanderbilt and Davidson.

AS A FRESHMAN: One of two freshmen who started all 13 games ... second on the team with 37 ground balls and 21 caused turnovers ... collected seven ground balls in the season opener against UC Davis ... dished off first career assist in the Stanford game in 16-13 victory ... scored first career goal against Syracuse ... had four ground balls and three caused turnovers against Columbia.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association All-America team as a senior ... four-year starter at Garden City High School ... helped Garden City to four consecutive conference championships as team never lost a conference game ... member of team that captured four straight regional championships and won state championships in 1995 and 1997 ... captain of team in her senior season ... played in Empire State Games and North-South Senior All-Star Game ... also lettered four years in soccer ... led that squad to conference championship in ’95 and regional championship in ’97 ... played on lacrosse and soccer teams which were nationally ranked ... from same high school as Irish junior Eleanor Weille, former men’s lacrosse player Laurence Galli and former men’s tennis player Dan Rothschild ... father Paul played soccer at Springfield College and brother Paul played lacrosse at Johns Hopkins ... born March 9, 1979, in Garden City, N.Y. ... member of the University’s Academic Honors Program which matches top-achieving student-athletes with faculty members.