Ira R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame
The most decorated scorer in E-town women's lacrosse history, Katie Foley Matlack '09 put up astonishing numbers in four years wearing the Blue and Gray.
Foley holds career program records for goals (263), points (352), shots (507) and game-winning goals (16), while ranking top five in draw controls (144, second), assists (89, third) and free-position goals (31, tied for third).
Elizabethtown's program moved from its infancy to a conference contender and Foley's play was a primary factor in that transition. Prior to her sophomore season, the Blue Jays had never won more than six games in any of their previous five years of play, nor had they finished with a winning record.
Foley followed up a 40-goal, 54-point freshman campaign with 69 goals and 94 points –both single-season school records at the time—as a sophomore, when E-town went 13-4 and a perfect 10-0 in Middle Atlantic Conference play to reach the league semifinals for the first time. Foley supplied a pair of 10-goal games that season and was named All-MAC First Team, MAC Player of the Year and Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Metro Region First Team.
The dynamic attacker from Palmyra, N.J., compiled 70 goals and 89 points as a junior in 2008, collecting All-MAC Second Team honors. It was her senior season, however, that stood above the rest.
Foley netted a program single-season record 84 goals and set a new E-town benchmark with 115 points to help the Jays achieve another unbeaten season in the MAC (11-0), earn a spot in the MAC championship game and finish with the best record in team history (16-3). The postseason awards flowed in: MAC Player of the Year, All-MAC First Team, IWLCA All-Metro Region First Team and IWLCA All-America Third Team –the program's first All-American.
Foley remains the only two-time conference Player of the Year in team history.
