2006
Julie Wadland
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four-year varsity athlete, Julie Wadland lettered in soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse each year for an impressive 12 letters. She also served as a tri-varsity captain of each sport her senior year and was named Andover’s outstanding senior female athlete. Wadland had a remarkable overall record in lacrosse as the starting goalie (43–9) and was the recipient of the 2006 Press Club Award. “Simply put, we have not seen another goalie who can match the skill, the finesse, the athleticism, and the will to win that we saw in Julie Wadland,” said Kate Dolan, her former lacrosse coach. After graduating from Andover, Wadland became a fouryear lacrosse starter at Dartmouth College and was team captain her junior and senior years. Selected to the All-Ivy First Team both junior and senior years, she also was named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American and selected for the Ivy League
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All-Tournament team her senior year. Wadland received the Dartmouth lacrosse Harper Award her junior year, the Patty Pierce Award her senior year, and the lacrosse Defensive MVP award her junior and senior years. Those same years she was also a nominee for the prestigious Tewaaraton Award— given annually to the most outstanding American college lacrosse player. In 2016, Wadland was drafted as goalkeeper by Boston Storm in their inaugural season. The professional women’s field lacrosse team is a member of the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX). An active alumna, Wadland currently serves on Andover’s Alumni Council as Equity and Inclusion Committee cochair. She worked in Andover’s admissions office for several years and is currently an associate director in admission and head coach of girls’ varsity lacrosse at Loomis Chaffee.
2006 lacrosse team: Wadland is front row, #5.
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