2022 Women's Lacrosse Roster
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Jersey Number 11
Karson Harris
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Great Mills, Md.
- High School:
- Leonardtown
Bio
2022 / Graduate Student
Drexel’s Mary Semanik Award Winner…CAA nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year…Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America…USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-America…IWLCA Second Team All-Region…CAA First Team…Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year…IWLCA Academic Honor Roll…CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started all 20 games for Drexel team that won its first CAA Championship…graduated as the Dragons’ all-time leading goal scorer with 211…set the program and CAA record with 351 draw controls…second all-time in points with 263…set Drexel’s single season goal record with 62…led the conference and ranked seventh nationally with 1.15 free position goals per game…posted 12 hat tricks on the season…scored six goals in a game three times, against Lafayette (2/20), Delaware (3/30) and James Madison (4/30)…85 draw controls including 11 in the NCAA tournament at Stony Brook (5/13).
2021 / Senior
One of 11 Dragons to appear and start in all 16 games… part of the team that secured the programs first ever NCAA Tournament bid…had a record-breaking season with 61 goals and eight assists for 69 points…led the team in goals (61), draw controls (92) and caused turnovers (15)…recorded a 3+ goal game in 14 of 16 games…tallied a career-high seven goals against in the Dragons dominant 20-8 victory over Towson on Apr. 13…opened the season with one of her most well-rounded performances, netting six goals on six total shots and recording two ground balls, one caused turnover and a season-high nine draw controls…started her senior season with 19 points through the first three games…drove the offense in the Dragons 15-14 overtime victory over Towson in the CAA Semifinals for a chance at their first conference title in program history…recorded three goals, two assists, scooped three ground balls, forced two caused turnovers and won eight draw controls against the Tigers…reached her 100th career goal milestone…broke the single season record for goals (61) and draw controls (92)…set the record for career draw controls (266)…moved to fourth on the career points leaderboard (193) and third on the career goals leaderboard (149)…led the CAA in goals per game (3.81) and draw controls per game (5.75)…ranked third in points per game (4.31), ground balls per game (2.25) and second in shots per game (7.56)…ranked first nationally in shots per game (11.00), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.00), 19th in goals per game (3.00), 14th in caused turnovers per game (2.00) and 20th in draw controls per game (5.00)…helped lead the Dragons to their highest national ranking (10th) and first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in program history…the first Dragon to be named CAA Player of the Year…selected to the CAA All-Tournament team and the All-CAA First Team…a recipient of the 2020-21 CAA Leadership and Sport Excellence Award…a Tewaaraton Top-25 selection…an IWLCA DI All-Region First Team and IWLCA Second Team All-American honoree…an Inside Lacrosse Media Third Team All-American and USA Lacrosse Magazine Second Team All-American… named to the 2020 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the fall term.
2020 / Junior
One of nine Dragons to start all seven games in the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which grants all spring sport student-athletes an extra year of eligibility…led the team with 25 goals, 33 points and 46 shots…also tallied eight assists…scored a team-best 11 free-position goals…recorded two game-winning goals against Villanova (Feb. 29) and Colgate (March 7), tied for a team high…won a team-high 38 draw controls on the season…also scooped up eight groundballs and caused two turnovers…scored at least three goals in six of seven contests…had at least three points in all seven affairs…started the season with a five-point performance at No. 24 Johns Hopkins (Feb. 8) with four goals and an assist…won eight draw controls to go along with a goal and two assists in the home-opening win over Manhattan (Feb. 15)…had a season-high nine draw controls and five goals against No. 19 Georgetown (Feb. 22)…scored three goals and one assists in each of the wins over Villanova (Feb. 29) and Merrimack (March 2)…tied her season-high with nine draw controls and five goals with a seven-point effort against Colgate (March 7) with an additional two assists…closed out the spring with four goals and one assist in the win over UMBC (March 11).
2019 / Sophomore
Set a program record with 90 draw controls, sixth all-time for a player in the CAA...named a First Team All-CAA performer...now holds the six highest single-game draw control marks in Drexel history, all from the 2019 season...won 12 draws at William & Mary (4/7)...grabbed nine against Robert Morris (3/30) and Delaware (4/19)...had eight against Central Connecticut (3/23) and Elon (4/5)...won seven at Towson (4/21)...also tied for the team lead with 35 goals scored and finished second with 17 assists and 52 total points...netted five goals and six points at Manhattan (3/12), adding seven ground balls, all career highs...scored four each in the Dragons' final three CAA games of the year against Delaware (4/19), at Towson (4/21) and against Hofstra (4/27)...had three other hat tricks against UMBC (3/16), Central Connecticut (3/23) and Robert Morris (3/30)...had at least one point in every game of the season, all of which she started...caused 13 turnovers including four at Penn (3/5).
2018 / Freshman
A Second Team All-CAA and CAA All-Rookie Team member…second on the team with 28 goals, 11 assists and 37 total points…also second with 46 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers…led the team with 30 ground balls…won season highs of six draws against Georgetown (2/24) and at Rutgers (3/3)…had three four-goal games (at Villanova 3/10, at No. 17 Penn State 3/14, at Hofstra 4/15)…added an assist at Hofstra for a season-high five points…had four ground balls and five draw controls in the Penn State game…scored in 12 of the 15 games in which she appeared, including the first nine…scored 17 free position goals, leaving her second in the CAA with 1.13 scored per game…twice the CAA Rookie of the Week (2/20, 3/12)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Background
Four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Leonardtown...three-time all-conference selection, including First Team recognition as a junior and senior...helped the team to conference titles in all four seasons...they were regional champions and state finalists her junior season in 2015...named the conference MVP as a senior...also an All-Met Second Teamer and an All-American that year, as well as the recipient of the Jackie Pitts Award...also played four years of varsity soccer, where she was also a First Teamer and led the team to a regional championship and state finalist appearance as a junior...ran track for four years and was a participant in the Maryland State Meet all four years...a National Honors Society member.
Personal
Daughter of Leandra and Douglas...health sciences major.
Drexel’s Mary Semanik Award Winner…CAA nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year…Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-America…USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-America…IWLCA Second Team All-Region…CAA First Team…Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year…IWLCA Academic Honor Roll…CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…started all 20 games for Drexel team that won its first CAA Championship…graduated as the Dragons’ all-time leading goal scorer with 211…set the program and CAA record with 351 draw controls…second all-time in points with 263…set Drexel’s single season goal record with 62…led the conference and ranked seventh nationally with 1.15 free position goals per game…posted 12 hat tricks on the season…scored six goals in a game three times, against Lafayette (2/20), Delaware (3/30) and James Madison (4/30)…85 draw controls including 11 in the NCAA tournament at Stony Brook (5/13).
2021 / Senior
One of 11 Dragons to appear and start in all 16 games… part of the team that secured the programs first ever NCAA Tournament bid…had a record-breaking season with 61 goals and eight assists for 69 points…led the team in goals (61), draw controls (92) and caused turnovers (15)…recorded a 3+ goal game in 14 of 16 games…tallied a career-high seven goals against in the Dragons dominant 20-8 victory over Towson on Apr. 13…opened the season with one of her most well-rounded performances, netting six goals on six total shots and recording two ground balls, one caused turnover and a season-high nine draw controls…started her senior season with 19 points through the first three games…drove the offense in the Dragons 15-14 overtime victory over Towson in the CAA Semifinals for a chance at their first conference title in program history…recorded three goals, two assists, scooped three ground balls, forced two caused turnovers and won eight draw controls against the Tigers…reached her 100th career goal milestone…broke the single season record for goals (61) and draw controls (92)…set the record for career draw controls (266)…moved to fourth on the career points leaderboard (193) and third on the career goals leaderboard (149)…led the CAA in goals per game (3.81) and draw controls per game (5.75)…ranked third in points per game (4.31), ground balls per game (2.25) and second in shots per game (7.56)…ranked first nationally in shots per game (11.00), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.00), 19th in goals per game (3.00), 14th in caused turnovers per game (2.00) and 20th in draw controls per game (5.00)…helped lead the Dragons to their highest national ranking (10th) and first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in program history…the first Dragon to be named CAA Player of the Year…selected to the CAA All-Tournament team and the All-CAA First Team…a recipient of the 2020-21 CAA Leadership and Sport Excellence Award…a Tewaaraton Top-25 selection…an IWLCA DI All-Region First Team and IWLCA Second Team All-American honoree…an Inside Lacrosse Media Third Team All-American and USA Lacrosse Magazine Second Team All-American… named to the 2020 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the fall term.
2020 / Junior
One of nine Dragons to start all seven games in the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which grants all spring sport student-athletes an extra year of eligibility…led the team with 25 goals, 33 points and 46 shots…also tallied eight assists…scored a team-best 11 free-position goals…recorded two game-winning goals against Villanova (Feb. 29) and Colgate (March 7), tied for a team high…won a team-high 38 draw controls on the season…also scooped up eight groundballs and caused two turnovers…scored at least three goals in six of seven contests…had at least three points in all seven affairs…started the season with a five-point performance at No. 24 Johns Hopkins (Feb. 8) with four goals and an assist…won eight draw controls to go along with a goal and two assists in the home-opening win over Manhattan (Feb. 15)…had a season-high nine draw controls and five goals against No. 19 Georgetown (Feb. 22)…scored three goals and one assists in each of the wins over Villanova (Feb. 29) and Merrimack (March 2)…tied her season-high with nine draw controls and five goals with a seven-point effort against Colgate (March 7) with an additional two assists…closed out the spring with four goals and one assist in the win over UMBC (March 11).
2019 / Sophomore
Set a program record with 90 draw controls, sixth all-time for a player in the CAA...named a First Team All-CAA performer...now holds the six highest single-game draw control marks in Drexel history, all from the 2019 season...won 12 draws at William & Mary (4/7)...grabbed nine against Robert Morris (3/30) and Delaware (4/19)...had eight against Central Connecticut (3/23) and Elon (4/5)...won seven at Towson (4/21)...also tied for the team lead with 35 goals scored and finished second with 17 assists and 52 total points...netted five goals and six points at Manhattan (3/12), adding seven ground balls, all career highs...scored four each in the Dragons' final three CAA games of the year against Delaware (4/19), at Towson (4/21) and against Hofstra (4/27)...had three other hat tricks against UMBC (3/16), Central Connecticut (3/23) and Robert Morris (3/30)...had at least one point in every game of the season, all of which she started...caused 13 turnovers including four at Penn (3/5).
2018 / Freshman
A Second Team All-CAA and CAA All-Rookie Team member…second on the team with 28 goals, 11 assists and 37 total points…also second with 46 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers…led the team with 30 ground balls…won season highs of six draws against Georgetown (2/24) and at Rutgers (3/3)…had three four-goal games (at Villanova 3/10, at No. 17 Penn State 3/14, at Hofstra 4/15)…added an assist at Hofstra for a season-high five points…had four ground balls and five draw controls in the Penn State game…scored in 12 of the 15 games in which she appeared, including the first nine…scored 17 free position goals, leaving her second in the CAA with 1.13 scored per game…twice the CAA Rookie of the Week (2/20, 3/12)…a CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll honoree.
Background
Four-year letterwinner in lacrosse at Leonardtown...three-time all-conference selection, including First Team recognition as a junior and senior...helped the team to conference titles in all four seasons...they were regional champions and state finalists her junior season in 2015...named the conference MVP as a senior...also an All-Met Second Teamer and an All-American that year, as well as the recipient of the Jackie Pitts Award...also played four years of varsity soccer, where she was also a First Teamer and led the team to a regional championship and state finalist appearance as a junior...ran track for four years and was a participant in the Maryland State Meet all four years...a National Honors Society member.
Personal
Daughter of Leandra and Douglas...health sciences major.
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