PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Graduate student
Cassidy Spilis was selected to compete in the 2024 IWLCA Senior All-Star Game, held on Saturday, June 1 on Tierney Field at USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland. Spilis – who will compete for the North Team – is the first all-star selection from Rutgers women's lacrosse since current assistant coach
Taralyn Naslonski played in the game in 2022.
First draw begins at 10 a.m. ET at USA Lacrosse Headquarters. Admission is free of charge. The Senior All-Star game will not be streamed.
2024 Postseason Awards
- First Team All-American (IWLCA, ILWomen)
- Second Team All-American (USA Lacrosse Magazine)
- First Team IWLCA All-Region
- Unanimous Big Ten Midfielder of the Year
- Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
- All-Big Ten Tournament Team
- IWLCA Senior All-Star Game Selection
The 2024 Big Ten Midfielder of the Year and a consensus First Team All-Big Ten selection, Spilis tallied 79 points on 74 goals and five helpers to go along with 98 draw controls, 40 ground balls and 36 caused turnovers in 18 games for Rutgers women's lacrosse during the 2024 campaign. Her 74 goals ranked third in the Big Ten and were ninth nationally. Spilis also finished the season second in the Big Ten in goals per game (4.11), second in caused turnovers per game (2.00), fourth in draw controls per game (5.44), ground balls per game (2.17) and points per game (4.39), and fifth in points (79).
A First Team IWLCA All-American and All-Region selection, Spilis scored three or more goals 15 times this season and produced 10 games with five or more goals. Spilis contributed multiple points, caused turnovers, draw controls and ground balls in 10 starts this season and secured five or more draw controls 11 times. Spilis finished the season as a six-time Big Ten Midfielder of the Week and 2024 Tewaaraton Award nominee while picking up All-America laurels from the IWLCA (First Team), ILWomen (First Team) and USA Lacrosse Magazine (Second Team).
The Tabernacle, New Jersey, native set several program single-season and career records this spring, becoming the program's all-time leader in points scored with 281. Spilis also set the school record for career draw controls (313) and broke her own single season record with 74 goals during the 2024 campaign.
Spilis leaves Rutgers as the program's all-time leader in career points (281), goals (266) and draw controls (313). In 81 career games, Spilis produced 281 points on 266 goals and 15 assists along with 313 draw controls, 149 ground balls and 102 caused turnovers. Spilis is a four-time First Team All-Big Ten selection, three-time All-American and three-time IWLCA All-Region pick.
A standout in the classroom, Spilis is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten pick after she earned her bachelor's degree in 2023. Working towards her master's degree, Spilis was the Big Ten's Dr. Pepper College Football Playoff scholarship recipient - given to one student-athlete from across the conference each year.
Spilis helped Rutgers advance to its fourth consecutive Big Ten semifinal appearance after the Scarlet Knights defeated No. 7 Maryland in the conference quarterfinals on April 27 in College Park. RU tallied eight wins on the season and faced eight teams who advanced to this year's NCAA Tournament.
