Another trip to the nation’s capital awaits Northwestern’s offensive leader.
For the second consecutive year, Northwestern junior attacker Madison Taylor will wrap up her lacrosse season with a trip to Washington, D.C.
On Thursday, Taylor was named one of the five women’s finalists for the 2025 Tewaaraton Award, which is given annually to the top player in Division I women’s lacrosse. Other nominees included Boston College senior attacker Rachel Clark, Boston College junior goalie Shea Dolce, North Carolina graduate student attacker Ashley Humphrey and North Carolina redshirt freshman attacker Chloe Humphrey.
Back to back ⭐️ @Tewaaraton
Junior Maddy Taylor has been named a Tewaaraton Finalist! She leads @NCAALAX in goals per game and points per game pic.twitter.com/SXBNZCIDFL
— Northwestern Lax (@NULax) May 8, 2025
Taylor is now the fourth Northwestern player to earn multiple Tewaaraton finalist nods, joining the likes of Izzy Scane (2024, 2023, 2021), Hannah Nielsen (2009, 2008, 2007) and Kristen Kjellman (2007, 2006, 2005). She was previously part of the final five during the 2024 season, when she became the first sophomore Tewaaraton finalist since Maryland’s Taylor Cummings in 2014.
With the NCAA tournament still left to play, Taylor leads the NCAA in goals (4.94) and points (6.94) per game. She is also ranked first in total points (125) and second in total goals (89) behind Clark, who has 91 but with one extra game played. Taylor needs 14 more goals to break Abby Hormes’ NCAA Division I single-season goals record of 103.
After helping Northwestern to the Big Ten regular season and tournament championships, Taylor was unanimously named the 2025 Big Ten Attacker of the Year. She will have a chance to further prove her Tewaaraton case in the NCAA tournament, where the Wildcats are the No. 3 seed and begin play in the second round on May 11.
Between Selena Lasota (2019), Erin Coykendall (2023), Scane and Taylor, Northwestern has now had at least one Tewaaraton finalist in five of the past six seasons, with 2022 being the only exception. With Scane having won the award in 2023 and 2024, it has been nearly two years since the reigning Tewaaraton holder was not a Wildcat.
The winner of the Tewaaraton will be announced on Thursday, May 29 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., following the conclusion of the NCAA tournament.