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Mia Castagnero

Position:
Attack
Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Apex
Hometown:
Apex, N.C.

Career Highlights
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Team Captain
• 2016 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• 2016 VaSID All-State Second Team
• 2018 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• Four-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week

2019 (Senior)
• Started all 20 games in which she played on attack
• Led the Spiders with 57 goals on the year
• Totaled 68 points, good for fourth on the team
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• Surpassed the 100-career goal mark and finished career with 147 points
• Scored six goals, including five in the second half, in the Spiders' A-10 Championship win over UMass (4/28)
• Named to the A-10 All-Tournament Team, totaling 17 points in three games and breaking the A-10 Tournament goals record with 15
• Named a team captain for the 2019 season
• Named to IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Junior)
• Appeared in 14 games, making five starts on the year after returning from injury last season
• Earned A-10 All-tournament Team honors after Spiders' run to A-10 Title
• Scored 21 goals and logged four assists for 25 points
• Scored four goals in A-10 Tournament Championship win over UMass
• Logged a hat trick in NCAA Tournament game vs. Northwestern (5.11)
• Also scored four goals against Campbell (2/10) and La Salle (4/22)
• Collected four ground balls and caused two turnovers
• Named to IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Roll

2017 (Sophomore)
• Played in five games before suffering a season-ending injury
• Scored six goals, including one game-winner
• Collected one ground ball and caused one turnover

2016 (Freshman)
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Named to VaSID All-State Second Team
• Four-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week
• Led the team in goals with 42
• Scored career-high six goals against George Mason on 4/3
• Finished the season third on the team in points with 48
• Picked up 23 ground balls and caused 12 turnovers on the year
• Won seven draw controls

Prep
• Four-year starter and two-year captain for Apex High
• Earned State Championship MVP in 2014 (in an 11-10 loss) and won two Conference Player of the Year awards
• Four-time All-Conference honoree
• Scored 203 goals and assisted in 119 more in her career, with a career-best 73 goals in her junior season
• Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as a sophomore, with 53 goals and 30 assists
• Also won a Raleigh Sport Club Award
• Apex secured the SWAC Championship in 2014 & 2015, finishing as the state runner up in 2014
• Also started four years for the Apex High girl's varsity basketball squad, earning three All Conference honors
• National Honor Society, A&B Honor Roll, Presidential Scholar Award and High School All-Academic honoree

Personal
• Daughter of Carra and Steven Castagnero
• Has two brothers, Connor and Jake
• Parents were athletes at Pennsylvania; father played football and mother was a rower for the Quakers
• Birthday is February 25

Career Highs
Points – 6, 5x, last vs. UMass (4/28/19)
Goals – 6, 2x, last vs. UMass (4/28/19)
Assists – 3 vs. Liberty (2/20/16)
Shots – 16 vs. Mercer (2/13/16)
Draw Controls – 3, 2x, last at George Mason (4/26/19)
Ground Balls – 4, 3x, last at Saint Joseph’s (4/8/16)
Caused Turnovers – 3, 2x, last vs. UMass (4/28/19)