Brittney Wright

Photo by: Christian Gravius

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-1
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Moorestown
Hometown:
Moorestown, N.J.

2022 (Graduate)
• Team captain and overall defensive leader
• Started and played in 17 of 18 games, missing just one start/game due to injury
• Named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season
• Led Richmond to a No. 13 national ranking in scoring defense (9.50 GAA)
• Earned USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American Honorable Mention honors
• Named to the USA Lacrosse Magazine NCAA Division I Preseason All-America Third Team
• Named Inside Lacrosse’s Preseason A-10 Defensive Player of the Year
• Named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week for April 4 after standout performances against Duquesne and Saint Joseph’s
• Spent her final season with the Spiders marking up her opponent’s offensive leader. Limiting their outputs
• Held Stanford's Ashley Humphrey to two points (2 assists) while she led the country with 6.67 points per game and had 84 assists on the season while ranking first in the country in assists per game (4.67)
• Held A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, Saint Joseph's Lauren Figura, to two goals while she led the conference in goals per game with 4.20
• Held Davidson's Erin Cooke to just one goal and one assist. Cooke was Davidson's points leader (67) and ranked first in the conference in assists (37)
• Ranked second on the team in caused turnovers with 14
• Tallied 13 ground balls on the season

2021 (Senior)
• Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year
• VASID All-State First Team
• First Team All-Atlantic 10
• IWLCA Second Team All-South Region
• Started in all 12 games on defense
• Collected 18 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers
• Tallied at least one ground ball in all 11 of 12 games
• Posted season-high three ground balls against Saint Joseph’s (4/30)
• Twice forced two caused turnovers, against Virginia (2/19) and VCU (3/28)
• Named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week March 30 after she held GW’s top scorer to only one goal and VCU’s leading scorer without a goal in the Spiders’ victories. She also collected two ground balls and three caused turnovers on the weekend.

2020 (Junior)
• Named to the Preseason All-Atlantic 10
• Started all seven contests on the defense
• Helped squad to hold opposing teams to only 7.57 goals per game
• Collected a career-high six ground balls in the Spiders overtime win at Virginia (2/26)

2019 (Sophomore)
• Started all 21 games on defense, serving as a key matchup defender for the Spiders
• Set career high with four ground balls at UMass (4/14), while also logging first career assist
• Finished the season with 21 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers

2018 (Freshman)
• Named to Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Appeared in 19 of 20 games, making four starts on defense
• Collected 10 ground balls and caused seven turnovers on the year

Prep
• A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Moorestown High for coach Deanna Knoblock
• Named a 2014 Brine National Lacrosse All-American
• Member of the 2014 Nike Elite 120
• Recipient of the Robert Ger Sportsmanship Award
• Earned Honorable Mention honors as a senior
• Led team to the 2014-2017 Group 3 New Jersey State title
• Competed in the 2014 Tournament of Champions
• Also lettered three seasons in volleyball, starting two of them
• Academically, member of the Honor Roll and Honors and Service Society
• Graduated with honors

Personal
• Daughter of Bryan and Robbin Wright
• Has one brother, Bryan, who plays lacrosse at Tampa