Julie Ball

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
New Trier/Deerfield Academy
Hometown:
Winnetka, Ill.

Career Highlights
• Program Record, Single Season Caused Turnovers: 52 (2018)
• 2019 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year
• 2019 IWLCA Division I All-South Region Second Team
• 2019 First Team All-Atlantic 10
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Team Captain
• 2018 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year
• 2018 IWLCA Division I All-South Region Second Team
• 2018 First Team All-Atlantic 10
• 2018 VaSID All-State First Team
• 2018 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
• Six-time A-10 Defensive Player of the Week

2019 (Senior)
• Named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season, the only player to do so in A-10 history
• Named to the IWLCA Division I All-South Region Second Team
• Earned Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference and All-Academic Team honors
• Started all 21 games on defense, leading the Spiders with 74 ground balls, 85 draw controls and 51 caused turnovers
• 51 caused turnovers are one shy of own single-season program record set in 2018
• Surpassed 100-career caused turnovers and 150 ground balls and draw controls
• 117 career caused turnovers are good for second in program history, while 174 draw controls place her in fifth
• Matched career high of five caused turnovers on three occasions
• Won a career-high 10 draw controls in win at George Washington (3/31)
• Collected a career-high 10 ground balls vs. Davidson (4/12), just one shy of the single-game program record
• Scored second goal of the season with 1:22 remaining in the A-10 Championship game to pull the Spiders to within one in an eventual comeback win over UMass (4/28)
• Also collected three ground balls, won three draw controls and caused two turnovers versus the Minutewomen to earn All-Tournament Team honors
• Named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week on 3/11, 3/18 and 4/8
• Named a team captain for the 2019 season

2018 (Junior)
• Named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year
• Named to the IWLCA Division I All-South Region Second Team
• Earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors
• Earned A-10 All-tournament Team honors after Spiders' run to A-10 Title
• Broke single season record for caused turnovers with 52
• Finished the season in fifth nationally with 2.60 caused turnovers per game
• One of nine Spiders to start all 20 games
• Finished season with 48 ground balls and 64 draw control wins, both good for third on the team
• Won career-high nine draw controls in NCAA tournament game vs. Northwestern (5/11)
• Caused career-high five turnovers on three occasions
• Upped ground ball and draw control career highs to seven and caused four turnovers at Saint Joseph's (4/6)
• Scored a goal in the regular season meeting with UMass (4/20)
• Named to the VaSID All-State First Team
• Named A-10 Defensive Player of the Week on 2/13, 4/10 and 4/17

2017 (Sophomore)
• Started all 20 games as a sophomore
• Lone assist on the year came in 18-8 win at La Salle (4/2)
• Collected 33 ground balls, good for third on the team
• Finished third on the team with 19 draw controls
• Caused 10 turnovers on the year

2016 (Freshman)
• Appeared in 14 games
• Scored four goals and added an assist for five total points
• Notched first career goal in first appearance, at James Madison on 3/12
• Collected 10 ground balls and caused four turnovers
• Won six draw controls on the year

Prep
• Two-year varsity starter and senior captain at New Trier High earning
• 2015 U.S. Lacrosse All-American and First-Team All-State
• New Trier Trevians finished third in the state of Illinois in 2013 and second in 2014
• Two-time CSL All-Conference Team and New Trier Best Defender Award
• Also started one prep school season as the captain at Deerfield Academy in 2015
• Earned spot on the Western New England Prep School Women's Lacrosse Association All-Star Team as well as Team MVP and Coaches Award at Deerfield Academy
• All-Conference performer and Academic All-American for the squad in 2014 & 2015
• Finished fourth in the league in goals (60) and fourth for total points (78)
• Also played girl's basketball as the senior captain at New Trier, winning the Hustle Award her last seasons there and earned MVP for hoops at Deerfield Academy
• Earned a U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-America honor and was a four-year Honor Roll member at New Trier
• Played with current classmate Danni LeServe at New Trier

Personal
• Daughter of Linda and Jack Ball
• Has three older siblings, Johnny, Natalie and Tommy
• Father played soccer at Colgate
• Birthday is February 19

Career Highs
Points – 2 vs. La Salle (4/24/16)
Goals – 2 vs. La Salle (4/24/16)
Assists – 1, 3x, last at George Mason (4/26/19)
Shots – 3 vs. La Salle (4/24/16)
Draw Controls – 10 at George Washington (3/31/19)
Ground Balls – 10 vs. Davidson (4/12/19)
Caused Turnovers – 5, 6x, last vs. Davidson (4/12/19)