Six Wolverines Notch IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region Honors
5/16/2025 10:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Six University of Michigan women's lacrosse student-athletes earned Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association West/Midwest All-Region honors as announced by the organization Thursday (May 15).
Graduate student Ava Class, seniors Kaylee Dyer, Erin O'Grady and Jill Smith and junior Grace Callahan were all named to the first team, while senior Julia Schwabe garnered second-team honors. Smith earned all-region for the third time in her career, while Callahan, Dyer and O'Grady all earned the honor for the second straight season. The honor is the first for Class and Schwabe.
Smith paced the Wolverine offense in her final season, breaking the Michigan career points record and eclipsing her standing single-season points record. The Farmington Hills, Mich., native had a team-best 82 points (59 goals, 23 assists), breaking the previous single-season mark of 77 points. The attacker was the second Wolverine in program history to surpass 200 career points, ending her time in maize and blue as the Michigan career points leader with 245. She finished her career on a 37-game goals and points streak, from Feb. 24, 2024, to May 11, 2025 -- the longest streak in program history. Smith also finished her career with 192 draw-control wins to rank second in program history. This season, Smith led the Wolverine offense with 82 points and was second with 74 draw-control wins. The attacker notched 18 multi-point games, 11 with hat tricks, and set the Big Ten Conference Tournament and U-M single-game record with 10 points (eight goals, two assists) against USC. She was a Tewaaraton Award nominee, a first team All-Big Ten and Big Ten All-Tournament Team member and notched USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Honorable Mention citations.
O'Grady repeated as the Big Ten Goalie of the Year, breaking the Michigan career wins record with 25. The Massapequa, N.Y., native was the third goalie in program history with more than 300 stops and ended her career with 351 saves to rank third all-time in Michigan annals. She ranks second nationally and leads the Big Ten with a .534 save percentage. This season, O'Grady had 12 double-digit save efforts, while stopping a career-best 14 shots at Colorado. She was a Tewaaraton Nominee, a first-team All-Big Ten member and notched USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America second-team honors. O'Grady was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and the IWLCA Defensive Player of the Week once each in 2025.
Following Smith, Dyer became the third player in program history to tally 200 career points, finishing her career with 201 after her two assists against Northwestern in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She broke the single-season assists record with her 34 helpers and ranks second all-time in Michigan history with 76 career assists. The Elkins Park, Pa., native ranked second on the squad with 78 total points and is second in Michigan single-season history. Dyer tallied 44 goals in addition to her 34 assists with 18 multi-point games, including eight (two goals, six assists) against USC in the Big Ten Tournament. The attacker was on the Tewaaraton Award Watch List, earned All-Big Ten second-team honors and received USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America citations.
Callahan anchored a Michigan defense that ranked eighth nationally, giving up just 9.05 goals per game. The defender led the Wolverines with 24 caused turnovers and had 30 ground balls, which ranked second. She was an All-Big Ten first-team honoree and was a third-team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American.
Class recorded the best season of her career, with 31 points (25 goals, six assists). She had a .644 shots-on-goal percentage and netted 10 of 17 free-position opportunities. The Hunt Valley, Md., native had nine multi-point games with a career-best seven (six goals, one assist) at Maryland in the regular season. Class was named All-Big Ten first team for her efforts in her final season.
Schwabe is one of nine Michigan players to record 100 career points, totaling 131 in her four seasons -- including a career-best 53 points in her senior campaign. The midfielder added 17 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and one draw control to her stat line. The Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., native earned All-Big Ten second-team honors and was a Big Ten Midfielder of the Week selection.
