Haley Connaughton

Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-6
High School:
Westwood HS
Hometown:
Westwood, Mass.

As a Graduate Student in 2022: Named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Honors… Named Preseason Atlantic 10 Player of the Year by Inside Lacrosse… Earned Atlantic 10 All-Academic honors…Connaughton was named a team captain during her final stint with UMass…started in 12 out of the 16 games she saw action in…Recorded 37 points on 16 goals and a team leading 21 assists… Notched her 200th career point in a 22-4 victory over St. Bonaventure where she had 3 assists… Had a season best 6 points with 2 goals and 4 assists to help defeat La Salle (4/14)... Had a goal and 4 assists in a tightly contested win over Davidson (4/23)

As a Senior In 2021: Started all eighteen contests in 2021 finishing first on the team in total points (83), compiling 42 goals and 41 assists. She finished second in the A10 in both points per game at 4.61 and assists per game at 2.28. Connaughton led the charge for the second ranked scoring offense in the country and finished in the top 20 in the NCAA for total assists and assists per game. Recorded multi point games in all but one contest collecting a season high 9 points (5g, 4a) in the season opener against Boston University (2/28). Career high in assists with 6 in a home game against A10 rival Saint Joesph's (4/9) while also adding 2 goals for 8 points. While helping guide the Minutewomen to the 2021 Atlantic Ten Conference Championship, she tallied 3 goals and 3 assists in the conference tournament landing a spot on the A10 All-Tournament Team. Connaughton also claimed the A10 Co-Offensive Player of the Year award as well as All-Conference First team. In addition, she was named to the Northeast-All Region First team and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

As a Sophomore in 2019: Game-By-Game Statistics
Breakout season with career-highs in all stats … Third-leading point producer for UMass with 72 points on 37 goals and 35 assists in 19 starts … One of the top feeders and goal scorers on the NCAA’s second-ranked scoring offense … Among A-10 players, ranked 6^th overall in assists and 8^th in points as a sophomore … Nationally, ranked 29^th in total assists and 48^th in points … Credited with two game-winning goals on the year … Tied a UMass single-game record with 10 points (5g, 5a) against George Mason (3/29) … Tallied 3 goals and an assist in win over VCU (3/24) … Scored two key goals in OT win over Richmond (4/14)… Notched a goal and had four assists in OT win at Duquesne (4/5) … Had two six-point games against Bryant (2/15) and Marist (3/6) in the non-conference season … Scored four points on three goals and an assist in A-10 Semifinals vs. Saint Joseph’s (4/26) … Recorded three goals and three assists in A-10 championship game against Richmond (4/28) ... Also had 22 groundballs and 13 caused turnovers during the season.

As a Freshman in 2018: Game-By-Game Statistics
Played in 12 games during her rookie season recording 11 goals, four assists, 11 groundballs and five caused turnovers ... Had two multi-goal games including a season-high three scores in the win at George Washington (4/15) ... Posted her first career point on an assist in win at Marist (2/28) ... Scored her first collegiate goal at Saint Joseph's (3/29) ... Had two key goals in win at Richmond (4/20) ... Scored a goal in each game of the A-10 Championship tournament with one against Davidson (5/4) in the semifinal and one vs. Richmond (5/6) in the championship match-up.

Before UMass: A four-year letter winner for head coach Leslie Frank at Westwood High School ... Helped the Wolverines to three state finalists games with two state title wins in 2014 and 2016 ... Was a TVL All-Star her sophomore, junior and senior years … Also was a Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection as well as an All-American during her junior and senior years ... Was named captain her senior season in 2017 … Entered her senior season with 225 goals and 190 assists for her career ... Also played soccer and basketball where she was a captain for both teams her senior year.

Major: Business