Morgan Handzel Season 2025-26

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2024-25 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2025 - BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (Mar. 17)

2025 (Xavier)
Saw action in all 15 games with 10 starts... totaled 107 draw controls, three assists, three ground balls and a caused turnover... broke the school record with 14 draw controls against rival Cincinnati on Feb. 26... had 12 draw controls and an assist against Bucknell on March 7... broke her own record again with 15 draw controls in the win over Gardner-Webb on March 13... followed up with 11 draw controls against Wofford to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors... holds the season and career records for draw controls (107) and draw controls per game (7.13).

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year varsity lacrosse athlete... led her program to three consecutive state championships, posting a 58-5 record from 2020-2023... in 2020, she was tabbed as the State Championship MVP...  following the 2023 season, Handzel was tabbed as the Most Outstanding Player, a 2023 USA Lacrosse All-American, and an All-State First Team selection... taken over 680 career draw controls with a 65% success rate.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kevin Handzel and Tracy Morgan... has one sibling, Kacy... mother, Tracy, ran track and field at Cortland... father, Kevin, played football at Springfield... sister, Kacy, played lacrosse at Wooster and club lacrosse at Cincinnati.... majoring in marketing.