2024 Yale Women's Lacrosse Roster

Paul Anderson

21 Marymegan Wright

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Phillips Exeter
  • Hometown Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Biography

2024 (Junior): Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll... Academic All-Ivy League... Started all 20 games, establishing career highs in games played and starts... Extended streak of consecutive starts to 37... Totaled 18 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers... Key part of Yale's clears; helped Bulldogs rank No. 2 nationally in clearing percentage (.945)... Tied career high with four ground balls in win vs. Johns Hopkins in second round of NCAA Tournament May 12... Career-high three caused turnovers vs. Denver Apr. 22.

2023 (Sophomore): Third on team in ground balls with 25... Started all 17 games... Key part of Yale's clears; helped Bulldogs rank No. 5 nationally in clearing percentage (.924).

2022 (First Year): Earned team's Most Improved Player Award... Appeared in 15 games, starting eight... 16 ground balls, seven caused turnovers... Earned first career start in season-opening 15-4 win vs. Sacred Heart Feb. 19.

Phillips Exeter: USA Lacrosse All-American 2021… Team captain… Four-year varsity lacrosse player… Full Fifty Award 2018-2019… Robert W. Kessler Class of ’47 Award… All-NEPSAC Class A Honorary Mention 2021… Also on soccer, indoor track and field teams…  Earned Goodwin Prize for sportsmanship and participation… Earned Ruth and Paul Sadler Cup for character and leadership combined with excellence in studies and in athletics… Cum Laude… John Parker Compton, 1943, Scholarship... Co-chair of Exeter’s Relay for Life event 2018-2020 (through American Cancer Society)... Co-head of step team... Participated in horseback riding.

Individual Accomplishments: Under Armour All-American Southwest Regional Highlight Team 2020.

Notes: Played with another former Grit lacrosse player at Yale, JoJo Gum '23… Attended Hockaday School, the same school as JoJo Gum, before Phillips Exeter... Oldest brother, Adam Wright, played football for Claremont McKenna College... Next-older brother, Damon Wright, attended Dartmouth from 2004-2008 and played baseball… Father, Dale Wright, played basketball for Pace in New York City.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale because of the incredible academics and athletics and especially the balance that it offers between those two endeavors. I wanted to join a community that encourages students to explore a variety of interests, fostering well-rounded individuals as well as stellar athletes.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2022First Year

    Defender
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2023Sophomore

    Defender
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2024Junior

    Defender
    5'6"
    21