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Six Blue Devils Tabbed to Nike Lacrosse/ILWomen Power 100 Freshman Rankings
8/20/2025 6:56:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
DURHAM, N.C. – Inside Lacrosse announced its Nike Lacrosse/IL Power 100 Freshman Rankings, with six Blue Devils earning recognition. Quinn Whitaker headlined the honors, ranking No. 5 overall, while Cat LeTendre, Caroline McCullough, Taylor Murphy, Stella Pence and Ashly White were all named honorable mentions.
Whitaker, named the 2024 Philly Lacrosse Player of the Year, spent the past four years lettering for Episcopal Academy. Over that span, she totaled 197 goals, 50 assists, 231 draw controls, 113 ground balls and 117 caused turnovers. As a freshman, she was named the Pennsylvania Area Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (PASLA) Rookie of the Year and earned second-team All-Delco honors after scoring 34 goals, distributing three assists, recording 38 draw controls, collecting 22 ground balls and forcing 19 turnovers. From her sophomore through senior seasons, she earned first-team All-Delco recognition and garnered All-America honors from USA Lacrosse. Whitaker had an impressive senior season, tallying a career-high 62 goals, 15 assists, 63 draw controls, 38 ground balls and 33 caused turnovers. Following her standout campaign, she was also named the Delco Player of the Year.
LeTendre, product of Vienna, Virginia, joins the Blue Devils after spending the last four years at the Potomac School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner. LeTendre totaled 129 goals, 31 assists, 321 draw controls, 81 ground balls and forced 39 turnovers over her career. The midfielder garnered USA Lacrosse All-America recognition from her sophomore through her senior year. She was also a first-team All-Independent School League (ISL) pick all four years and a first-team Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) All-State pick her junior and senior years. She had a breakout senior season, registering career bests in goals (48) and draw controls (111).
McCullough, a midfielder from Hingham, Massachusetts, joins the Blue Devils after a strong four-year career at Noble and Greenough School. She was a four-time letterwinner and totaled 30 goals, 32 assists, 31 ground balls, 54 caused turnovers and 66 draw controls during her time with the program. As a junior, McCullough was named to the ISL and the All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) teams as an honorable mention. She capped her senior season, setting career-best marks, as she scored 20 goals, dished out 18 assists, earned 49 marks at the draw circle and forced 22 turnovers. She earned selections to the All-ISL and All-NEPSAC teams, was named the ISL Defensive MVP, garnered USA Lacrosse All-America honors and was recognized as a Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection.
Murphy, a standout attacker from Rosemont, Pennsylvania, joins the Blue Devils after a record-setting career at Radnor High School, where she graduated as the program's all-time leading goal scorer with 223 goals and added 133 assists. A four-year letterwinner, Murphy earned All-Central League and All-Delaware County honorable mention honors as a freshman, was named to the All-Central League Second Team and earned All-Delaware County honorable mention as a sophomore. Her junior year marked a breakout season as she netted a career-best 71 goals and dished out 49 assists. She earned All-Central League First Team honors, garnered USA Lacrosse All-America honors and was a finalist for the Philly Lacrosse Player of the Year. As a senior, she recorded 62 goals and 35 assists. She was again named to the All-Central League First Team, earned USA Lacrosse All-America honors and was selected as the Pennsylvania Area Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Pence, a native of Great Falls, Virginia, joins the Blue Devils following a decorated career at the Potomac School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner and graduated as the program's all-time leader in both points (386) and assists (162), while also scoring 224 goals. On the other end of the field, she tallied 55 caused turnovers. The attacker earned VISAA All-State First Team and ISL All-League honors in each of her four seasons and was named a USA Lacrosse All-America as both a junior and senior. In her junior campaign, she totaled 117 points on 76 goals and 41 assists, along with a career-best 22 caused turnovers, earning Washington Post All-Met Second Team recognition. As a senior, she recorded 50 goals, 14 assists and 12 caused turnovers and was named a USA Lacrosse Mid-Atlantic Player of the Week.
White joins the Blue Devils following a standout career at Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner as a defender. Throughout her career, she totaled 181 ground balls, 114 caused turnovers, 144 draw controls and added 13 goals. White was named the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) Defensive MVP, earned All-PAC First Team honors as a junior and was selected as both her team's and league's MVP while being named to the All-PAC First Team her senior year.
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