00 - Julia Southard
| Height: | 5-7 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Manhasset, NY |
| High School: | Manhasset |
| Position: | G |
In her sophomore campaign, Southard earned
valuable experience playing nearly every minute
of every game. She worked hard in the off season
further developing her game. As one of Brown's
most vocal and intense defenders, she will be relied
on for her leadership abilities, along with making
many stops ... 2003: Posted 148 saves in all
14 games for the Bears ... Notched four caused
turnovers and six ground balls ... Posted a careerhigh
19 saves against #12 Yale ... Notched 18 saves
against #12 Cornell ... 2002: Played in two games and posted five saves,
including three against Northwestern ... Before Brown: A four-sport athlete
at Manhasset High School, Southard played Basketball, Field Hockey,
and Volleyball in addition to lacrosse ... A captain for her lacrosse team in
2000 and 2001, Southard earned All-American honors in both of those years
... An All-Long Island selection as a senior, she was named the team's MVP
and was selected for the Top-40 Senior All-Star game ... A three-year starter
in net for three county finalist teams, she posted a 6.55 goals against average
and a .643 save percentage in 2001 ... In three years, she recorded 50 wins
and graduated from Manhasset as the only women's lacrosse player in the
history of the school to earn All-American honors as a junior and a senior ...
Played high school lacrosse with former Brown lacrosse player Maggie Connolly '03 ...
Personal: The daughter of Melville and Christina Southard, Julia has a
sister, Tara, and a brother, Eric, who plays lacrosse at Duke ... Concentrating
in History.
