CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Mid-American Conference announced the 2025 women’s lacrosse awards today. The seven league head coaches voted on the All-MAC first, second and freshman teams as well as the Coach of the Year, Attacker of the Year, Midfielder of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and Freshman of the Year awards. 

Eastern Michigan's Mackenzie Blackwell was named Attacker of the Year, while Robert Morris' Jenna Irwin earned Midfielder of the Year honors. 

Central Michigan’'s Jozy Allen earned Defensive of the Year honors, while Eastern Michigan's Maddie Porter was tabbed the league's Goalkeeper of the Year. Robert Morris' Mia Berthoff was voted Freshman of the Year, while Akron's Elaine Jones was selected by her peers as the Coach of the Year to round out specialty award winners. 

Blackwell earned a pair of honors from the MAC as she collected her second major award (2023 MAC Freshman of the Year) while earning her third All-MAC accolade after being named to the second team in 2023 and the first team last year. The top scorer in the MAC and No. 15 nationally with 3.69 goals per game, Blackwell has tallied at least three goals in 13-of-16 games played in 2025 to bring her total to 59, making her the first Eagle to score 50+ goals in a single season. The first MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week recipient in program history (April 9), Blackwell was a three-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week as she broke five school records while becoming the first EMU player to hit major career milestones, including 100+ goals and 100+ points, while adding single-season milestones, including 50+ goals, 60+ points, 100+ shots. Overall, Blackwell ranks in the top 50 in three categories on the NCAA’s Active Career list, including ranking 13th in goals per game average (3.06), 31st in draw controls per game (4.56), and 42nd in total goals scored (147).

Irwin has been a constant threat at her position the entire season as she ranks 4th in the conference with 2.41 goals per game and fifth in the MAC with 4.59 draw controls per game, making her one of the top dual threat players in the league. Irwin has posted several career-highs this season, including a six-goal performance at Lafayette. Irwin finished her senior season with 41 goals and 78 draw controls, both of which being career-highs.

Allen anchored a CMU defense that held all conference opponents below their scoring average in league play, with multiple opponents held three goals or more below average. She simultaneously dominated draw controls as the first Chippewa in program history to record triple-digits in the category, leading the MAC. 

The Cincinnati-native is one of only two players in NCAA I to rank in the top 40 in both draw controls and caused turnovers on a per-game basis this season, and one of only three defenders to rank in the top 150 in both. Her productive senior season skyrocketed her career totals to finish second in the CMU record book in both areas.

The senior collected four double-digit games in draw controls in 2025, setting the program record with 16 at Robert Morris, logging the Colonial's largest negative margin in a game ever in MAC play. Prior to this season, CMU had only had six double-digit performances with no player repeating the feat more than once."

Porter the 2024 MAC Freshman of the Year, earned All-MAC First Team honors for the first time in her career after being named to the second team in her rookie season, making her one of four Eagles to earn first-team honors in the program’s three-year history. One of the top keepers nationally, Porter finished the regular season with a school-record 170 saves, and improvement of 38 from last year, whiles stopping 49.4 percent of the shots she faced and allowing 11.06 goals per game, statistics that ranked her third, second, and fourth, respectively, in the MAC and 10th, sixth, and 33rd nationally. Outside of the crease, she continued to be a vacuum as she collected 70 ground balls to lead the NCAA for the second year in a row while also collecting 12 caused turnovers. Porter, who opened the year with 18 saves against San Diego State University to post the 13th-highest total in the nation this year, became the first Eagle to record 100+ ground balls and 300+ saves in a career.

Berthoff has been not only one of the top freshmen in the conference but also one of its standout players overall, ranking among the league leaders in several key offensive categories.Over 17 games, she ranked eighth in the conference with an average of 2.06 goals per game. Her performance in conference play was especially impressive—through six league games, she ranked second in points, fourth in goals, and sixth in assists. Berthoff also tied a single-game program record with six assists against Youngstown State.

Jones was recognized as the league’s Coach of the Year as she led the Zips to their first ever MAC Regular Season title after the squad was picked to finish last in the preseason coaches’ poll. Akron will post its first winning record overall and in league play in program history. Additionally, the Zips have set single-season records for points (288), goals (189), assists (99), shots (452) and shots on goal (343).

The 2025 MAC Women's Lacrosse Championship begins tomorrow, May 1 at 1 p.m. ET in Moon Township, Pa. between No. 1 Robert Morris and No. 4 Detroit Mercy. No. 2 Eastern Michigan and No. 3 Akron will round out semifinal action at 4 p.m. ET. 

The 2025 MAC Women's Lacrosse Championship match is set for 1 p.m. ET aganst the winners of both semifinal matches. 

For more championship information, please visit here. 

The All-MAC first, second and freshman teams were also released and are listed below.

2025 MAC Women’s Lacrosse All-MAC Teams & Specialty Award Winners
Attacker of the Year: Mackenzie Blackwell, Eastern Michigan
Midfielder of the Year: Jenna Irwin, Robert Morris
Defensive Player of the Year: Jozy Allen, Central Michigan
Goalkeeper of the Year: Maddie Porter, Eastern Michigan
Freshman of the Year: Mia Berthoff, Robert Morris
Coach of the Year: Elaine Jones, Akron
 
All-MAC First Team
Attacker- Mackenzie Blackwell, Eastern Michigan
Attacker- Mia Berthoff, Robert Morris
Attacker- Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron
Attacker- Vivian LaMange, Robert Morris
Defender- Annika Wozney, Eastern Michigan
Defender- Jozy Allen, Central Michigan
Defender- Tori Bustamante, Youngstown State
Midfielder- Jenna Irwin, Robert Morris
Midfielder- Katie Grottenhaler, Youngstown State
Midfielder- Noelle Boyd, Akron
Midfielder- Zayda Crumpton, Kent State
Goalkeeper- Maddie Porter, Eastern Michigan 
Goalkeeper- Alexa Martel, Central Michigan
 
All-MAC Second Team
Attacker-Lena Cox Youngstown State
Attacker- Libby Cuckler, Detroit Mercy
Attacker- Lizzie Lundeen, Kent State
Attacker- Skye DePrado, Central Michigan
Defender- Ava Regitz, Central Michigan
Defender- Jenna Evans, Robert Morris
Defender-Sidney Dering, Kent State
Midfielder- Alyssa Jarvis, Detroit Mercy
Midfielder- Emerson Henry, Eastern Michigan
Midfielder- Katie Baumer, Akron
Midfielder-Maddy Camm, Detroit Mercy
Goalkeeper- Meredith Leavell, Detroit Mercy
 
All-Freshman Team
Anna Zucconi, Kent State
Caye Kalbacher, Central Michigan
Claire Baenziger, Youngstown State
Emerson Henry, Eastern Michigan
Jaeda Jensen, Detroit Mercy
Julia Mattingly, Akron
Katheryn Wilson, Eastern Michigan
Madison Prietz, Robert Morris
Meghan McGrath, Youngstown State
Mia Berthoff, Robert Morris
Sophia Schwab, Detroit Mercy
Teagan Braman, Central Michigan
Vivian LaMange, Robert Morris