WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Tewaaraton Foundation announce its 2025 Tewaaraton Award Men’s and Women’s Watch Lists presented by Stifel. The lists include the top players in college lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2025 Tewaaraton Award. 

Middlebury senior Hope Shue was included on the list and is the only Division III among the nominees. Shue was the IWLCA Player and Attacker of the Year as well as the NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year as a junior in 2024. She also earned a spot on the All-American, all-region and All-NESCAC First Teams. The Panther was also selected as the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player and secured a place on the NCAA All-Tournament team for the second-consecutive year after helping Middlebury claim its third consecutive NCAA Division III title.

Shue became the second player in program history to eclipse the 100-point plateau in a season, tying the Middlebury record with 106. That point total, her 4.61 points per game and her 81 goals each paced the NESCAC. The attacker enters her senior campaign in second place in the program's record book in goals (220), while ranking third in points (272). Shue reached the 200-goal milestone mark last season, becoming just the third player in program history to accomplish the feat. 

Shue also earned the Division III Women's Lacrosse Elite 90 Award for the second-straight year, becoming the first Middlebury athlete to accomplish the feat. The Elite 90 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA) participating at the site of the finals for each of the NCAA's 90 championships. Shue was also named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America At-Large Team in 2024.

The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse players in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.

The 2025 Watch Lists include three returning Tewaaraton Finalists: Cornell’s CJ Kirst (2023) on the men’s side, and Loyola’s Chase Boyle (2024) and Northwestern’s Madison Taylor (2024) on the women’s side. Boston College and Northwestern lead the women’s list with five players each among 26 schools represented, while Notre Dame leads the men’s list with four players among 28 schools represented.

The initial 2025 Tewaaraton Award Watch List candidates, with school, year and position noted: