2020 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Lopez-Ona, Mariana

Jersey Number 37
Mariana Lopez-Ona
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Princeton, N.J.
- High School:
- Princeton
Bio
At Michigan
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time U-M Academic Achievement award recipient (2020-22)
Senior (2023)
• Appeared in all 20 games with 19 starts on defense
• Picked up 20 ground balls and had 12 caused turnovers
• Won one draw control
• Had three caused turnovers and three ground balls at Maryland
Junior (2022)
• Saw action in three games off the bench
Sophomore (2021)
• Did not see game action
Freshman (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after six games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Saw action in three games in her first season
• Scored her first career goal against Colorado (Feb. 23)
• Picked up one ground ball and had one caused turnover
Prep
• Prepped at Princeton High School where she was a four-year letter winner
• Named Colonial Valley Conference Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year in her senior season
• Was a 2019 U.S. Lacrosse All-American
• Selected to the 2019 HLA U19 team that won the Vail Shootout championship
• Notched Second Team All-State and First Team All-State for Group 4 as a senior
• Is a two-time All-Colonial Valley Conference First Team honoree and a two-time all-area first team honoree
• Named first team by the Trenton Times twice as well as earning Offensive Player of the Year by the Trentonian
• Scored 98 goals and had 32 assists in her senior campaign en route to a Central Group 4 State Sectional Title
• Led her team to a state sectional championship in her junior season and the state sectional semifinal as a sophomore
• Surpassed 300 career goals in her senior season
• Surpassed 100 career goals as a sophomore and 200 career goals in her junior season
• Had a career-high 10 points in one game with eight goals and two assists in her sophomore season
Academic/Extracurriculars
• Teen Pep Advisor
• Was an assistant coach for Princeton Girls Lacrosse Club
Club
• Played club lacrosse for Ultimate Goal Lacrosse NJ
Other Sports
• Also played varsity field hockey and ran winter track at Princeton High School
Personal
•Full name is Mariana Caridad Lopez-Ona
• Born September 7, 2001
• Daughter of John Lopez-Ona and Jacqueline Knowlton
• Has one brother and one sister
• Father played lacrosse at Franklin and Marshall College
• Sister, Emilia, played lacrosse for two years at the University of Pennsylvania
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business
• Major is business administration
• IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time U-M Academic Achievement award recipient (2020-22)
Senior (2023)
• Appeared in all 20 games with 19 starts on defense
• Picked up 20 ground balls and had 12 caused turnovers
• Won one draw control
• Had three caused turnovers and three ground balls at Maryland
Junior (2022)
• Saw action in three games off the bench
Sophomore (2021)
• Did not see game action
Freshman (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after six games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Saw action in three games in her first season
• Scored her first career goal against Colorado (Feb. 23)
• Picked up one ground ball and had one caused turnover
Prep
• Prepped at Princeton High School where she was a four-year letter winner
• Named Colonial Valley Conference Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year in her senior season
• Was a 2019 U.S. Lacrosse All-American
• Selected to the 2019 HLA U19 team that won the Vail Shootout championship
• Notched Second Team All-State and First Team All-State for Group 4 as a senior
• Is a two-time All-Colonial Valley Conference First Team honoree and a two-time all-area first team honoree
• Named first team by the Trenton Times twice as well as earning Offensive Player of the Year by the Trentonian
• Scored 98 goals and had 32 assists in her senior campaign en route to a Central Group 4 State Sectional Title
• Led her team to a state sectional championship in her junior season and the state sectional semifinal as a sophomore
• Surpassed 300 career goals in her senior season
• Surpassed 100 career goals as a sophomore and 200 career goals in her junior season
• Had a career-high 10 points in one game with eight goals and two assists in her sophomore season
Academic/Extracurriculars
• Teen Pep Advisor
• Was an assistant coach for Princeton Girls Lacrosse Club
Club
• Played club lacrosse for Ultimate Goal Lacrosse NJ
Other Sports
• Also played varsity field hockey and ran winter track at Princeton High School
Personal
•Full name is Mariana Caridad Lopez-Ona
• Born September 7, 2001
• Daughter of John Lopez-Ona and Jacqueline Knowlton
• Has one brother and one sister
• Father played lacrosse at Franklin and Marshall College
• Sister, Emilia, played lacrosse for two years at the University of Pennsylvania
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business
• Major is business administration
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