Makayla Willets of Lees-McRae Named Conference Carolinas Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week

Makayla Willets of Lees-McRae Named Conference Carolinas Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week

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Makayla Willets of Lees-McRae Named Conference Carolinas Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Makayla Willets of Lees-McRae has been named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Week.

The league office made the official announcement on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.

A freshman midfielder from Mastic, N.Y., Willets finished two games last week for Lees-McRae with 10 goals and two assists for a total of 12 points.

Willets opened last week by finishing Lees-McRae’s road conference win at Southern Wesleyan with three goals and two assists. She also had four draw controls in the win. In Lees-McRae’s narrow loss at Mars Hill, Willets scored a program fourth-best seven goals. She had three draw controls in the game.

This is Conference Carolinas

Conference Carolinas has a rich tradition in roots that dates back to its early initial inception on Dec. 6, 1930. The NCAA Division II athletics conference presently has member schools located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Conference Carolinas member institutions are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, King, Lees-McRae, Limestone, Mount Olive, North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan.   

Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.

Please visit conferencecarolinas.com to learn more about Conference Carolinas.   

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2020 Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week 

Week One (Feb. 3, 2020)
Angelina Scarpa – Barton

Week Two (Feb. 10, 2020)
Kylie Eastman - Belmont Abbey 

Week Three (Feb. 17, 2020)
Julia Foster – Limestone

Week Four (Feb. 24, 2020)
Makayla Willets – Lees-McRae