A five-year member of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's lacrosse program and a four-sport student-athlete, redshirt-senior Natalie Church has been presented the 2021-22 UCCS Athletics Director Award.  The UCCS Athletics Director Award is bestowed as a special recognition for student-athletes who have shown outstanding character, perseverance, leadership, resilience, etc. throughout their career as a Mountain Lion. 
 

Natalie Church, Women's Lacrosse (Midfield, Snohomish, Wash. / Glacier Peak High School)

 
2022 Season Highlights and Statistics

• RMAC All-Academic First Team
• All-RMAC Second Team
• RMAC Player of the Week (March 14, 2022)
• Led the team in assists (30), points (67) and draw controls (58)
• Ranked second on the team in goals (37), shots (73), shots on goal (57), ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (17)
• Ranked in the top 10 in the RMAC in points per game (third, 4.19), assists per game (third (1.88), ground balls per game (2.25), goals per game (sixth, 2.31), shots per game (ninth, 4.56) and draw controls per game (ninth, 3.63)
• Set new season program records for points (67), assists (30) and assists per game (1.88)

 
Career Highlights and Statistics

• Four-sport student-athlete (Cross Country: 2018-2020, Indoor Track & Field: 2018-20, Outdoor Track & Field: 2019-2020)
• RMAC Women's Lacrosse All-Academic First Team (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
• RMAC Cross Country All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2019, 2018)
• RMAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Honor Roll (2019-20)
• RMAC Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Honor Roll (2018-19)
• All-RMAC Second Team (2022, 2019)
• RMAC Honorable Mention (2021, 2018)
• RMAC Player of the Week (March 14, 2022 and March 16, 2020)
• Competed in the 2018 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championship Meet
• UCCS career leader in points (206), goals (124), assists (82), assists per game (1.3), shots (265), shots on goal (206), draw controls (324), draw controls per game (5.14), and free-position goals (31)

 

2021-22 UCCS Award Winners
April 20 – Thomas F. McLaughlin Award (Layla Almasri, Women's Cross Country and Afewerki Zeru, Men's Cross Country)
May 9 – Newcomers of the Year (Jadyn LeDoux, Women's Soccer and Rio Newcombe, Men's Golf)
May 10 – Student-Athletes of the Year (Geoff Kelly, Men's Basketball and Tarah Patterson, Women's Soccer)
May 11 – Director of Athletics Award (Natalie Church, Women's Lacrosse)
May 12 – Athletes of the Year