2023 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Sherman, Lilli
Jersey Number 41
Lilli Sherman
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Cranbrook Kingswood
- Height:
- 5-7
Bio
Ohio State Career
- Earned bachelor's degree in sport industry in Spring 2025
- 2025 Second Team All-Big Ten
- 2025 USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
- B1G Defensive Player of the Week March 18, 2025
- Four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- Three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023, '24, '25)
- 2024 and '25 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll honoree
- Played in 31 games, with 24 stars (26 of the 31 appearances came in last two years); recorded 46 ground balls and 36 caused turnovers, with a goal and two draw controls
2025 (Senior Season)
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- USA Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
- Started all 15 games, led Buckeyes with 24 caused turnovers, ranking second with 25 ground balls
- Scored first career goal on first career shot on Senior Day vs. Northwestern April 19
- Buckeye defense ranked 13th nationally and third in the B1G, limiting teams to 9.47 goals per game
- B1G Defensive Player of the Week March 18 after five ground balls and four caused turnovers combined in two wins; Buckeyes limited opponents to 14 goals and 37 shots in the two games combined
- Career-high four caused turnovers March 12 at Oregon; had three caused turnovers Feb. 15 vs. Louisville and March 1 at Robert Morris and two in four games
- Personal-best six ground balls against the Wildcats
- Four ground balls at San Diego State; picked up three Feb. 26 vs. Akron, at Oregon
- Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten selection, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll honoree
2024 (Junior Season)
- Played in 11 games, starting nine; missed time with injury
- Picked up 19 ground balls and had 11 caused turnovers
- Career-high five ground balls and three caused turnovers vs. Akron Feb. 18
- Had two ground balls in six other games
- Two caused turnovers against Robert Morris Feb. 9 and Denver Feb. 21
- Earned IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, B1G Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete accolades
2023 (Sophomore Season)
- Played vs. Robert Morris in season opener
- Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar recognition
2022 (Freshman Season)
- Played in four games
- Two ground balls and a caused turnover against Marist March 15
- Also played vs. Robert Morris Feb. 12, Cincinnati Feb. 16 and Duquesne March 10
- Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete accolades
Prior to Ohio State
- Played for Monarch Lacrosse for six years
- Team captain and MVP as a senior
- 2021 USA Lacrosse All-American
- Earned first team all-state honors in 2021 and honorable mention accolades in 2019
- Two-time All-Catholic League selection
- Also played field hockey and ice hockey; field hockey captain twice and one season for hockey; two-time field hockey MVP and received 2019 Virginia Dawson Award for outstanding leadership
- Named to deans list and honor roll
Personal
- Daughter of Ellen and David
- Has four siblings; Dakota and Josh attended Michigan, where Dakota played lacrosse, Andrew attended UPenn and Jessica went to Indiana
- Communication major
- Enjoys hanging out with family and dogs
- On how she got into lacrosse: “My brothers always played it so I wanted to try.”
- On why she chose Ohio State: “It had the perfect fit of academics and athletics and has a huge community which always drew me to it.”
- Great grandfather played football at Ohio State, but everyone else in her family went to Michigan; she is the first of more than 20 grandchildren to go to Ohio State
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