HILLSBORO, Ore. – One of the all-time greats in Linfield lacrosse, Bethany Shade added more accolades to her resume as the senior midfielder was named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year, announced Monday.
 
Shade earned First Team All-NWC honors in her second straight season to lead five Wildcats on the 2022 All-Northwest Conference Lacrosse Team. She was named the NWC Player of the Year as a junior in 2021 and earned Freshman of the Year honors in 2019.
 
Second Team All-NWC honorees for the 'Cats include senior attackers Maia Rezoski and Josie Duey and junior defender Maranda Tucker. Rezoski and Duey were both second-teamers in 2021 while Tucker earned her first All-NWC selection. Sophomore midfielder Abby Ross represented the team as an honorable mention.
 
A native of Snohomish, Washington, Shade scored 52 goals and dished out 32 assists for a total of 84 points during her senior campaign. Her 52 goals are tied for second in the NWC. As talented as Shade was on attack, she was even better on defense. She's tied for No. 1 in Division III with 69 caused turnovers while also ranking No. 5 in the nation with 139 draw controls.
 
Shade caused a career-high eight turnovers four times this spring, setting the Linfield single-match record. She finished with season highs of eight goals and five assists and owns the top 10 marks in school history for draw controls, including a season-high 15 secured against Whitman on April 28.
 
Shade is Linfield's all-time leader in shots (261), shots on goal (218), ground balls (162), draw controls (338) and caused turnovers (141). The next closest player in draw controls has 109 while the next closest in caused turnovers has 73. Shade also ranks second all-time in program history with 140 goals, 61 assists and 201 points.
 
Rezoski, Duey, Tucker and Ross started in all 17 matches for Linfield. Rezoski tallied 46 goals and 15 assists. Three of her goals were game-winners. Duey notched 45 goals and had 37 draw controls while Tucker had 13 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. Ross was second in the NWC with 104 shots and was second on the team to Shade with 47 goals, 17 assists, 41 ground balls, 22 caused turnovers and 92 draw controls.
 
Linfield went 12-5 overall with an 8-4 NWC mark under fourth-year head coach Lindsay Kibler to finish third in the conference standings behind George Fox and Willamette. The 12 wins are the most in school history since the 'Cats became a full-time NCAA program in 2007.
 
George Fox's Andrea Garcia-Milla was named the NWC Offensive Player of the Year while Gracie Maulik of Whitman earned NWC Freshman of the Year honors. George Fox's Katie Brand was tabbed as the NWC Coach of the Year after leading the Bruins to an undefeated 17-0 overall record (12-0 NWC). The Bruins claimed their sixth straight NWC title and earned the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Championships.