Three Irish Named USA Lacrosse All-Americans – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse trio of  junior Kate Timarky, sophomore Madison Rassas, and freshman Maura Irish earned another honor this season as they were named USA Lacrosse All-Americans on Thursday afternoon.

Timarky and Rassas were named to the USA Lacrosse All-American Second Team and Irish was USA Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention.

The three standouts were also named IL Women Midseaon All-Americans, named to the All-ACC Team, and were all Tewaaraton Watch List honorees. Most recently, Timarky was named a Tewaaraton Nominee.

Junior Kate Timarky leads the Irish with 54 goals and 70 points so far this season. The attacker surpassed the 100 career-points milestone earlier this season after recording a career-high 10 points in the win over Liberty. Timarky has been one of the top offensive players in the ACC this season as she is second in the conference, and 24th nationally in goals (54). She is second in the ACC in goals per game and 10th nationally (3.60). She is also fourth in the conference in points (70) and third in points per game (4.67). She has also recorded 19 ground balls so far this season and has scored a hat trick or more in 11 games.

Sophomore Madison Rassas has received several honors already this season, including being named to the 2026 Preseason All-ACC Team and has also received USA Lacrosse Preseason All-American honors. The midfielder is second on the team with 51 goals and 62 points, while also recording 23 ground balls, 9 caused turnovers, and 7 draw controls. Rassas is third in the ACC in goals (51), third in goals per game (3.00), eighth in points (62) and ninth in points per game (3.65).

Freshman Maura Irish has scored 17 goals and dished out 17 assists for a total of 34 points so far in her rookie season. The midfielder has also recorded 27 draw controls, 28 ground balls, and 20 caused turnovers. Irish earned her first ACC weekly honor of her career as she was named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after helping guide Notre Dame to wins over No. 3 Boston College and No. 25 Harvard.