2022-23 D2 ADA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2023 GLVC BROTHER JAMES GAFFNEY DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
2023 ALL-GLVC ACADEMIC HONOREE
2022 ALL-GLVC ACADEMIC HONOREE
2023 ALL-GLVC HONORABLE MENTION
2024 GLVC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
AAC Defender of the Week (2025 - Week 6)
AAC Defender of the Week (2025 - Week 8)
AAC Defender of the Week Honorable Mention (2025 - Week 9)
2025 American Athletic Conference Second Team All-Defense
Named the 2024 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Defensive Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection in her first season as a defender, Ness joins USF as a graduate student, having earned a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Western State in 2024...she competed in 49 games and made 48 starts for the Griffons, tallying 46 goals, a .568 shooting percentage, 208 draw controls and 78 caused turnovers on her career.
NESS'S GAME-BY-GAME
2025 Stats (Groundballs-Caused Turnovers-Draw Controls)
vs. KSU (0-1-0); at Mercer (1-0-1), vs. Lehigh (1-2-0); vs. Florida (2-0-0); vs. Towson (0-0-3); vs. St. Bonaventure (0-0-1); vs. Xavier (1-1-0); vs. Bucknell (1-1-0); vs. Temple (3-4-0); at ECU (1-0-0); vs. Vanderbilt (3-2-0); at Charlotte (2-1-0); at Liberty (2-2-0); vs. Old Dominion (1-1-1); at JMU (1-1-0); vs. Stetson (0-1-0); vs. ECU (1-2-0);
2025: Played vs. Kennesaw State and caused one turnover...Played vs. Mercer, recorded one groundball and controlled one draw... Started vs. Lehigh, recorded one groundball and caused two turnovers... Played vs. Florida and recorded two groundballs... Started vs. Towson and controlled three draws... Started vs. St. Bonaventure and controlled one draw... Started vs. Xavier, recorded one groundball and caused one turnover... Started vs. Bucknell, recorded one groundball and caused one turnover... Started vs. Temple, recorded three groundballs and caused four turnovers to earn AAC Defender of the Week Honors... Played at East Carolina and recorded one groundball... Started vs. Vanderbilt, recorded three groundballs and caused two turnovers to earn AAC Defender of the Week Honors... Started at Charlotte, recorded two groundballs and caused one turnover... Started at LIberty, recorded two groundballs and caused two turnovers. Her impressive week earned her AAC Defender of the Week Honorable Mention... Started vs. Old Dominion, recorded one groundball, caused one turnover, and controlled one draw... Started at James Madison, recorded one groundball and caused one turnover... Started vs. Stetson and caused one turnover... Started in the AAC Semifinal vs. East Carolina, recorded one groundball and caused one turnover.
2024 (MISSOURI WESTERN STATE): Named GLVC Defensive Player of the Year and first team all-conference...started all 17 games for the Griffons...scored 10 goals on 13 shots on goal and posted a .714 shooting percentage...Led the GLVC with 37 caused turnovers and ranked third with 107 draw controls and sixth with 43 ground balls (2.06 per game) as MWSU went 10-7.
2023 (MISSOURI WESTERN STATE): Earned honorable mention All-GLVC honors...played and started 15 games... season high five shots on goal, five goals and five points against Maryville (MO) (3/12)...three caused turnovers against Lewis on (3/21)... posted 20 goals on 32 shots on goal, 22 points and .914 shots on goal percentage...added 22 ground balls and 65 draw controls.
2022 (MISSOURI WESTERN STATE): Started 16 games and had 17 appearances...earned programs first conference offensive player of the week honors (3/28)... season high five goal game against Davis and Elkins... five draw controls against Lewis... six ground balls against Northern Michigan University... fifth on team with 16 goals... second in team caused turnovers with 23...All-GLVC Academic Honoree
PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Earned first team all-conference and all-section and second team All-Metro in her senior season of 2021 at Forest Lake High School playing for coach Jenna Brown...a three-time all-conference honorable mention selection (2017, 18 & 19)...competed for Lacrosse Monkey club team.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Dan and Shana Ness...has two sisters, Sam and Ellie, and a brother, Ethan...Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes... previously served as an editor of university school newspaper... fall 2021 and spring 2022 Dean’s List...fall 2022 and 2023, and Spring 2023 and 2024 President’s list honoree...graduated Magna Cum Laude in the spring of 2024 with a Bachelor’s degree in convergent journalism and public relations from Missouri Western State...plans to pursue a master’s degree in digital journalism and design at USF...chose USF because of the coaches and culture and to be part of the inaugural program...plans to pursue a master’s degree in digital journalism and design.
NESS'S CAREER HIGHS:
Goals: 5, (2x), last at Maryville (MO) 3/12/23
Assists: 1, (6x), last vs. Quincy 2/25/24
Points: 5, (2x), last at Maryville (MO) 3/12/23
Draw Controls: 11, vs. UC-Colorado Springs 3/19/24
Groundballs: 6, (2x), last vs. William Jewell 4/21/24
Caused Turnovers: 7, vs. Daemen 3/10/24
