Gore Named CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team

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KENNESAW, Ga. - It's yet one more amazing accomplishment for Kennesaw State women's lacrosse star , as she became the second-ever Owl in school history in any sport to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's At-Large First Team honors, the organization of sports information directors (CoSIDA) announced on Wednesday.

Gore is now the seventh Kennesaw State student-athlete (for a total of eight times) to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors, and the second this year after Taylor Cates was a third team selection for softball earlier this month. The other first-team selection in KSU history was Kristi Piedimonte for women's volleyball in 2017.

Student-athletes must be in at least their second season, hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 and be a starter or important reserve to be eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-American teams, with the nominations coming from the first-team selections from the eight CoSIDA districts. Gore was a first-team selection for District IV.

Gore wrapped up her outstanding season and five-year career at Kennesaw State in earlier this month when she became the first player in ASUN Conference history to reach 100 points in a season. That came just one day after she became the first two-time ASUN Player of the Year, while also picking up ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition for a clean sweep of the league individual awards. That was followed a week later by yet another first by a KSU Owl, when Gore was selected to the IWLCA (Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association) All-South Region Second Team. She capped off May by becoming the first-ever Owl to earn All-American status when she was named an Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American.

The first-ever player to be named All-ASUN First Team four times, the Alpharetta native led the nation in scoring for the majority of the season, and is currently third in the NCAA with a new career, KSU and ASUN record-setting 80 goals, while all-time she is the fourth-leading scorer in NCAA history with 313 goals. She was the key factor for an Owl team that claimed the first winning season in school history, breaking the record for most wins in a season by three games with an 11-7 mark. Gore ranks in the top 10 in the nation in seven categories, including fifth in total points, and she also ranks fifth in draw controls per game at 8.61, while her 155 for the year shattered her previous career record. Gore led the ASUN in goals, points, free position goals and draw controls, and earned a league-high four Player of the Week honors.

She graduated in May with her master's degree in Systems Engineering, after receiving her bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering Technology in just three years. She held a perfect 4.0 GPA all three years of her undergraduate career as well both years in graduate school. She also claimed Academic All-ASUN honors for the third time in her career.