Senior attacker Madison Taylor has won the 2026 Tewaaraton award, the most prestigious honor given to an NCAA lacrosse athlete.
The accolade was announced at the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony in Washington D.C. on Thursday evening. Taylor becomes the fifth Wildcat to win this award and the first since Izzy Scane did so in 2023 and 2024.
This marks Taylor’s first time receiving this award, capping off a strong final season in purple where she had conference 139 points, 97 goals and produced 42 assists. Taylor adds the Tewaaraton to a stacked resume of accomplishments, including breaking the NCAA D1 single-season goals record last season with 109 scores.
In the 2026 NCAA championship game, Taylor flexed her prowess as a facilitator with one goal and matched a title-game record with six assists. She finished her career tied with Scane for the most points in Northwestern history with 483, while also passing her for most career points in the NCAA tournament with 93.
This award reflects the culimating prize of Taylor’s magical career as a Wildcat — one that will go down not just in Northwestern’s history books, but in the lacrosse world’s at large.
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