Nicole Ferrara
2023 Head Coach
The Ohio State University
Ohio State Career
Team captain as a junior in 2022
2022 Second Team All-Big Ten
A three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, as well as an IWLCA Honor Roll selection
Earned B1G Freshman of the Week accolades March 10, 2020
Recorded 100th collegiate point with an assist against Rutgers April 28
Has played in 37 games for the Buckeyes, with 29 starts; 69 goals, 35 assists and 104 points, with 145 shots, 23 ground balls and nine caused turnovers, in the Scarlet and Gray
Enters senior season on 21-game point streak, with 47 goals, 24 assists and 71 points in the stretch (started March 26, 2021 vs. Penn State)
2022 (Junior Season)
Team captain
Second Team All-Big Ten
Led Buckeyes with 21 assists and 52 points, ranking second with 31 goals, setting career highs in all three categories
Played in all 16 games, starting 14; scored a goal in all but one game, with 12 multi-goal outings, and had at least one point in each contest, with multiple points in 13
Top 10 in the Big Ten assists, assists per game (1.31) and points per game (3.10)
Scored five points in four games, with a hat trick and two assists vs. Robert Morris Feb. 12 and two goals and three assists vs. Penn State March 26, at Louisville March 31 and vs. Rutgers April 28
Four-goal outing vs. Johns Hopkins April 23
Hat trick and an assist for four points vs. Marquette Feb. 20 and had two goals and two assists against Marist March 15
Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors and IWLCA Honor Roll accolades
2021 (Sophomore Season)
Second on the team with 25 goals, eight assists and 33 points
Started all 13 games and had a point in all but two, with a goal in all but three outings; 10 multiple-point games
Six-goal game against Northwestern April 8; six goals ties for sixth in program history for a single game
Five points vs. Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament April 29, with a hat trick and two assists
Six points in two games combined vs. Rutgers; two goals Feb. 26 and four points, with two goals and two assists, Feb. 28
Also had six points in series with Penn State, posting a hat trick and an assist in game one March 26 and scoring twice in game two (including the gamewinner) March 28
Two goals against Johns Hopkins March 7 and Maryland March 18; added an assist vs. the Blue Jays for a three-point day
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honoree
2020 (Freshman Season)
Appeared in eight of nine games
Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week March 10 after scoring a career-high four goals (on four shots) in the Buckeyes’ win at Marquette
Third on the team with 19 points and fourth with 13 goals
Ranked 13th in the B1G with six assists
Shot 50 percent with 13 goals on 26 shots, ranking seventh in the Big Ten
Picked up five ground balls and caused three turnovers
Scored in five-consecutive games
Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
Prior to Ohio State
Four-time varsity letterwinner
US Lacrosse All-American in 2018-19
Two-time first team all-county and earned second team all-county honors twice
Morris County Tournament MVP in 2017 and ’18
Two-time first team all-league
Team captain as both a junior and senior
Two-time Academic All-American
Ended career as school’s all-time points leader
Ranked second in New Jersey in assists as a junior
Played for Building Blocks Lacrosse throughout high school
Also played soccer and basketball, serving as team captain for soccer her last two years and basketball captain as a senior
Personal
Daughter of Kris and Tom
Sister Allie played lacrosse at Rutgers, graduating in 2018; brother Tommy attended Indiana
Communication major with a minor in design; plans to work in the fashion industry in New York
Works as a wedding dress consultant in the summers
Loves to surf and spend time at the Jersey Shore
Started playing lacrosse in seventh grade after quitting gymnastics; got into the sport because of her whole family, in addition to her sister who played at Rutgers, her cousins played at USC and Elon
On why she chose Ohio State: “The atmosphere and excitement around all sports here makes any athlete want to be part of it.”