15 - Cortney Fortunato

CORTNEY FORTUNATO

POSITION: Attack HOMETOWN: Northport, N.Y. COLLEGE: Notre Dame HEIGHT: 5-7 cortfort15

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ATHLETE CAUSE: For All Who Fight

ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE

2022 Season: Starter in all 12 games who scored 807 leaderboard points … tallied season-high 167 leaderboard points against Team Arsenault to begin Week Two … ranked seventh in the league with 17 goals … fifth in Athletes Unlimited with three two-point goals … scored at least one goal in final 10 games, including season-high four markers in Week Two opener against Team Arsenault … scored a two-point goal in three consecutive games (Aug. 6-11) … opened Week Two with seven goals in first two games, including season-high four markers with two assists against Team Arsenault … also had three goals with an assist against Team Apuzzo on July 30. 2021 Season: Accumulated 1,355 leaderboard points during inaugural season … tied for league lead with 10 games of 100 or more points … seventh-leading scorer in Athletes Unlimited with 37 points … tied for sixth in the circuit with 25 goals, including three two-pointers … ranked fifth with eight multi-goal performances, including a pair of hat tricks … attempted 62 shots over 15 games, good for seventh in the league … scored at least one goal in 13-of-15 games, including first seven games in a row … exploded for five goals against Team Wood on Aug. 8 while adding an assist and two ground balls … tallied three goals, including a two-pointer, with an assist against Team Arsenault on Aug. 1 en route to season-high 187 leaderboard points … ended season with a goal and season-high four ground balls in overtime loss against Team Glynn on Aug. 22.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member of the United States Senior National Team from 2014-15 and 2016-17 … helped United States win 2011 Under-19 Championship, leading team in goals and points while earning a selection to the All-World Team.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spent two seasons playing for the Baltimore Brave of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League.

AT NOTRE DAME

Four-year letter winner for the Fighting Irish who appeared in 79 games from 2014-17 … ranks third on Fighting Irish’s career games played list … one of two players in Notre Dame history with 300 or more career points … second-leading goal scorer in program history with 225 goals … stands third in school history with 86 assists … also notched 106 ground balls with 52 draw controls and 95 caused turnovers … only player in Notre Dame history to earn four IWLCA All-America commendations … garnered First-Team honors as a sophomore and junior … also secured First-Team IWLCA All-Region notice four times … three-time nominee for Tewaaraton Award … three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer, including pair of First-Team awards … honored as 2014 WomensLax.com Rookie of the Year in addition to earning a spot on the All-America Team … led Notre Dame in goals and points all four seasons … also paced team in assists as a freshman, sophomore and junior … tied for second on Notre Dame’s single-game points list with 11-point effort against Kennesaw State on Mar. 6, 2017 … tallied 63 points as a freshman in 2014, good for second among all rookies in school history … ranks fourth in school history with 64 goals scored during her junior season … one of four players in school history to register 90 or more points in a season, finishing the 2016 campaign with 91 points.

PERSONAL

Lists wearing the USA jersey and playing alongside the best players in the world as her greatest achievement … began playing lacrosse in the fourth grade … ranked as the No. 1 rising senior by Inside Lacrosse in 2013 … lists skiing as her favorite hobby off the field … has been skiing since she was three years old … both parents were collegiate athletes … mother, Casey, competed on swimming and diving team at Ohio University … father, Theodore, played baseball at Clark University … majored in psychology at Notre Dame.

FORTUNATO’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON GP GS G 2G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT LPTS 2021 15 15 25 3 8 36 62 0.403 47 0.758 20 1 14 0 1,355 2022 12 12 18 3 7 28 54 0.333 36 0.667 2 0 14 1 807 TOTAL 27 27 43 6 15 64 116 0.371 83 0.716 22 1 28 1 2,162