Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Stogie's Athlete Of The Week
#0 - Sophia Chepenik
USF Bulls Women's Lacross


Position Attack
Height 5-11
Class Redshirt Sophomore
Highschool Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Hometown Palm Coast, Fla.
Prev School Clemson
Instagram sofiachepenik
Major Mass Communications

Pre-Season AAC All-Conference Team
AAC Attacker of the Week Honorable Mention (2025 - Week 1)
AAC Attacker of the Week (2025 - Week 3)
AAC Attacker of the Week Honorable Mention (2025 - Week 5)

CHEPENIK’S GAME-BY-GAME
2025 Stats (Goals-Assists-Points-Draw Controls)
vs. KSU (4-2-6-2); at Mercer (1-0-1-2); vs. Lehigh (0-2-2-1); vs. Florida (5-0-5-0); vs. Towson (5-1-6-5); vs. St. Bonaventure (2-2-4-2); vs. Xavier (4-1-5-3);

2025: Started vs. Kennesaw State, scored four goals and recorded two assists which earned her an AAC Attacker of the Week Honorable Mention... Started versus Mercer, scored one goal and controlled two draws... Started vs. Lehigh, recorded two assists and controlled one draw... Started vs. Florida and scored five goals... Started vs. Towson, scored five goals, recorded an assist, and controlled five draws... Five goal performances vs. Florida and Towson earned her AAC Attacker of the Week honors... Started vs. St. Bonaventure, scored two goals, recorded an assist, and controlled two draws... Started vs. Xavier, scored four goals, recorded an assist, and controlled three draws...

2024: Redshirted.

2023 (CLEMSON): Appeared in 15 games for Clemson… Scored 33 goals and completed 20 assists for a total of 53 season points… Recorded 14 ground balls and seven caused turnovers… No. 10 in ACC in Assists Per Game with 20 total and 1.43 avg… Led the ACC Freshmen in goals and assists… ACC Offensive Player of the Week (3/14/23)… Led Clemson in goals against Duke with four… Scored the game-tying and game-winning goal against Duke… Recorded five games with three or more goals scored… Selected for ACC All-Freshman team… Earned ACC All-Academic Team Honors 

High School: Played for the Episcopal School of Jacksonville… Finished with career totals of 250 goals, 169 assists, and 300+ draw controls… 3x HS Varsity Lacrosse MVP… 3x HS Varsity Lacrosse Captain… Awarded High School All-American honors in 2021, as well as a Gait top-20 all-star… Awarded Best Athlete in Single Sport for Episcopal School of Jacksonville… Earned US Lacrosse Jackie Pitts Award… 2x US Lacrosse All-American… 3x NE Florida All First Coast… Participated in the South’s All-Star Game and was recognized with ESPN’s Player of the Game award… Played club lacrosse for Snipers Elite.

Personal: First picked up a lacrosse stick and learned the sport in sixth grade at a Jacksonville lacrosse clinic hosted by the McCords.

CHEPENIK'S CAREER HIGHS:
Goals: 5, (2x), last vs. Towson 2/23/25
Assists: 5, vs. Gardner Webb 2/22/23
Points: 7, (2x), last vs. Presbyterian 3/22/23
Draw Controls: 5, last vs. Towson 2/23/25

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