Iliana Sanza Class: Junior Hometown: Cockeysville, Md High School: St. Paul's School for Girls Height: 5-5 Position: Midfield

As a Sophomore: IWLCA Second Team All-Region selection...key defender for Maryland, starting in 22 matches...had three ground balls at No. 20 Boston College (3/20)...tallied two caused turnovers each against No. 3 Duke (2/25), No. 5 Virginia (3/4) and No. 10 James Madison (3/26)...racked up season-high four ground balls at Towson (3/29)...tacked on three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 12 Princeton (4/13)...boasted four caused turnovers against No. 4 UNC (4/8)...tallied three ground balls and two caused turnovers against the Tar Heels in the ACC title game (4/24)...secured four ground balls at No. 14 Dartmouth (5/1)...amassed five ground balls and two caused turnovers against Duke in the national semifinals...registered 31 ground balls, 12 draw controls and 23 caused turnovers for the nation's top ranked defense.

As a Freshman in 2010: Played in 17 games during her rookie season...Maryland's top defender off the bench...came up with a vital interception in the closing minutes of the Terps' national championship contest against Northwestern (5/30)...concluded that match with a career-high five draw controls while adding two caused turnovers and a ground ball...picked up two ground balls and a career-high three caused turnovers in the ACC semifinals against Virginia (4/23)...had two draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 20-8 rout of Stanford (3/25)...finished the season with 17 ground balls, 14 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers despite missing three games due to a knee injury in early May.

Prep: Sanza won 12 letters while enrolled at St. Paul's School for Girls, four apiece in soccer, basketball and lacrosse... three-time captain in soccer and served as a captain for basketball as a senior...in lacrosse, First Team All-American, all-metro, all-county, IAAM All-Star as senior...2008 Tewaaraton Watch List...second team all-metro as a junior while leading high school in caused turnovers and groundballs...ranked #12 in Inside Lacrosse Top Rising Freshman Poll...first team all-county in soccer as well as IAAM All-Star...also an IAAM All-Star pick in hoops.

Personal: Daughter of Jose and Griselda Sanza...has one sister, Lidia...lists her favorite athlete as NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens because of his athletic ability and confident personality...went on a community service trip to Honduras while enrolled at St. Paul's...chose Maryland because she has "always been a Maryland athletics fan and it was just my dream school"...undecided on major.