Cara Najjar

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defense
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Stoneham, Mass.
High School:
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

2018-19: Appeared in all 29 goals, recording three assists at defense ... Tallied her first helper of the season against St. Lawrence on Nov. 17 ... Also notched assists at Yale (Jan. 11) and versus Quinnipiac (Feb. 9) ... Led the team in blocked shots with 71.

2017-18: Received the team’s Tara Mounsey Award (Best Defensive Player) ... Played in all 29 games, leading the defense in scoring with 12 points on one goal and a team-best 11 assists ... Her 12 points tied for fourth on the team in scoring ... Tallied at least a point in five-straight games, concluding the span with with two assists at Boston University (Nov. 28) for six points (6A) ... Assisted the game-tying goal in a 3-2 victory at Dartmouth on Nov. 11 ... Also tallied helpers at Union (Oct. 27), at Harvard (Nov. 10), vs. No. 8/8 Cornell (Nov. 17), against No. 3/3 Colgate (Nov. 18), at Sacred Heart (Dec. 29), vs. Dartmouth (Jan. 26), at No. 8/8 St. Lawrence (Feb. 3) and No. 6/6 Cornell (Feb. 10) ... Led the team in blocked shots with 59.

2016-17: Appeared in all 29 games for the Bears, recording six points on two goals and four assists ... Recorded two assists against Sacred Heart on Oct. 22 ... Also registered assists versus Sacred Heart (Oct. 21) and at Union (Jan. 7) ... Scored goals against No. 9/9 Robert Morris (Dec. 31) and Colgate (Feb. 10).

2015-16: Appeared in all 29 games … Finished the season with nine points on three goals and six assists … Scored one power-play goal and recorded 30 shots on the season … Registered a career-high two assists against RPI on Jan. 22 … Tallied two multi-point games on the year ... Blocked 16 shots on the season.

Before Brown: Earned All-ISL honors as a junior and senior … Captained BB&N as a junior and senior … Won Team MVP honors in 2014-15 … Totaled over 100 points at BB&N … Qualified as a finalist for the John Carlton Award from the Boston Bruins … Played five years of varsity ice hockey for head coach Ed Bourget … Also played field hockey and lacrosse … Competed on the junior level for Assabet Valley … Won national titles in 2012 and 2014 and won five state championships with Assabet Valley … Selected for USA National Development Camps in each of three years.

Personal: Cara is the daughter of Cheryl and Jack Najjar … Has one older brother, Michael, a hockey player at Middlebury College … Father played baseball at Northeastern from 1980-83 … Born on March 17, 1996 … Concentrating in Political Science.

Najjar's Career Highs
Goals: 1 (6x - last 11/3/17 - St. Lawrence)
Assists: 2 (3x - last 11/28/17 - at Boston Univ.)
Points: 2 (4x - last 11/28/17 - at Boston Univ.)