Essie Atherton

Class:
Junior
Position:
Defense
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Oakland, Calif.
High School:
Head-Royce School

2023: Played in one game.

2022: Played in one game ... Named to IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Team did not compete due to COVID-19.

2020: Did not compete for the Bears in her rookie campaign.

Before Brown: Competed in lacrosse, soccer and volleyball at the Head-Royce School … Coaches Cup recipient … Received the US Lacrosse Jackie Pitts Award … Named US Lacrosse All-American … BCL West Player of the Year … Three-time BCL West All-League First Team selection … Four-time Team MVP … North Coast Section Scholar Athlete … Also played for Tenacity Elite Bay Area Blue (2019) … Competed in the Adrenaline All-American Game in 2019 … Member of the Under Armour All-American West Team (2017-18) and the US Lacrosse NorCal Team 1 (2017).

Personal: Daughter of Blakely and John Atherton … Her mother played soccer at Middlebury College ... Her father played soccer, hockey, lacrosse and football also at Middlebury College and is in the School’s Athletic Hall of Fame … Has two siblings, also lacrosse players: Burdine (Middlebury College '25) and Adele (Brown University '27) … concentrating in Sociology.