A year after she was named GLIAC Freshman of the Year, Lakosky moved to the top of the pecking order as she was named the GLIAC Attacker of the Year, quite similar to many other sports’ offensive player of the year.

She and freshman midfielder Katelyn Wozney were named to the All-GLIAC First Team, while a pair of seniors made the All-GLIAC Second Team — midfielder Maddi Bast and defender Dayna Carlson.

Rounding out the NMU awards were two players named All-GLIAC Honorable Mention, sophomore midfielder Sophie Langsdale and senior defender Norah Bates.

The Wildcats finished with an 11-8 overall record and 4-4 in the GLIAC, good for third place in the five-team league. NMU also won its GLIAC Tournament semifinal game against second-place Concordia-St. Paul before falling to conference nine-time tourney champion Grand Valley State in the finals.

Northern Michigan University’s Josie Lakosky, left, scores one of her seven goals during a college women’s lacrosse game played against Lewis University at the Superior Dome in Marquette on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Lakosky, a native of Victoria, Minnesota, had quite the record-breaking season for the Wildcats, setting NMU single-game scoring records twice in a three-game stretch. That helped earn her several weekly awards, including GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week four times and Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association national Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

The national award came after she set the NMU single-game scoring record for the second time with 13 points in a game, which ranks her sixth nationally over the entire season and just two points shy of the highest single-game total in NCAA Division II women’s lacrosse during this year’s campaign.

Over Northern’s 19 games this season, including the league tournament, she finished far ahead of everyone else with 69 goals, 15 more than anyone else. With statistics kept on a per-game basis, she had a full two-thirds of a goal more per game, 3.63, than all other players, too.

Her 22 assists tied her for third and 1.16 assists a game was sixth, while her 91 points led by four over GVSU’s Ashleigh Rothe, with her 4.79 per-game average about two-tenths of a point better than Rothe.

Among all players in the GLIAC, Lakosky had the two highest point totals in a game this season, eight of the top 10 single-game shot totals, four of the six best single-game goal totals, and she also had the most assists in a single game.

She was prolific in several nonscoring statistics, too. Lakosky had her biggest edge in shots and shots per game, her 171 shots being 52 more than anyone and her 9.00 per game exactly two more than all others. And her 78 draw controls and 4.11 per game were both second in the league to Concordia-St. Paul’s Susie Monson.

Wozney, who just a few weeks ago was honored as the NMU Female Newcomer of the Year in the 2025 Wildcat Awards, helped Northern be a leader in draw controls. With NMU second in draw controls as a team and Lakosky also ranking second in the league individually, Wozney, from Elk River, Minnesota, was fourth with 65 total and 3.42 per game.

Bast, from Maple Grove, Minnesota, completed her Wildcat career with a fourth consecutive All-GLIAC Second Team honor. This attacker-turned-defender-turned-midfielder was critical in NMU’s success as she finished fourth on the team in goals and points and was one of just two Northern players with at least 25 goals, 19 ground balls and seven caused turnovers.

Carlson, a Champlin, Minnesota, native, was termed the “heartbeat of the Wildcat defense” by NMU Sports Information and ends her career with a third straight All-GLIAC honor, earning places on the First, Second and Honorable Mention squads.

One of the team’s most important defenders, she led Northern in caused turnovers while being one of only four Wildcats with double-digit ground balls and caused turnovers, along with the only player having at least 20 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers.

Langsdale, from Rochester, Minnesota, had a breakthrough season with her first All-GLIAC honor. She joined Carlson with double-digit ground balls and caused turnovers, and joined Lakosky as the only NMU players with double-digit goals, points, ground balls and caused turnovers.

Bates, from Stillwater, Minnesota, also earned her first All-GLIAC award, ranking second to Carlson in caused turnovers as she was one of the few NMU players with double-digit numbers in both ground balls and caused turnovers.

Story contents based on Northern Michigan University Sports Information press release detailing these awards. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.