The TRUTH About Izzy Scane...

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The TRUTH About Izzy Scane

We all know Izzy as one of the greatest players in this sport. She’s on a mission to win back-to-back national championships and Tewaaraton awards.

It’s easy to look at her lacrosse career and think, “she must have it so easy.”

But before she became one of the greatest college lacrosse players ever, she didn’t even play offense.

You read that right. When Izzy Scane arrived at Northwestern, things didn’t go as planned.

First of all, she got cut from the Team USA roster by her college head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller.

Secondly, Izzy arrived as a 5-star recruit and the Michigan career points record holder. She was a two-way midfielder in high school, and was hoping to continue that in college.

But the Wildcats coaches had other plans. They decided to make her a defender, keeping her away from the offensive half of the field. This wasn’t the freshman fall that the 5-star recruit had envisioned.

Scane had two choices:

1. Be upset at her coach from cutting her from Team USA and putting her on defense.

2. Take advantage of the opportunity to play.

She chose #2, and the rest is history. She proved herself at defense, and earned the coaches trust to take reps on offense.

Then she cracked the starting lineup and was second on the team in goals that spring.

But the adversity wasn’t over yet.

In the fall of 2021, coming off a year where she broke the single season goals record, she felt a pop in her knee in a fall scrimmage. She immediately knew it was an ACL tear.

After 1 long year of constant rehab and recovery, she got back to the field and won a Tewaaraton and a national championship. Now she’s trying to repeat this again.

We can all learn a lot from Izzy Scane. Every lacrosse career is different, and everyone has ups and downs no matter how good they are. And when you have an opportunity to prove yourself, take it, even if it’s not what you envisioned.

I can’t wait to cheer on Izzy heading into May.

Featured Recruit: Sophia Buffardi (Highlight Reel)

The Long Island lefty is the complete package on offense: she’ll happily take you 1-on-1 from up top, or get you at X and curl around the cage to score.

But it doesn’t stop there: she’s also a threat in transition and can win plenty of draws.

With how versatile of a player she is, I think she has all the talent to play at the next level, and I’m excited to follow her lacrosse career!

Please email me [email protected] with your highlight reel and a writeup with stats/accolades for a chance to be featured! We can’t guarantee a response to the email, but please know that we try to read all of them.

See you next time!

Jake