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Hall-Of-Famer Emily Boissonneault '12 To Suit Up For Team Canada At World Championship

Women's Lacrosse

Hall-Of-Famer Emily Boissonneault '12 To Suit Up For Team Canada At World Championship

Former Titan Emily Boissonneault will look to help Canada take gold at the world championship.
DETROIT (7/23/2026) -- The most decorated women's lacrosse player in school history is looking to capture gold with her Canadian teammates as Emily Boissonneault '12 will play for Team Canada at this year's World Championship.

The event, held in Tokyo, Japan, starts on July 24 and will conclude on Aug. 2.

Team Canada will look to win its first-ever gold medal after claiming silver in the last three world championship games, two of those with Boissonneault on the squad.

The current head coach at Pittsburgh, she helped start the Titan program and was part of the very first varsity team in 2009. She was inducted into the Titan Hall of Fame in 2020, the first-ever women's lacrosse player to earn the recognition.

Boissonneault finished her career with 242 goals – tying for 13th in NCAA history – and 157 caused turnovers – tied for seventh in the Division I record book. She also held the school record with 272 points and 193 career ground balls and is still the Titan leader with 52 free-position goals.

A four-time All-League honoree, she made an immediate impact right from the start, scoring five goals in the Titans' first-ever game, a 20-1 win over Howard on the road, and someone who would go on to make history started it all with the first-ever lacrosse goal in program history just a minute and a half into the contest. 

Boissonneault was the National Lacrosse Conference Attack MVP and was named to the womenslacrosse.com All-Rookie Team after leading the team with 57 goals and 57 points along with 27 draw controls. She also set a record with nine goals against Presbyterian, a record that is still tied for first today. As a sophomore, she upped those offensive accolades to 83 points, topping the team with 68 goals and 15 assists, while recording a team-high 46 caused turnovers, ranking top 20 in the nation in several statistics, including seventh in goals, 11th in points and third in caused turnovers per game. 

As a senior, she took home the President's Award, given to the most outstanding senior student-athletes who demonstrate what it means to be a true Titan, as she led the NLC with 38 caused turnovers, which ranked fifth in the nation with 2.24 per game, while placing second on the team and in the league with 54 goals, a number that was 15th in the nation. Her versatility was shown throughout the season as she was tabbed the NLC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week during the regular season, and she recorded nine hat tricks with five games with five or more goals.

An active member of SAAC, serving as Vice President as a senior, Boissonneault was a four-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll and a member of the NLC All-Academic Team. She was also chosen to attend the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum prior to her senior campaign. 

After graduation, she played professionally in the United Women's Lacrosse League and also with Team Canada in several events, while also starting a career in collegiate coaching, helping James Madison to a national championship as an assistant in 2018 before becoming the first coach in Pitt history in 2022. 



 
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