Ryleigh Cavanaugh is in her first season on the Lindenwood Lacrosse coaching staff. Cavanaugh, a Manchester, New Hampshire native, was a former student-athlete at Lindenwood from 2023-2025 where she earned a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration. She served as a team captain in 2025, while helping the program to a 23-11 overall record with two consecutive appearances in the ASUN semifinals. Cavanaugh owns the Lindenwood University all-time draw control record, average draw controls per game record, single-game draw control record, and single-season draw control record. She was voted by her teammates as the team Most Valuable Player for both the 2024 and 2025 seasons. In addition, Cavanaugh was voted the team’s Heart of a Lion award recipient in 2025. In May 2025 she competed in IWLCA Senior All-Star Game in Sparks, Maryland.
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Prior to Lindenwood, Cavanaugh spent four years as a student-athlete at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. At Roger Willams she served as a team captain and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative. Cavanaugh was named the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Rookie of the Year in 2021. She was a First Team All-Conference selection in 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, Cavanaugh was named the CCC Offensive Player of the Year, Roger Williams Female Athlete of the Year, and was a CCC Woman of the Year Finalist. She was an IWLCA First Team Pilgrim Region selection and was an IWLCA Third-Team All-American in 2023 and was named to the CCC All-40th Team in 2025.
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