Devon Wills ’06 Inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame

SPARKS, Md. – Former Dartmouth women's lacrosse star Devon Wills '06 has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, as announced by USA Lacrosse on Thursday afternoon.

Wills, one of eight inductees for the Class of 2023, joins Lynn Bowers, John Danowski, Katie Chrest Erbe, Kyle Harrison, Laura Hebert, Bob Shaw and Kyle Sweeney.

Wills was a four-time All-Ivy performer for the Big Green with three selections to the first team. She was also a three-time IWLCA All-America second-team honoree. As a team captain as a senior in 2006, she led the NCAA in goals-against-average and helped Dartmouth advance to the NCAA championship game. In 2003, she was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and earned All-Ivy second team honors. She finished her career second in program history in saves (538) along with a 7.14 career goals-against average. With Wills in net, the Big Green also made appearances in the NCAA quarterfinals in 2003 and 2004, and advanced to the national semifinals in 2005.

Her coaching career began shortly after graduating from Dartmouth. She spent two years on the Big Green staff as an assistant coach before joining Denver for two years. Wills then served on the USC coaching staff for six years, beginning as an assistant before spending her last three seasons as the associate head coach. In August of 2018, Wills was named the head women's lacrosse coach at Harvard.

Her playing career extended to the professional and world stages. In 2016, Wills was a part of history as the second overall pick in the first-ever United Women's Lacrosse League draft. She led the Long Island Sound franchise to the inaugural UWLX Championship and was named a UWLX All-Star as well as the title game's Most Valuable Player. Wills spent a decade as a member of the U.S. national team where she won multiple titles, including the 2009 FIL World Cup, and the 2013 and 2017 world championships.

Wills is the fourth person associated with Dartmouth women's lacrosse to be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, following Aggie Kurtz (2003), Josie Harper (2006) and Sandra Bryan Weatherall '83 (2006).

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