University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame
Carrie Towers 1994 - Lacrosse
A prolific scorer who helped the Catamount women's lacrosse team to an ECAC Championship in 1993, Carrie Towers finished her career second all-time at UVM in scoring. Inducted into the UVM Hall of Fame in 2005, she was twice named All-New England and was an All-American in 1993.
The team Most Valuable Player in 1994, Towers tallied 137 points in four seasons. She ranked third all-time at UVM in career goals (98) and third in career assists (39). She also set two of the top 10 single-season scoring records in school history.
A native of Huntington, N.Y., she was second on the team in scoring as a freshman and led the team as a sophomore. Her junior year, 1993, was when Towers, and the Catamounts, began to shine. She scored 28 goals and added 15 assists for 43 points, leading the team in scoring and propelling Vermont to its lone ECAC Championship. Named a third team, All-American and to the All-New England First Team, Towers was a key factor in UVM's ECAC title run. In an 8-7 semifinal win over Cornell, she scored the game-winning goal with 30 seconds left. She followed that with four goals in Vermont's 7-6 comeback win over top-seeded UNH in the title game.
In 1994, her senior season, Towers scored a career-best 33 goals and added 15 assists for 48 points, the fifth-highest total in a single season in school history as the team went 7-4 in 1994 and advanced again to the ECAC Championship.
An accomplished distance runner and tri-athlete, Towers now resides in Lake Tahoe, California.
