Coach Graap on Schmidlapp
"I expect Charlotte to build on a solid junior season this year. As a senior captain, she will be one of the players we look to on the offensive end to get our team going. She possesses one of the best sticks on the team and has strong lacrosse instincts. Charlotte is also a threat on the draw and is an aggressive re-defender on the ride."
As a junior
Schmidlapp had a breakout junior season, posting 14 goals and five assists in 2007 for a career-high 19 points. She ranked among the team leaders in draw controls (35) despite seeing action in just 13 games (12 starts) due to various injuries. Schmidlapp also added 10 ground balls and a career-best seven caused turnovers. She ended the year with six multi-point games, including a three-goal, one-assist effort in a triumph over Brown. Schmidlapp won seven draws against the Bears and had five against both Vanderbilt and Loyola, while scoring two goals with three ground balls, two caused turnovers and a pair of draw controls vs. Syracuse.
As a sophomore
Schmidlapp established herself as a key cog in the Big Red’s offensive attack, scoring nine of her 10 points in Ivy League play. Despite battling injuries that limited her practice time, Schmidlapp saw action in 14 games with seven starts. She had seven goals and three assists to go along with 10 ground balls, seven draw controls and four caused turnovers. Schmidlapp was the difference in the 13-8 win over eventual national runner-up Dartmouth, recording two goals and setting up several others with her creative playmaking. She also had two goals and an assist for a career-best three points in the Ivy-clinching victory over Harvard.
As a freshman
Schmidlapp played in 13 contests, including four starts, and showed flashes of her impressive abilities. She scored three goals and assisted on a fourth. Schmidlapp recorded 13 ground balls and eight draw controls. Her best game came against national semifinalist Dartmouth, scoring a goal, recording a career-best three ground balls and winning a draw.
At Hotchkiss School
Schmidlapp was a two-time all-New England selection and four-year starter at the Hotchkiss School. A two-time all-league pick, Schmidlapp was a three-sport star who also captained the ice hockey and field hockey teams, earning 12 varsity letters. She led her lacrosse team to a league title as a junior and a runner-up finish as a senior and was named the team’s most valuable attacker in her final season. She was a three-time all-New England pick in field hockey, helping her team to a 33-1-2 record in her last two years, and was also a two-time all-league pick in ice hockey.
Personal
Charlotte Elizabeth Schmidlapp is the daughter of Lawrence and Carol Schmidlapp and has two younger brothers. She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
