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Penn State Career
2006 (Junior): A Tewaaraton Trophy Preseason Watch List nominee...Named an Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-American...Earned All-ALC First Team recognition...A IWLCA/US Lacrosse First Team All-West/Midwest Region honoree...Received IWLCA Academic Honor Roll recognition...Named to ALC Academic Honor Roll...A fixture on the Penn State defense, Cipro is one of six Nittany Lions to start all 16 games...Finished second on the team with 31 ground balls...Totaled 10 draw controls and 11 caused turnovers, including three in an April 2 win over Loyola College.
2005 (Sophomore): Started 16 of 17 games...Collected 19 ground balls and caused 14 turnovers for the season...Registered a season-high three ground balls and three turnovers in win over No. 1-ranked Princeton (3/19)...A first team All-American Lacrosse Conference honoree...Named second team All-American by IWLCA/US Lacrosse...Recognized as a first team All-American by womenslacrosse.com and insidelacrosse.com.
2004 (Freshman): Academic All-ALC...played in 14 games...Picked up 17 ground balls for the season, including three in contests versus Johns Hopkins (5/1) and at Delaware (5/8)...Recorded seven caused turnovers and picked up four draw controls for the year.
High School
Three-year varsity letterwinner and member of Mt. Hebron's county, regional and state championship team from 2001-2003...Named second team all-county by the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun and honorable mention all-metro in 2002...First team all-county and first team all-metro and US Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American in 2003, following her senior season...National Honor Society Member and honor roll member.
Background
Born Renee Marie Cipro on June 8, 1985 in Baltimore, Md....Parents are Ann and Ed Cipro...Has two brothers, Joe and Tony...Also has one sister, Laura, who plays lacrosse for Georgetown.
Quoting Coach Isidor
"Renee has been a key component to the Penn State defense for three years. Now entering her fourth year as a starter, we again look for her to match up against the nation's top attackers. She has the skill, speed, experience and attitude to once again be among the top defenders in the country."
