WISE - - UVA Wise placed a pair of women's lacrosse student-athletes on the Virginia Sports Information Director's All-State Team when the team was released Thursday. Attacker Jesse French and defender Erin Smith each earned second-team honors for their play in the 2021 season.

French was named the UVA Wise Female Athlete of the Year after garnering South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors following her final collegiate season. A native of Dumfries, Va., the attacker is the most decorated student-athlete in program history as she established a new single-game program record for assists in a game with eight while tying the single-game conference record in the process.

Named the SAC Player of the Week three times this spring, French finished fourth nationally in assists per game at 3.36 which broke the single-season UVA Wise and SAC record.

For the season, the senior posted 27 goals, 47 assists and 74 points while having a .519 shooting percentage.

Overall, French wrapped up her career as the program's all-time leader in points (289), points per game (3.91), goals (154), assists (135) and assists per game (1.82) while holding single-season school records in points (79), points per game (5.29), assists (47) and assists per game (3.43).

A native of Fredericksburg, Va., Smith earned First-Team All-SAC accolades while also being named to the SAC All-Tournament Team this season.

Smith established the single-game school record for groundballs with seven on two occasions in 2021. She first reached the feat in a game with Limestone in early April before also snagging seven groundballs against Lenoir-Rhyne two weeks later.

On the year, Smith had five games where she has at least three groundballs and four games with three or more caused turnovers.

In the league tournament, the defender tallied nine groundballs and added four caused turners en route to the award. On the season, Smith led the team with 40 groundballs and 23 caused turnovers.

A complete list of honorees on this year's all-state team may be found below: