ESPN's Top 20 Defenders on the Rise

1. Barbara Sullivan, Garden City (Garden City, N.Y.), Notre Dame
2. Shanna Brady, St. Anthony’s (South Huntington, N.Y.), Maryland
3. Caileigh Sindall, Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), North Carolina
4. Sally Jentis, Ridgewood, (Ridgewood, N.J.), Florida
5. Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright (Bel Air, Md.), UMBC
6. Christine Ferguson, St. Paul’s (Concord, N.H.), Undecided
7. Megan Ark, Brighton (N.Y.), Colgate
8. Alexis Cross, Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.), James Madison
9. Summer O’Donnell, Strath Haven (Wallingford, Pa.), Drexel
10. Megan Douty, Rumson-Fair Haven (Rumson, N.J.), Maryland
11. Katherine Shepherd, Highland Park (Dallas, Texas), William and Mary
12. Megan Marnelli, Northport (Northport, N.Y.), Georgetown
13. Chelsea Cook, Bay Shore (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Denver
14. Nicole Gleason, Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), Villanova
15. Clare Curran, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.), Yale
16. Sarah Scott, Yorktown (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), North Carolina
17. Maggie Forker, Episcopal Academy (Newtown Square, Pa.), Vanderbilt
18. Casey McGowan West Islip (West Islip, N.Y.), Georgetown
19. Hannah Mullen, St. Stephen & St. Agnes (Alexandria, Va.). Harvard
20. Christina Monahan, Jr., Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)