Blake Athletic Hall of Fame 2024 Inductee Lydia Sutton '14

Lydia Sutton is a 2014 Athena Award winner, playing varsity soccer and lacrosse for Blake. Between both sports, she earned a combined 11 varsity letters, was a captain in both of her sports and was a member of five state championship teams (lacrosse), while making 10
state tournament appearances. Lydia joined the varsity soccer program as an eighth grader and was awarded a tri-metro all-conference selection five times, named all-state four times and led her team to the state tournament each year she participated. Over her career, the Bears ended their seasons at the top of Class A, finishing runner-up three times, second twice and champion in 2011. She was the team’s most valuable player during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Lydia joined the varsity lacrosse team as a seventh grader and earned six letters. She was named the 2013 Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year. Lydia additionally received the accolades of US All-American (2x), Under-Armor All-American, Minnesota Player of the Year (2x), Epoch Player of the Year and Minnesota’s Ms. Lacrosse. She also was a four-time all-Minnesota selection and a five-time Minnesota all-tournament team honoree. Lydia played lacrosse at the University of Southern California for four years and was a captain her junior and senior seasons. While at USC she was named to the PAC12 all-conference team, the International Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Associations (IWLCA) all-region team, and the IWLCA all-American third team. Internationally, Lydia was a U19 Canadian Women’s Lacrosse captain and gold medalist (2015), a Canadian Senior Women’s Lacrosse silver medalist (2013, 2017, 2022-captain) and named an all-world U19 player. Lydia was also a captain and member of the 2022 gold medal team in the World Games. In 2018, Lydia was the first defender selected in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League college draft; she played for the Upstate Pride (Albany, New York) from 2018-2020. Lydia also was the Concordia University Women’s Lacrosse assistant coach during this time. Since 2014, Lydia has served as a part-time lacrosse coach for MN Elite Girls Lacrosse Club Inc. She is also a human resources operations specialist at Pentair.