2027 Lacrosse Roster
Jersey Number 32
Elena Oh
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chapel Hill, N.C.
- High School:
- East Chapel Hill High School
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Career Honors:
- 2026 USA Lacrosse All-America Honorable Mention
- 2026 Inside Lacrosse Media All-America Honorable Mention
- 2026 IWLCA West/Midwest All-Region Second Team
- 2026 Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year
- 2026 All-Big 12 Team (unanimous selection)
- 2026 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
- 2026 IWLCA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (May 19)
- 2026 Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week (seven times)
- 2026 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
- 2026 Big 12 Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year
- 2026 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- 2025 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
- 2025 Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week (Mar. 4, Mar. 11, Mar. 18, Mar. 25)
- 2025 Big 12 Freshman of the Week (April 8)
2026 (2ND YEAR):
- Started all 20 games, recording 117 saves, 33 ground balls and three caused turnovers
- Finished with a 6.89 goals-against average and .464 save percentage
- Recorded a program-record 16 wins
- Helped Colorado capture its first conference tournament championship
- Made 11 saves, including four in overtime, in the NCAA quarterfinal against Northwestern (5/14/2026)
2025 (1ST YEAR):
- Started all 14 of her appearances
- Finished with 83 saves, a 9.81 goals-against average, a .399 save percentage and 24 ground balls
- Made her collegiate debut against Northwestern (2/21/2025)
- Recorded a season-high 12 saves against Army (2/28/2025)
- Collected five ground balls against Arizona State in the Big 12 Tournament (5/1/2025)
- Faced a season-high 32 shots against Michigan (3/8/2025)
- Made five or more saves in 12 games
- Recorded three games with double-digit saves
- Collected at least one ground ball in 12 of her 14 appearances
CLUB:
- Played for Team 91 Carolina beginning in 2022
- Also competed with Team 91 National, Team 91 Colorado and Red Devils
HIGH SCHOOL:
- Graduated from East Chapel Hill in 2024
- Earned all-conference and first-team North Carolina East All-Region honors (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Named her conference’s Specialist of the Year (2022) and Defender of the Year (2023)
- Earned first-team all-state honors (2024) and second-team recognition (2022, 2023)
- Named her team’s MVP (2023, 2024)
- Competed with the Bouncing Bulldogs jump rope team for 13 years
INTERNATIONAL:
- Represented Korea at the 2024 U20 World Championship in Hong Kong
IN THE CLASSROOM:
- Studying mechanical engineering and astrophysical and planetary sciences
- Earned USA Lacrosse Academic All-America honors (2023, 2024)
- Graduated summa cum laude and earned AP Scholar with Distinction recognition
- Was a National Merit Scholarship recipient and a member of the National Achievers Society
- Interested in graduate school and a career in aerospace or astrotechnology, working with aircraft, rockets, telescopes or satellites
PERSONAL:
- Parents are Leila Kahwati and Richard Oh
- Has an older sister, Caroline Kahwati
- Her grandparents are Gus and Donna Kahwati
- Her father played lacrosse at MIT (1988-1992)
- Has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity
- Enjoys the outdoors, crafts, baking, crocheting, painting and reading
- Can do the worm
- Lists beating Northwestern in the 2026 season opener and winning the Big 12 championship among her favorite lacrosse memories
- Pregame song is “Beauty and a Beat”
- After CU, wants to go to graduate school and work in the aerospace industry
- Chose to attend CU because it’s located in a gorgeous area, she loves the mountains and she wanted to live somewhere far from home
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