NFHCA National All-Academic Squad
Worcester, MA --- 16 Worcester State field hockey
student-athletes have been named to the 2008 National Field Hockey
Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad. The National
Academic Squad program recognizes those collegiate student-athletes
who have achieved a minimum GPA of 3.30 through the first semester
of the 2008-09 academic year.
Those representing the Lancers include: senior's Kim
Cosenza (Fitchburg, MA), Megan Rosborough
(Uxbridge, MA), Jillian Tamburro (Marlboro, MA),
junior's Veronica Farell (Baldwinville, MA),
Lesley Hill (Raynham, MA), sophomore's
Megan Feehan (Lunenburg, MA), Amanda
Maillet (Saugus, MA), Erin Moore
(Brimfield, MA), freshmen Erica Allen
(Mattapoisett, MA), Andria Bacon (Brookfield, MA),
Molly Cotter (N. Easton, MA), Sarah
Cozzens (Lancaster, MA), Lauren Daley
(Dedham, MA), Kaitlynn Delisle (Taunton, MA),
Haley Erickson (Sagus, MA), and Samantha
Janda (Sterling, MA)
Worcester State also was one of 121 Division III teams nationwide
to be honored for the NFHCA National Academic Team Award given to
programs that have higher than a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher. WSC
was 24 teams regionally selected in New England and joined fellow
Little East foe Southern Maine on the team.
The Lancers under the guidance of head coaches Renee
LaValley and Abby Sallila ended their
season at 11-10 with a 6-5 mark in the Little East Conference. The
squad lost 3-0 to St. Joseph’s of Maine in the first round of
the ECAC New England Tournament as the team made its fifth ECAC New
England Tournament appearance in the last seven years.