Thursday, March 17, 2005

NINE GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO NFHCA DIVISION III NATIONAL ACADEMIC SQUAD; MORAVIAN EARNS NATIONAL ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD

GLEN ALLEN, VA --- Nine members of the Moravian College field hockey team have been named to the 2004 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad announced in early March by the NFHCA.

Moravian was also one of 87 NCAA Division III schools to earn the honor of being named an NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award winner for having a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Greyhounds were joined on the list by Commonwealth Conference rivals Juniata College, Lebanon Valley College, Messiah College and Susquehanna University and local rival Muhlenberg College.

Senior Kelly Boone (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg HS), junior Jill Brinckman (East Greenville, PA/Upper Perkiomen HS), sophomores Jenna Abramson (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS), Katie Custer (Pottstown, PA/St. Pius X HS), Elyse Jurgen (York, PA/Red Lion HS) and Alyse Moyer (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg HS) and freshmen Jayme Baker (Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh HS), Beverly Beaver (Merchantville, NJ/Pennsauken HS) and Taranae Hashemi (Randolph, NJ/Randolph HS) represented the Greyhounds on the squad which included over 890 NCAA Division III players from 108 teams. To be named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 grade-point average through the first semester of the 2004-05 academic year.

The group helped the Greyhounds post a 10-8 record, which tied the school record for wins, in 2004 including a 2-5 mark in the Commonwealth Conference. Jurgen contributed six goals and an assist for 13 points while Boone had four goals and an assist for nine points. Baker contributed a goal and two assists for four points while Moyer and Abramson each had one assist. Brinckman started all 18 matches for the Greyhounds on defense with eight defensive saves while Hashemi started 17 matches and had one defensive save.

The complete awards list can be found at http://eteamz.active.com/NFHCA/news/index.cfm?cat=37668.