3/12/2009

Field hockey places 13 on NFHCA National Academic Squad

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Elizabethtown Places 13 on NFHCA National Academic Squad

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. –-- The Elizabethtown College field hockey team has placed 13 members on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad, the NFHCA has announced.

In addition, the Blue Jays are one of 97 Division III programs to receive the National Academic Team Award for having a minimum 3.0 team grade-point average during the first semester of the 2008-09 academic year.

To be eligible for the National Academic Squad, student-athletes must maintain a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade-point average through the first semester of the 2008-09 academic year.

Earning National Academic Squad honors from Elizabethtown are:

-Megan Angstadt (Sr., Oley, PA/Oley Valley)
-Abby Beykirch (So., Tuckerton, NJ/Pinelands Regional)
-Katy Boone (Jr., Reading, PA/Muhlenberg)
-Meg Cassels (So., Downingtown, PA/Great Valley)
-Ali Cavanaugh (So., Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park)
-Kelsey Diehl (Sr., Northeast, MD/Rising Sun)
-Alison Duval (Sr., Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley)
-Jackie Macharsky (So., Westminster, MD/Westminster)
-Andrea Miles (Sr., Phoenix, MD/Notre Dame Prep)
-Nikki Rush (Fy., Westminster, MD/Westminster)
-Steph Smith (Fy., Roslyn, PA/Abington)
-Tiffany Vogel (Sr., Annville, PA/Palmyra)
-Martina White (Jr., Philadelphia, PA/Villa Joseph Marie)