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Back to top 6/9/2009 Anna Ford named IWLCA Division III Scholar-Athlete FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 8, 2009 Anna Ford Named IWLCA Division III Scholar-Athlete Joining Ford as Scholar-Athletes are Kristin Schwab of Princeton University (Division I) and Julie Kraus of Southern New Hampshire University (Division II). Ford helped the Blue Jays finish 16-3 overall and 11-0 in the Middle Atlantic Conference, earning first-team all-MAC and All-Region honors while graduating Summa Cum Laude with honors, taking a bachelor's degree in health and occupation. She received Honors in the discipline and was asked to conduct a research study during 2008-09 by the Occupational Therapy Department. Her project, "Injuries and the Quality of Life of Collegiate Athletes: A Pilot Study" was presented at two college-wide scholarship events in April. Ford was inducted into Pi Theta Epsilon, the Occupational Therapy Honor Society, in spring of 2008. She was recognized by the College as a College Scholar in 2007-08 and 2008-09, for completing 60 credits and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher. Ford was the recipient of the Mary Jean Schmook Graham Occupational Therapy Scholarship and Ressler Mill Foundation Scholarship as well as awards from the Occupational Therapy Dept. for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years in honor of academic excellence, scientific aptitude, dedication to the profession, and financial need. On the field, Ford finished second on the team with 29 goals and third with 63 points in 19 games. She was second on the team with 35 draw controls and ranked fourth with 27 ground balls. For her career, Ford ranks sixth in program history in both goals (83) and points (129). Back to top 6/5/2009 Terry Corcoran to help pick US Men's Lacrosse World Team FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 5, 2009 Corcoran to Help Pick US Men's Lacrosse World Team Corcoran, an assistant coach on the 1990 US team that won the World Championship at Perth, Australia, will help choose the team that will look to regain the championship after its streak of six straight gold medals was snapped by Canada in 2006. Corcoran recently completed his fourth season as head coach at Elizabethtown, having led the Blue Jays to a school-record 12 victories and a berth in the Middle Atlantic Conference semifinals. In 27 years as a collegiate head coach, Corcoran has accumulated 224 victories to rank among the top 10 in Division III history. Under his tutelage in 2009, Elizabethtown led 151 Division III programs in scoring defense by allowing just 5.63 goals per game. The Blue Jays allowed three or fewer goals in seven of their 16 games, and surrendered more than eight goals just three times. The Blue Jays, who lose just four seniors to graduation, also ranked eighth in scoring margin at plus 6.44 goals per game, scoring 193 goals while allowing just 90 over 16 games. Individually, junior attack Aaron Weber ranked 13th in points per game (4.56) and 18th in goals per game (3.0) and sophomore midfielder Brent Campbell was 11th in faceoff win percentage at 65.1 percent, winning 123 of 189 draws. Back to top 6/5/2009 Women's lacrosse ranked 20th in final IWLCA Division III Poll FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 5, 2009 Women's Lacrosse Ranked 20th in Final IWLCA Division III Poll The Blue Jays finished 16-3 overall and 11-0 in the Middle Atlantic Conference, advancing to the conference championship game for the second consecutive season. Elizabethtown's 16 victories set a program single-season record, as did the team's 13-game winning streak that extended from March 17 to May 2. The Blue Jays also led Division III in scoring margin at plus 10.21 goals per game. Elizabethtown was ranked in seven of the 12 weekly IWLCA polls during the 2009 season, climbing as high as 16th in the week 11 poll which was released April 28. National champion Franklin & Marshall College earned all 20 first-place votes and the top spot in the final poll, followed by runner-up Salisbury University, Hamilton College, Gettysburg College and the College of New Jersey. |
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