FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
S-109-06-07
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Twelve Elizabethtown College Field Hockey Players Earn Places on NFHCA National Academic Squad; Blue Jays Receive NFHCA National Academic Team Award

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Twelve members of the 2006 Elizabethtown College field hockey team have earned spots on the National Field Hockey Coaches’ Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad by posting a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher. Additionally, the Elizabethtown field hockey team as a whole has received the NFHCA’s National Academic Team Award by posting at team grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the first semester of the 2006-07 academic year.

The Elizabethtown players who received spots on the National Academic Squad include sophomore forward Megan Angstadt (Oley, PA/Oley Valley), first-year defender Liz Appleman (Turbotville, PA/Warrior Run), senior forward Val Bawell (New Holland, PA/Garden Spot), first-year forward Katy Boone (Reading, PA/Muhlenberg), first-year defender Kelsey Brown (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), senior forward Whitney Brown (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), first-year defender Lauren deDufour (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central), sophomore midfielder Alison Duval (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley), sophomore forward Andrea Miles (Phoenix, MD/Notre Dame Prep.), junior midfielder Hannah Moody (Lewisberry, PA/Northern), senior forward Jen Pechart (Hanover, PA/Delone Catholic) and sophomore forward Karyn Snyder (Poolesville, MD/Poolesville).