A Dozen Scots Earn NFHCA National Academic Honors

The College of Wooster field hockey team, winners of 13 games last fall (13-6), including an 8-4 mark in the North Coast Athletic Conference, and 12 of its players were recently awarded for their achievements in the classroom by the sport’s coaches organization – the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

As a whole, Wooster was labeled an NFHCA “Academic Team,” one of 82 in NCAA Div. III to average a grade-point average of 3.00 or higher. There are 150-plus Div. III schools that sponsor field hockey.

An even dozen of the Scots’ 24 players were named to the NFHCA Div. III National Academic Squad – junior back Lara Britain (Hopkinton, N.H. / Hopkinton), junior forward Katelin Bugler (Peabody, Mass. / Peabody), sophomore forward Gina Crough (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon), freshman midfielder/back Alicia Dissinger (Marysville, Pa. / Harrisburg Academy), junior back/midfielder Sarah Hamerstone (Shaker Hts., Ohio / Laurel School), freshman back Gillian Helwig (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon), sophomore goalie Katherine Lamoreau (Bowdoinham, Maine / Mount Ararat School), sophomore back/midfielder Miranda Leickly (Gahanna, Ohio / Columbus Academy), sophomore goalie Anne Leigh (Englewood, Colo. / Cherry Creek), junior forward Sloan McBride (Moreland Hills, Ohio / Orange), senior goalie Beth Skelton (Falls Church, Va. / Washington-Lee), and sophomore forward Lindsay Tingley (Rockville, Md. / Walter Johnson).

Wooster has put together a string of six winning seasons in a row, finishing with at least 13 victories each of the last five years. During 2004, the Scots were part of a three-way tie for second in league action, but were eliminated by Wittenberg University 3-2 in the semifinals of the NCAC tourney.