Woerner, an NE10 Academic All-Conference selection, earns a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad for the second time (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Ladue and Woerner earn honors for second time in their careers
NFHCA Announces 2019 ZAG Field Hockey Division II National Academic Squad
EASTON, Mass. (April 17, 2020) – Four members of the Stonehill College field hockey program have been named to the ZAG Field Hockey/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) NCAA Division II National Academic Squad for their performances in the classroom.
Juniors Taylor Ladue and McKenzie Woerner headline the group from Stonehill named to the ZAG/NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad for having a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or better through the first semester of the year. Sophomore Elisha Brinkman and freshman Calli West have both earned a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA National Academic for the first time in their careers.
Ladue, an environmental science major with a 3.59 cumulative grade point average at the College, earns a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad for the second time. She has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll all five semesters to date, with Academic Distinction status the last two semesters for having a semester GPA between 3.50 and 3.99. Ladue has also been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.20+ semester GPA) four semesters and earned the Division II Athletic Director's Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award last fall.
Ladue, an NE10 All-Rookie Team selection as a freshman, participated in the Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program last summer, working with Kristen Burkholder, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, to examine questions utilizing new output from a high-resolution model that emulates the movement of the subsurface nutrients in the real ocean. The study identified whether the model can accurately recreate the real subsurface conditions in the Gulf of Maine (GOM), including whether the changing nature of the inflows into the GOM through the Northeast Channel are captured.
Ladue started nine of her 17 games played for Stonehill last fall and has started ten of 52 career games through her first three seasons. She has totaled six goals and two assists for 14 points in her career.
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Woerner, a chemistry major with a 3.60 cumulative GPA while enrolled in the Moreau Honors Program at the College, also earns a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad for the second time. She earned NE10 Academic All-Conference honors this fall and has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll, with Academic Distinction status in the fall for having a semester GPA between 3.50 and 3.99, and Athletic Director's Honor Roll all five semesters to date. She received the Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award last fall and the RC Award for first-year chemistry students as a freshman, while being named to the Dean's List four semesters.
Woerner also participated in the SURE program last summer, working in a team that included classmates Sophia Guerrara and Alex Joseph, with Pam Lombardi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, on various chiral ligand projects. Woerner investigated triamines, then synthesized an iron and an aluminum complex to characterize the complexes and determine overall structure. Her project, Investigation of a New Class of Chiral Triamine Ligand, examined the catalytic properties of the ligands to determine reactivity, structure and selectivity.
Woerner started all 17 games as a member of Stonehill's defensive unit which ranked fourth in the NE10 and ninth nationally with a 1.19 team goals against average, yielding 9.5 shots, including 5.2 on goal, and 5.5 penalty corners per game with six shutouts. She earned NE10 All-Tournament team honors as a freshman and has started 46 of the 48 games she has played over her career, recording one defensive save.
Ladue is also a ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad member for the second time in her career (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Brinkman, a political science and international studies major enrolled in the Moreau Honors program with a 3.76 cumulative GPA, earns a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad for the first time. She recently received the St. Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Students, medal for having the highest cumulative GPA on the field hockey team and is a peer mentor in the Moreau program. Brinkman has been named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll all three semesters to date, receiving Academic Excellence status for the fall semester with a perfect 4.0 semester GPA and Academic Distinction status for having a semester GPA between 3.50 and 3.99 two semesters, with Athletic Director's Honor Roll status three semesters as well.
Brinkman started all 17 games for Stonehill this past fall, finishing fifth on the team with four goals and three assists. She scored her first career goal in the Skyhawks 5-1 win over Southern Connecticut State University on September 14. Brinkman has started 18 of her 31 career games played over two seasons, totaling four goals and four assists for 12 points.
West recorded a 3.51 grade point average through her first semester at the College to earn a spot on the ZAG/NFHCA Academic Squad for the first time. She was named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll, receiving Academic Distinction status, and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall. West appeared in 13 games, starting one, in her first collegiate season. She made her first collegiate start in Stonehill's 3-0 win over Mercy College on November 1.
Stonehill finished its 2019 season under first year head coach Annie Hansbury with an 11-6 record overall, including an 11-3 mark in the NE10 to finish fourth in the NE10 standings. Four Skyhawks earned All-Northeast-10 Conference honors, while two freshmen earned NE10 All-Rookie Team status, led by senior back Michaela Antonellis, who earned All-America honors for the second time in her career.
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