March 12, 2008

NFHCA Academic Squad Release

ATHENS, Ohio - Eleven Ohio field hockey players were named to the 2007 ZAG/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association recognizes those collegiate student-athletes who have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30.

Representing for the Bobcats were Taylor Anderson, Estienne Coetzee, Rachelle Coetzee, Patty Donahue, Marcy Dull, Nikki Gnozzio, Paige Herr, Jessie Martin, Louzeth Schutte, Lindsay Schwartz, and Lauren Stahlhuth.

Stahlhuth has been recognized on the list four years in a row. Estienne and Rachelle Coetzee, Gnozzio and Schwartz have been named to the squad three straight years. Sophomores Anderson and Dull were also selected to the academic squad last year. It is the first honor for Martin, Donahue, Herr, and Schutte.

The 11 honorees is the most of any season, beating the 2002 squad that placed nine on the list.