November 16, 2005

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

 

ODAC Announces Field Hockey All-Conference Squad

Sweet Briar and Washington and Lee Take Home Top Honors

 

Salem, Va. – Washington and Lee University and Sweet Briar College headline the 2005 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Field Hockey All-Conference Team. The team was recently selected at the annual meeting of the conference coaches.

 

SBC senior goalie Jenn Wiley headlines the 2005 squad garnering Player-of-the-Year honors. Wiley completed the season with a conference leading 263 saves. More impressive are her national numbers. Wiley completed the season as the all-time NCAA leader in saves with a career 1,042 stops in goal. A native of Williamsburg, Va., Wiley is a four-time, first team all-ODAC selection.

 

Washington and Lee took the final three honors for the year in Coach of the Year Wendy Orrison, Rookie of the Year Liz Garson and ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Courtney Harrison.

 

Orrison completed the season leading the Generals to their first conference championship with a 2-1 win over Lynchburg College and W&L’s first berth into the NCAA DIII Tournament. The Generals finished the season with a school-record 15 wins.

 

Garson, a native of Richmond, Va., was selected as the league’s top rookie. At her defender position, Garson helped the Washington and Lee defense limit opponents to a 1.45 goals per game average and 168 total shots on the season – both second in the conference rankings.

 

Harrison earned top scholar-athlete honors. The senior goalie from Richmond, Va., finished the 2005 campaign ranked third in the conference in Goal Against Average at 1.58 and recorded 2.1 shutouts. She excelled in the classroom as well maintaining a 4.073 GPA while majoring in Neuroscience.

 

A listing of the all-conference teams can be found below:

 

 

2005 ALL-ODAC FIELD HOCKEY TEAMS

 

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

 

1st Team All-ODAC

 

Chrissy Clancy

VWC

F

Kara Culkin

LC

F

Jonalyn Denlinger

EMU

M

Lyndsay Edginton

RMC

F

Andrea Fleming

LC

F

Liz Hudson

RC

F

Kendall Korte

W&L

M

SB Northen

W&L

M

Kristie Souder

EMU

D

Erin Spadaro

BC

M

Jenn Wiley

SBC

GK

 

2nd Team All-ODAC

 

Jane Beall

W&L

F

Cara Byrd

VWC

F

Julie Drake

SBC

F

Rebecca Hatchett

W&L

D

Torrie Higgins

RMC

D

Holly Marchwicki

VWC

D

Megan May

VWC

F

Dawn McGaha

LC

D

Mandy Nixon

BC

M

Lindsey Paz

RC

GK

Carrie Peirce

RMC

M

 

Honorable Mention

 

Kim Babbitt

W&L

D

Samantha Beard

RC

D

Morgan Crandall

LC

M

Julie Denlinger

EMU

F

Jill Dixon

RMC

F

Courtney Harvey

BC

D

Jennie Hoffsmith

BC

F

Kristen Jehl

VWC

D

Kim Johnston

BC

F

Lisa King

EMU

D

Arianna Kleeman

LC

D

Jennifer Leonard

RMWC

D

Kate Lester

W&L

D

Samantha Schaffstall

RMWC

M

Jessica Yoke

RMC

F

 

Player of the Year
Jenn Wiley – Sweet Briar

 

Rookie of the Year

Liz Garson – Washington and Lee

 

Scholar Athlete of the Year

Courtney Harrison – Washington and Lee

 

Coach of the Year

Wendy Orrison – Washington and Lee