Monday, May 08, 2006

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

 

W&L’s Strickler and Hathorn Highlight ODAC Women’s Lax All-Conference Teams

 

SALEM, VA – Amanda Strickler of Washington and Lee has been named the 2006 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women’s Lacrosse Player-of-the-Year by the league’s head coaches.

 

Strickler, a native of Lexington, Va., leads her team in the scoring with 58 points on 23 goals and an ODAC best 35 assists this season.  She helped lead the Generals to the ODAC Championship, a 15-3 overall record and a perfect 8-0 mark in league play.

 

W&L head coach Jan Hathorn was tabbed as ODAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading her Generals to their fourth-consecutive ODAC crown.  This is the eighth-time in her 18-years at W&L that Hathorn has earned this honor and the fifth-time in six years.

 

Virginia Wesleyan goal keeper Ashley Sippel was named the league’s Rookie-of-the-Year.  A native of Leesburg, Va., Sippel posted a 134 saves between the pipes for the Marlins this season and VWC was 10-4 with her in net.

 

Kristen Jehl of Virginia Wesleyan was named the 2006 ODAC Women’s Lacrosse Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year by the league’s Sports Information Directors. A first-team selection at defense on the field, the Campton, N.H. native fashions a 3.93 gpa in the class room while majoring in criminal justice at VWC.

 

2006 ODAC Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference Teams

First-Team

Pos.                    Player                                   School
A                         Kate Lester                            Washington and Lee
A                         Kally Perkins                          Roanoke
A                         Amanda Strickler                    Washington and Lee

MF                      Liz Lombardo                          Randolph-Macon

MF                      Traci Phipps                           Randolph-Macon

MF                      Maggie Megear                       Washington and Lee
MF                      Jillian Boyd                             Virginia Wesleyan

MF                      Laura Wallace                        Virginia Wesleyan

D                         Rachel Wallick                       Washington and Lee

D                         Kristen Jehl                            Virginia Wesleyan

D                         Kat Michaels                          Washington and Lee

GK                      Sarah Tilbor                            Washington and Lee

 

Second-Team
Pos.                    Player                                   School
A                         Jordan Clodfelter                     Guilford

A                         Julie Sellers                            Sweet Briar

A                         Lacy Phelps                           Randolph-Macon

MF                      Rachel Hutchinson                  Roanoke

MF                      Mary Hutchins                        Guilford

MF                      Chrissy Clancy                       Virginia Wesleyan

MF                      Morgan Sergi                          Randolph-Macon

MF                      Allison Vezzetti                      Lynchburg

D                         Caryn Stone                           Guilford

D                         Lauren Kondor                        Bridgewater

D                         Jenn Wiley                             Sweet Briar
D                         Nicole Johnson                       Lynchburg

GK                      Ashley Sippel                         Virginia Wesleyan


Honorable Mention
Pos.                    Player                                   School

A                         Nichole Locher                        Lynchburg

A                         Sarah Ross Stewart                Sweet Briar

A                         Bethany Adomanis                  Virginia Wesleyan

MF                      Ellie Donahue                         Sweet Briar

MF                      Sarah Rahl                             Lynchburg

MF                      Emily Bauer                           Bridgewater

MF                      Chelsea Rankin                      Roanoke

MF                      Bille Pellerito                          Guilford

D                         Coleen Harvey                        Roanoke

D                         Jennifer Maynard                     Guilford
GK                      Ji-Young Eun                          Lynchburg

                           Clara Lemyre                          Hollins


Player-of-the-Year: Amanda Strickler (Washington and Lee)
Coach-of-the-Year: Jan Hathorn (Washington and Lee)
Rookie-of-the-Year: Ashley Sippel (Virginia Wesleyan)
Scholar-Athlete –of –the-Year: Kristen Jehl (Virginia Wesleyan)