Dronsfield Headlines Gulls Field Hockey Academic Awards

Craig Kaufman, Sports Information

Chandler, ARIZ -- Thirteen members of the Endicott women's field hockey team were recently named to the Gladiator by SGI National Field Hockey Coach's Association (NFHCA) National Academic squad, including senior Courtney Dronsfield, who was tabbed for the fourth consecutive year.

Dronsfield, a sport management major from Penfield, N.Y., becomes the first Endicott field hockey player to be named to four consecutive National Academic Squads, an honor reserved to student-athletes who maintain a grade point average of 3.30 or above.

Joining Dronsfield this year are four Gulls who were also named to the National Academic team in 2011. Melissa Enright (York Beach, Maine), Rachel Socolow (Westford, Mass.), Stacie Teevens (Westborough, Mass.), and Taylor Teixeira (Exeter, N.H.) all held GPA's over 3.30 for the second consective year.

Beth Farr (Rindge, N.H.), Mackenzie Hurst (Guilford, N.H.), Sarah Warner (Winthrop, Maine), Monique Stewart (North Andover, Mass.), Lizetta Solarik (Carmel, N.Y.), Shannon Lockwood, Liz LeClair (Wilton, Maine), and Meghan Leary (Hampton Falls, N.H.) were all selected this year for their first time on the National Academic Squad.

Endicott was also honored by receiving the Gladiator by SGI NFHCA National Academic Team Award, presented to all institutions whose team achieves a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher during the first semester of the 2011-12 academic year. This is the fifth consecutive season that Endicott has been the recipient of this award.

The Gulls finished the season with a 12-9 record and made the program's first NCAA appearance while capturing the school's first Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) field hockey title.