Contact: Matt Dougherty, NFHCA Director of Communications
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For Immediate Release: Dec. 7, 2016
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-America Team Announced
CHANDLER, Ariz. – The Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I AllAmerica Team was announced on Wednesday with 48 student-athletes earning first, second or thirdteam recognition.
The list included 13 student-athletes who made the All-America Team for at least the second time.
Albany senior Paula Heuser capped her career with a fourth-consecutive All-America selection, and third
straight on the first team. Virginia junior Tara Vittese was selected to the first team for the third year in
a row, while seniors Esmee Peet (Delaware), Anna Middendorf (Connecticut) and Natalie Cafone (Iowa)
also earned a third All-America nod. Virginia senior Lucy Hyams and Connecticut junior Charlotte Veitner
each made the first-team All-America list for the second year in a row, while others who earned a
second straight All-America honor were graduate student Welma Luus (Maryland), seniors Kate Barber
(Indiana) and Julia Young (North Carolina), juniors Laura Hurff (Syracuse) and Alexa Hoover (Penn) and
sophomore Ayeisha McFerran (Louisville).
Connecticut, Syracuse, Maryland and North Carolina led all schools with three selections apiece, with
both the Huskies and the Orange placing a pair on the first team. Both of Virginia’s honorees were firstteam selections, while others with a pair of All-Americans included national champion Delaware, Duke,
Boston College, Albany, Louisville, Penn State, Harvard and Stanford. An additional 18 schools had one
All-America selection as a total of 31 teams were represented.
The All-America Team included 23 seniors or graduate students, 14 juniors, eight sophomores and three
freshmen among the 48 honorees.
The full first, second and third-team Longstreth/NFHCA DI All-America Team is included below.
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I First-Team All-America
Name
School
Class
Position
Kate Barber
Natalie Cafone
Catherine Caro
Alyssa Chillano
Frederique Haverhals
Paula Heuser
Lucy Hyams
Lies Lagerweij
Welma Luus
Ayeisha McFerran
Anna Middendorf
Greta Nauck
Charlotte Veitner
Tara Vittese
Roos Weers
Julia Young
Indiana
Iowa
Princeton
Duke
Boston College
Albany
Virginia
Syracuse
Maryland
Louisville
Connecticut
Delaware
Connecticut
Virginia
Syracuse
North Carolina
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
So.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Gr.
So.
Sr.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
Sr.
M/D
F
M/F
D
D/M
M
M
D
F
GK
D
M
F
M
D
D
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Second-Team All-America
Name
School
Class
Position
Serena Barr
Emma Bozek
Isabel Flens
Sarah Hawkshaw
Alexa Hoover
Adrienne Houle
Laura Hurff
Erin McCrudden
Aurelia Meijer
Esmee Peet
Maxi Primus
Moira Putsch
Hester van der Laan
Bente van Vlijmen
Kriekie van Wyk
Anna Willocks
Liberty
North Carolina
Northwestern
Massachusetts
Penn
Providence
Syracuse
Louisville
Penn State
Delaware
Albany
Penn State
Boston University
Harvard
Pacific
Saint Joseph’s
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Sr.
Fr.
So.
So.
D
M/F
M/F
M
F
F/M
M/F
M
M/F
M
GK
F
M
M
F
F
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Third-Team All-America
Name
School
Class
Position
Marissa Balleza
Grace Balsdon
Caroline Beaudoin
Kelsey Bing
Ines Delpech
Ymke Rose Gote
Hannah Hall
Lein Holsboer
Julie Laszlo
Amanda Magadan
Heather Morris
Lauren Moyer
Nicola Pluta
Carla Romagosa
Katie Trombetta
Casey Umstead
Harvard
Maryland
Stanford
Stanford
Kent State
Boston College
James Madison
Maryland
Monmouth
Lafayette
Duke
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Miami
Michigan
Connecticut
Sr.
Gr.
Sr.
Fr.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
F
D
D
GK
M
M
F/M
M
D
M
F
F
F
M/F
M/D
D