Princeton University Athletics
Schmidt, Reinprecht Earn Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year Awards
November 10, 2005 | Field Hockey
Princeton, N.J. - The Ivy League champion Princeton field hockey team added two more honors to its 2005 season as sophomore Paige Schmidt was named the league's Player of the Year and freshman Sarah Reinprecht received the Rookie of the Year award. Five Tigers received All-Ivy honors.
Schmidt, who was a second-team All-Ivy selection last season, led the League with her 11 goals and was a unanimous selection to the league's first team. She started all 17 games for the Tigers and had a League-best 29 points on the season. She was twice voted the Ivy League Player of the Week.
She becomes the 12th Princeton player to win the league's Player of the Year award. Two players have won it multiple times. The Player of the Year has worn Orange and Black in five of the last six, and 11 of the last 13 seasons.
Reinprecht earned the Rookie of the Year honor after starting all games for the League-champion Tigers and dishing out three assists. She was named to the second-team All-Ivy list along with her Rookie of the Year acknowledgement. She becomes Princeton's 13th Ivy League Rookie of the Year. A Princeton player last won the award in 2003.
Joining Schmidt with first team honors was senior Maren Ford, who was a second-team selection the last two seasons. Ford chipped in one goal and one assist this season while being an anchor in the midfield. Senior Hillary Schmidt was named to the league's second team along with Reinprecht. Schmidt ranked second on Princeton in scoring with five goals and eight assists for 18 points. Senior Lauren Ehrlichman was named an honorable mention All-Ivy. She scored seven goals and added an assist for 15 points.
First-Team All-Ivy
*Paige Schmidt, Princeton (So., F, Westtown, Pa.)
Alyssa De Paola, Cornell (Fr., F, Wall, N.J.)
*Samantha Lloyd, Brown (Jr., F/M, Shavertown, Pa.)
*Jennifer McDavitt, Harvard (Sr., F/M, Walpole, Mass.)
*Jessica Saraceno, Dartmouth (Sr., M, New Vernon, N.J.)
Lea Salese, Penn (Sr., M, Livingston, N.J.)
Maren Ford, Princeton (Sr., M, Lewes, Del.)
Heather Orrico, Yale (Jr., D, Southbury, Conn.)
Kristen Vincent, Brown (Sr., D, Glen Falls, N.Y.)
Whitney Waugh, Dartmouth (So., D, Briar Cliff Manor, N.Y.)
Liz Schlossberg, Penn (Jr., GK, Chevy Chase, Md.)
Second-Team All-Ivy
Lizzie Bildner, Dartmouth (So., F/M, Manchester, Mass.)
Brooke Townsend, Brown (Sr., F/M, Stamford, Conn.)
Lindsay Collins, Yale (Jr., M, Virginia Beach, Va.)
Blair Corcoran, Cornell (Sr., M, Downingtown, Pa.)
Sarah Reinprecht, Princeton (Fr., M, North Wales, Pa.)
Hillary Schmidt, Princeton (Sr., M, Westtown, Pa.)
Kristen Gray, Penn (Sr., M/D, Westfield, N.J.)
Belen Martinez, Cornell (Fr. D, Winnipeg, Man.)
Beth Sackovich, Harvard (Sr., D, Hockessin, Del.)
Erin Wesseldine, Columbia (Sr., D, Virginia Beach, Va.)
Kelly Knoche, Harvard (Fr., GK, San Diego, Calif.)
Honorable Mention
Kim Branich, Columbia (Jr., D, Virginia Beach, Va.); Cara Calahan, Penn (Sr., F, Doylestown, Pa.); Sara Eaton, Brown (Fr., F/M, Arlington, Va.); Lauren Ehrlichman, Princeton (Sr., Fr, Wellesley, Mass.); Nina Fulmer, Dartmouth (Sr., D, Rye, N.Y.); Ramie Merrill, Columbia (Jr., F, Cornville, Maine); Harriet Thayer, Yale (So., M, Briar Cliff Manor, N.Y.)
Player of the Year
Paige Schmidt, Princeton (So., F, Westtown, Pa.)
Rookie of the Year
Sarah Reinprecht, Princeton (Fr., M, North Wales, Pa.)
* - Unanimous selection