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Sharkey Named Ivy Player of the Year; Nine on All-Ivy Teams
November 10, 2010 | Field Hockey
LINKS: Ivy League Release
PRINCETON (11/10/10) - Kathleen Sharkey led the way as the Princeton field hockey team placed nine of its members on All-Ivy teams. Sharkey was named the Ivy League Player of the Year. Sharkey is the 19th Ivy League Player of the Year to hail from Princeton and the sixth straight. In total 14 Tigers have won the award as five have won the title more than once.
Sharkey led the nation with 31 goals this season and ranked second in total points per game. Her 31 goals set a Princeton single-season record and she ranks third in both career goals and points at Princeton. In seven League games, Sharkey netted 17 goals and added an assist to lead the League with 35 points and she scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in five of Princeton's seven Ivy League victories. Sharkey finished the regular season with seven assists as well, giving her 69 points in 17 games played.
Sharkey was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection in 2009, as well as being named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a first-team All-Ivy selection in 2008,
Michelle Cesan, Julia and Katie Reinprecht also earned first-team All-Ivy recognition. Both Reinprechts were unanimous selections. Katie, the 2008 & 2009 Ivy League Player of the Year, earned her third straight unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team, joining Sharkey as the 33rd and 34th Ivy players to earn three career selections to the All-Ivy first team. For Julia and Cesan, it marks their second straight first-team All-Ivy selection.
Though only able to appear in 13 games, Katie Reinprecht still managed to be Princeton's third leading scorer with 11 goals and four assists for 26 points. In four Ivy League games, she averaged better than two points per game by netting five goals and an assist for 11 points. Julia Reinprecht, the 2009 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, started all 17 of Princeton's regular season games and has been a catalyst for the Tiger offense while also helping to control the defensive side of the field as well. Her 12 assists lead the team, and her seven assists in Ivy play tied for the top mark.
Cesan finished the season with nine goals and two assists in seven Ivy games, Cesan was the conference's second leading scorer in 2010. Overall, the versatile Cesan finished with 12 goals and five assists for 29 points.
Amanda Bird earned second-team All-Ivy honors in her freshman campaign, while Amy Donovan, Alexandra Douwes, Erin Jennings and Alyssa Pyros earned honorable mentions. Douwes was an honorable mention in 2009 and Pyros was on the 2009 second team. It is the first recognition for Donovan and Jennings.
First Team All-Ivy (11)
Alex Botte, Cornell (Jr., GK, Carlsbad, Calif.)
Erin Carter, Yale, (Jr., B, Perkiomenville, Pa.)
Michelle Cesan, Princeton (So., M/F, Harding, N.J.)
Catie De Stio, Cornell (Sr., F, Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
*Kelly Hood, Dartmouth (Jr., M, Berlin, N.H.)
*Gabby Kozlowski, Columbia (So., F, Voorhees, N.J.)
*Dinah Landshut, Yale (Jr., M, Hamburg, Germany)
Virginia Peisch, Dartmouth (Sr., B, Koenigstein, Germany)
*Julia Reinprecht, Princeton (So., M, North Wales, Pa.)
*Katie Reinprecht, Princeton (Jr., M, North Wales, Pa.)
*Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton (Jr., F, Moosic, Pa.)
Second Team All-Ivy (11)
Amanda Bird, Princeton, (Fr., B, Vancouver, B.C.)
Erica Borgo, Yale (Fr., F, Randolph, N.J.)
Claire Byrne, Dartmouth (Sr., M, Rye, N.Y.)
Carly Dickson, Harvard (Jr., M, Victoria, B.C.)
Julia Garrison, Columbia (Sr., M, Virginia Beach, Va.)
Georgia Holland, Yale (Fr., M/B, Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Katie Hyland, Brown (Sr., M, Riegelsville, Pa.)
Laurel McGarvie, Penn (Sr., M, Medford, N.J.)
Mattie Prodanovic, Cornell (Sr., B, River Forest, Ill.)
Steph Sanders, Cornell (Sr. B, Endwell, N.Y.)
Cynthia Tassopoulos, Harvard (So., GK, Dallas, Texas)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (11)
Hannah Balleza, Cornell (Fr., F, Saverna Park, Md.)
Amy Donovan, Princeton (So., B, Unionville, Pa.)
Alexander Douwes, Princeton (Sr., B, Bussum, Netherlands)
Laura Iacovetti, Brown (Jr., B, Blue Bell, Pa.)
Erin Jennings, Princeton (Jr., M, Macungie, Pa.)
Lauren Kessler, Brown (Jr., GK, Burtonsville, Md.)
Georgia McGillivray, Harvard (Jr., B, Victoria, B.C.)
Kelly McHenry, Dartmouth (Sr., F, Williamsburg, Va.)
Alyssa Pyros, Princeton (Jr., M/B, Shavertown, Pa.)
Leslie Springmeyer, Brown (Jr., F, New Vernon, N.J.)
Kate Thompson, Cornell (Sr., M, Vancouver, B.C.)
Player of the Year
*Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton (Jr., F, Moosic, Pa.)
Co-Rookies of the Year
Hannah Balleza, Cornell (Fr., F, Saverna Park, Md.)
Georgia Holland, Yale (Fr., M/B, Stony Brook, N.Y.)
* - unanimous selection