Davidson, Three Wildcats Earn IWLCA Academic Honors
7/23/2018 12:18:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID
IWLCA Honor Roll (pdf)
IWLCA Honor Squad (pdf)
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's lacrosse team along with three individual players earned a spot on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Zag Sports Academic Honor Squad for the 2017-2018 academic year.
For the eighth consecutive year, dating back to 2011, the Wildcats earned the team academic honor, while seniors Rose Woolson and Rachel Hianik along with junior Sarah Kopp were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll. This marks the seventh year in a row at least two Wildcat players were named to the honor roll. Hianik was honored last year and is the sixth player to twice have been named to the honor roll during their careers.
In order to qualify for the team honor, the women's lacrosse team had to have posted a 3.0 or higher team grade point average for the year. The three 'Cats were part of 429 student-athletes from 98 different institutions to be named to the 2018 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll. In order to be eligible for this honor, student-athletes must be a junior, senior, or graduate student and earned a cumulative academic GPA of 3.50 or greater.
Davidson is coming off a double-digit winning season at 11-8 with a 5-4 record in Atlantic 10 play. It reached the semifinals of the league championship for the second in a row.
Goalie Woolson, who graduated this past May with a degree in political science and was a six-time A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree, put her name in the record books during her four-year career. An A-10 All-First Team pick this year and a second-team pick in 2016, Woolson finished her career ranked fourth in minutes, and third in saves (461) and goals against average (10.12), while her 162 groundballs are the most all-time.
This past season, the native from Maryland finished among the top-10 in the nation in goals against average (5th), groundballs per game (7th) and save percentage (3rd), and was 12th and 14th, respectively, in saves per game and total saves. Woolson led the Atlantic 10 with a 9.26 GAA, while finishing second in saves (176, career high), save percentage (.545) and goals against (147) along with groundballs (58). The 58 groundballs are second-most in a Wildcat single season.
Fellow senior Hianik, who was a trio-captain with Woolson and Kopp, closed out her senior season by scooping up a career-high 33 groundballs and 83 for her four-year career. She started all 19 games this past season and finished her career starting all 70 games she played in. Hianik, a native of Raleigh, N.C.,also excelled in the classroom as she was named to the A-10 All-Academic Team this year and was a seven-time A-10 Commissioner Honor Roll honoree. She graduated in May with a degree in biology.
It was another solid all-around season for Kopp, who was named to the A-10 All-First Team and the All-Academic Team this season. It was the second straight year she earned a spot on the academic team, while also being named A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the sixth time. The rising senior is majoring in psychology.
Kopp set several personal bests, finishing with career highs of 30 goals (third-most on the team) and 33 points on offense to go with 36 groundballs, 71 draw controls (tops on the team) and 15 caused turnovers. The junior from Victor, N.Y. started 14 of her 19 games played. Kopp's 71 draw controls were the second-most in a Wildcat single season. The midfielder, who had nine multi-goal games with six hat tricks on the season, also set several single game highs this year including points (4), shots (7), draw controls (7) and caused turnovers (3).
IWLCA Honor Squad (pdf)
DavidsonPhotos.com
DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's lacrosse team along with three individual players earned a spot on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Zag Sports Academic Honor Squad for the 2017-2018 academic year.
For the eighth consecutive year, dating back to 2011, the Wildcats earned the team academic honor, while seniors Rose Woolson and Rachel Hianik along with junior Sarah Kopp were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor Roll. This marks the seventh year in a row at least two Wildcat players were named to the honor roll. Hianik was honored last year and is the sixth player to twice have been named to the honor roll during their careers.
In order to qualify for the team honor, the women's lacrosse team had to have posted a 3.0 or higher team grade point average for the year. The three 'Cats were part of 429 student-athletes from 98 different institutions to be named to the 2018 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll. In order to be eligible for this honor, student-athletes must be a junior, senior, or graduate student and earned a cumulative academic GPA of 3.50 or greater.
Davidson is coming off a double-digit winning season at 11-8 with a 5-4 record in Atlantic 10 play. It reached the semifinals of the league championship for the second in a row.
Goalie Woolson, who graduated this past May with a degree in political science and was a six-time A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree, put her name in the record books during her four-year career. An A-10 All-First Team pick this year and a second-team pick in 2016, Woolson finished her career ranked fourth in minutes, and third in saves (461) and goals against average (10.12), while her 162 groundballs are the most all-time.
This past season, the native from Maryland finished among the top-10 in the nation in goals against average (5th), groundballs per game (7th) and save percentage (3rd), and was 12th and 14th, respectively, in saves per game and total saves. Woolson led the Atlantic 10 with a 9.26 GAA, while finishing second in saves (176, career high), save percentage (.545) and goals against (147) along with groundballs (58). The 58 groundballs are second-most in a Wildcat single season.
Fellow senior Hianik, who was a trio-captain with Woolson and Kopp, closed out her senior season by scooping up a career-high 33 groundballs and 83 for her four-year career. She started all 19 games this past season and finished her career starting all 70 games she played in. Hianik, a native of Raleigh, N.C.,also excelled in the classroom as she was named to the A-10 All-Academic Team this year and was a seven-time A-10 Commissioner Honor Roll honoree. She graduated in May with a degree in biology.
It was another solid all-around season for Kopp, who was named to the A-10 All-First Team and the All-Academic Team this season. It was the second straight year she earned a spot on the academic team, while also being named A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the sixth time. The rising senior is majoring in psychology.
Kopp set several personal bests, finishing with career highs of 30 goals (third-most on the team) and 33 points on offense to go with 36 groundballs, 71 draw controls (tops on the team) and 15 caused turnovers. The junior from Victor, N.Y. started 14 of her 19 games played. Kopp's 71 draw controls were the second-most in a Wildcat single season. The midfielder, who had nine multi-goal games with six hat tricks on the season, also set several single game highs this year including points (4), shots (7), draw controls (7) and caused turnovers (3).
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