2018 Field Hockey Roster
Byler, Courtney
Jersey Number 24
Courtney Byler
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- Position:
- Defense
- High School:
- Norfolk Academy
- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, Va.
Bio
School record-holder for single-season assists (11, 2016)
2018 (Senior):
Started all 18 games • Ranked third on the team with four goals • Scored both goals in a win over Yale (9/30) • Also scored against Towson (8/26) and Longwood (9/21) • Finished with two assists and two defensive saves.
2017 (Junior):
Started in all 18 games, tying for second on the team with seven points… Named to the Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference... ranked in the Top 5 in the nation and led the league in defensive saves, finishing year with five… also added five assists, including three straight (at VCU 10/13, vs. Miami (Ohio) 10/16, vs. Saint Louis 10/20)… also scored at No. 17 William & Mary (10/8)… finished year with 11 shots and a .545 shot on-goal percentage.
2016 (Sophomore):
Started all 19 games, logging the second most minutes on the team… Holds the school record for single-season assists… Led the league in both defensive saves (six) and assists (11)… tallied 13 points, scoring once (LIU Brooklyn, 9/3) and adding 11 assists… Dished out three helpers vs. App. State while logging two defensive saves (9/30)… recorded career-high three shots at Missouri State (10/23).
2015 (Freshman):
Appeared in 16 games, earning 11 starts … Registered a defensive save at William & Mary (9/27) … Tallied a defensive save at No. 18 James Madison (10/13) … Handed out an assist against Saint Joseph’s (10/24).
Before Davidson:
A five-time letterwinner at Norfolk Academy ... Led the Norfolk Academy to its first ever VISSA Division I State Championship as a senior captain ... Earned Tidewater Conference Player of the Year, VISSA Division I Player of the Year and Max Field Hockey's 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Defensive Player of the Year ... A three-time first team all-conference pick, a two-time first team all-state pick and a one-time first team all-Tidewater pick ... Concluded her career with 35 goals and 27 assists ... Also a standout on the Norfolk Academy lacrosse team, earning all-conference accolades ... Earned All-America status in lacrosse ... Named the 2015 Virginia Athletic Council Best Female Lacrosse Player ... Off the field, Byler garnered field hockey and lacrosse academic All-America status as a senior, was named a Chesapeake Bay Fellow and is a three-time National Spanish Exam Bronze Medalist ... Tabbed the 2015 Virginia Council Scholar Athlete.
Personal:
Her father, Chad played baseball at Messiah College ... mother, Eileen was a member of the soccer team at Messiah College ... Has a brother, David.
2018 (Senior):
Started all 18 games • Ranked third on the team with four goals • Scored both goals in a win over Yale (9/30) • Also scored against Towson (8/26) and Longwood (9/21) • Finished with two assists and two defensive saves.
2017 (Junior):
Started in all 18 games, tying for second on the team with seven points… Named to the Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference... ranked in the Top 5 in the nation and led the league in defensive saves, finishing year with five… also added five assists, including three straight (at VCU 10/13, vs. Miami (Ohio) 10/16, vs. Saint Louis 10/20)… also scored at No. 17 William & Mary (10/8)… finished year with 11 shots and a .545 shot on-goal percentage.
2016 (Sophomore):
Started all 19 games, logging the second most minutes on the team… Holds the school record for single-season assists… Led the league in both defensive saves (six) and assists (11)… tallied 13 points, scoring once (LIU Brooklyn, 9/3) and adding 11 assists… Dished out three helpers vs. App. State while logging two defensive saves (9/30)… recorded career-high three shots at Missouri State (10/23).
2015 (Freshman):
Appeared in 16 games, earning 11 starts … Registered a defensive save at William & Mary (9/27) … Tallied a defensive save at No. 18 James Madison (10/13) … Handed out an assist against Saint Joseph’s (10/24).
Before Davidson:
A five-time letterwinner at Norfolk Academy ... Led the Norfolk Academy to its first ever VISSA Division I State Championship as a senior captain ... Earned Tidewater Conference Player of the Year, VISSA Division I Player of the Year and Max Field Hockey's 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Defensive Player of the Year ... A three-time first team all-conference pick, a two-time first team all-state pick and a one-time first team all-Tidewater pick ... Concluded her career with 35 goals and 27 assists ... Also a standout on the Norfolk Academy lacrosse team, earning all-conference accolades ... Earned All-America status in lacrosse ... Named the 2015 Virginia Athletic Council Best Female Lacrosse Player ... Off the field, Byler garnered field hockey and lacrosse academic All-America status as a senior, was named a Chesapeake Bay Fellow and is a three-time National Spanish Exam Bronze Medalist ... Tabbed the 2015 Virginia Council Scholar Athlete.
Personal:
Her father, Chad played baseball at Messiah College ... mother, Eileen was a member of the soccer team at Messiah College ... Has a brother, David.
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