Coach Bridget LaNoir ’99 (far left, dark jacket) and her academically excellent field hockey team. Photo by Mark McCarty

Rensselaer’s women’s field hockey team has the highest team grade point average in the nation when considering all the Division I, Division II, and Division III squads.

The Rensselaer team, coached by Bridget LaNoir ’99, earned the 2004 NFHCA Division III Academic Team Award with a team grade point average of 3.53 for the fall ’04 semester. Sixteen student-athletes from the team have been named to the 2004 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad.

“Ranking first in the nation is an extraordinary achievement,” said Vice President for Student Life Eddie Ade Knowles. “We are extremely proud of these student-athletes, who are excelling both in the classroom and on the field.”

Those individually recognized include: Ruthie Baer, a sophomore graphic design major from Manchester, Mass.; Katie Baratta, a junior civil engineering major from Belmont, Mass.; Emily Carroll, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Rensselaer, N.Y.; Mia-Bianca Fabiano, an architecture major from Freehold, N.J.; Andrea Flynn, a sophomore biology major from Guilford, Conn.; Alison Haefele, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Ilion, N.Y.; Melissa Holstein, a freshman chemical engineering major from Ann Arbor, Mich.; Amanda Lund, a junior bioinformatics and molecular biology dual major from Chester, Conn.; Sarah Merlin, a freshman electronic media, arts, and communication (EMAC) major from Sharon, Mass.; Elisa Prange, a senior civil engineering major from Arlington, Va.; Bridget Rice, a senior EMAC major from Bowie, Md.; Patty Rodziewicz, a junior majoring in aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering from Wayside, N.J.; Michelle Roy, a freshman management major from Rensselaer, N.Y.; Nina Saxena, a freshman engineering major from Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Sondra Sherman, two-time captain, management major from Gaithersburg, Md.; and Liz Szewczak, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Enfield, Conn.

Originally published in Rensselaer Magazine, Summer 2005
Photo by Mark McCarty

Published July 14, 2005