CAPE COD, Mass. - The University of Connecticut's senior forward Loren Sherer is the 2009 ECAC Division I Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Year. Sherer had 80 points on the season with 31 goals, including eight gamewinners, and 18 assists. UConn finished the season with a 19-3 record.

Emma Thomas, a senior defender for the University of Maryland had an outstanding season with 22 goals, 11 assists and 55 points, earning her the title of ECAC Division I Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Thomas also made three defensive saves, capitalized on all four penalty strokes she took. She also had six game-winning goals.

Amy Kee of Syracuse was selected as the 2009 ECAC Division I Field Hockey Rookie of the Year. The freshman midfielder had 12 goals and ten assists on the season. Four of her goals were gamewinners and she earned one defensive save to top off an outstanding first-year performance.

Chelsey Feole of Boston College joins Sherer as a forward on the ECAC first team. Feole had 64 points on the season with 26 goals and 12 assists. Juniors Katie O'Donnell of Maryland and Christina Mastropaolo of Drexel take the last roster spots on the first team. O'Donnell had an impressive 25 goals and 28 assists, giving her a total of 78 points on the season. Mastropaollo was a precise shooter for the Dragons with a shooting percentage of 0.315, ranking her at the top of ECAC Division I play in game-winning goals with ten.

Princeton's Katie Reinprecht, a sophomore midfielder, joins the ECAC First All-Star team with 13 goals and 12 assists, giving her 28 points on the season. Also earning a spot is senior midfielder, Alexis Pappas, from Maryland. Pappas had 26 assists on the season, ranking her second in assists on the Maryland squad.

Maggie Befort of Syracuse and Dartmouth's Virginia Peisch both earned a spot on the 2009 All-Star team for their defensive performances. Befort had ten goals and nine assist for the Orange this season, giving her a shooting percentage of 0.385. Peisch had three goals, 15 assists and four defensive saves on the season

James Madison's Kelsey Cutchins earns first team ECAC accolades with her strong performance in goal this season. Cutchins started every game for the Dukes and had an outstanding save percentage of 0.796 and a goals against average of 1.50. Cutchins, a senior, played over 1,442 minutes, allowing only 31 goals and making 121 saves.

ECAC Announces 2009 Division I Field Hockey All-Stars

Offensive Player of the Year
Loren Sherer, Senior, UConn

Defensive Player of the Year
Emma Thomas, Senior, Maryland

Rookie of the Year
Amy Kee, Freshman, Syracuse

2009 ECAC Division I Field Hockey All-Stars

First Team All-Star Selection
Loren Sherer, Senior, Forward, UConn
Katie O'Donnell, Junior, Forward, Maryland
Christina Mastropaolo, Forward, Drexel
Chelsey Feole, Senior, Forward, Boston College
Katie Reinprecht, Sophomore, Midfielder, Princeton
Amy Kee, Freshman, Midfielder, Syracuse
Alexis Pappas, Senior, Midfielder, Maryland
Emma Thomas, Senior, Defender, Maryland
Maggie Befort, Junior, Defender, Syracuse
Virginia Peisch, Junior, Defender, Dartmouth
Kelsey Cutchins, Senior, Goalkeeper, James Madison

Second Team All-Star Selection
Nicole Muracco, Senior, Forward, Maryland
Meg Shea, Senior, Forward, New Hampshire
Susan Ciufo, Junior, Forward, Drexel
Casey Howard, Senior, Forward, Delaware
Martina Loncarica, Sophomore, Midfielder, Syracuse
Julie Reinprecht, Freshman, Midfielder, Princeton
Inga Stockel, Sophomore, Midfielder, Virginia
Michelle Vittese, Sophomore, Defender, Virginia
Anne-Meike de Wiljes, Senior, Defender, American
Michelle Drummonds, Junior, Defender, Delaware
Kelsey Anderson, Junior, Goalkeeper, Lafayette

About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with approximately 300 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports, administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 2,000 student-athletes through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, and men's lacrosse.