Keene State Athletics

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2009-10 KEENE STATE ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS (as of 6/15)

Program

Won 10th Straight LEC Commissioner's Cup

Won seventh straight President's trophy (vs. Plymouth State)

Team

3 - NCAA team tournament berths

6 - NCAA Individual tournament berths

4 - ECAC tournament berths (3 Champions)

3 - LEC Tournament Championships

4 - LEC Regular Season Championships

Men's and Women's swim/dive won the NEISDA Division II-III Championships

Individual

13 - All-Americas

Carly Benning- Field Hockey

Erin Dallas - Field Hockey

Bryan Kolacz - Indoor Track and Field, 35 lb. weight throw

Allison Chamberlain - Indoor Track and Field, 800

Kristine Trutor - Women's Swim

Alea Paddock - Women's Swim

Kaila Umbarger - Women's Swim

Jillian Whitaker - Women's Swin

Jackie Foster - Women's Swim

Bobby Doyon - Baseball

Griffin Meehan - Men's Lacrosse

Brian Kolacz - Outdoor Track and Field, 16-pound hammer

Peter Najem  - Outdoor Track and Field, 800 and 1,500

41 - All-New England/New England DIII/All-Region  

100 - All-Little East

15 - LEC Players of the Year

 Academic Honors  

231 - Athletes with a GPA over 3.0

85 - LEC All-Academic Team

4 - CoSIDA District Academic All-Americas  

Notable Accomplishments 

       Represented in nine NCAA Tournaments; three teams (men’s cross country, men’s lacrosse, and baseball – the men’s lacrosse team advanced to the second round) and six individuals (women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor track, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s outdoor track – it was KSC first women’s swim All-Americas).

• Four ECAC New England Tournament team (field hockey, women’s soccer, women’s basketball, and softball) – women’s soccer and basketball, and softball were ECAC Champions
• Three Little East Conference tournament champions (women’s cross country  - 10th consecutive title, women’s swimming/diving – fourth straight crown, and men’s lacrosse)
• Four LEC regular season champions (women’s soccer, men’s soccer*, field hockey#, and baseball*) *co-champs, #four-way tie
• Men’s and Women’s swim/dive won second straight Division II/III NEISDA championships
• 13 All-Americas in seven sports
• 41 All-New England/Region student athletes
• 100 All-Little East student athletes
• 15 LEC players of the year (Carly Benning – offensive field hockey, Erin Dallas –defensive field hockey; Paige Mills – cross country runner of the year; Kristine Trutor – women’s swimmer of the year, Kaila Umbarger – women ‘s swim rookie of the year; Anthony Mariano – men’s basketball rookie of the year; Bryan Kolacz – men’s indoor and outdoor field athlete of the year, Allison Chamberlain – women’s indoor and outdoor runner of the year, Maggie Fitter – women’s indoor and outdoor rookie runner of the year; Bobby Doyon – baseball player of the year; Griffin Meehan – men’s lacrosse player of the year;
• Three LEC coaches of the year (Peter Thomas – men’s and women’s cross country coach of the year; Jack Fabian – women’s swim coach of the year; Mark Theriault – men’s lacrosse coach of the year)
• 85 LEC All-Academic team
• Four District Academic All-Americas (Jaclyn Grant- women’s soccer, Kristin Degou – women’s basketball, Allison Chamberlain – women’s track, Bryan Kolacz – men’s track)