2010-11 KEENE STATE ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS

  • Represented in 11 NCAA Tournaments; three teams (men’s soccer, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse) and eight individuals (men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor track, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s outdoor track.

  • Four ECAC New England Tournament team (women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, softball, and men’s basketball) – women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and softball were ECAC Champions

  • Six Little East Conference tournament champions (women’s cross country  - 11th consecutive title, women’s swimming/diving – fifth straight crown, men’s soccer, men’s cross country,  men’s and women’s lacrosse)

  • Captured LEC’s Commissioner’s Cup  - 11th consecutive year

  • Baseball team had its first-ever MLB draft pick (Corey Vogt)

  • Two LEC regular season champions (men’s soccer, men’s and men’s lacrosse)

  • Men’s swim/dive won third straight Division II/III NEISDA championships

  • 17 All-Americas in five sports

  • 59 All-New England/Region student athletes

  • 89 All-Little East student athletes

  • 13 LEC players of the year honors (Katie Bradford – offensive women’s soccer, Leigh Smith –defensive field hockey; Katlyn Simula – rookie, field hockey, Paige Mills – women’s cross country runner of the year; Eric MacKnight – men’s cross country runner of the year; Kyle Umbarger – women’s swimmer of the year;  Bryan Kolacz – men’s indoor and outdoor field athlete of the year, Amy Knoblock – women’s indoor and outdoor runner of the year; Griffin Meehan – men’s lacrosse offensive player of the year; Sean Leblanc – men’s lacrosse defensive player of the year, Andrew Fazio – men’s lacrosse rookie of the year.

  • Three LEC coaches of the year (Ron Butcher – men’s soccer coach of the year, Peter Thomas – women’s cross country coach of the year; Jack Fabian – women’s swim coach of the year;)

  • 76 LEC All-Academic team

  • One National cross country coaches All-Academic team  (Tim Pipp)

  • Fifteen players named to the National Academic squad by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA). The Owls were also honored for their team academic success, posting a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 to receive the NFHCA National Academic Team Award.

  • Two District Academic All-Americas (Katie Bradford- women’s soccer, Haley Chandler – softball)