PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Four members of the Keene State College field hockey team were named to All-LEC team for the 2026 season, with
Meghan Daileanes leading the Owls with her First Team All-LEC selection, while
Henley Gilstrap,
Grace Seabury, and
Elyse Picard were named to the Second Team All-LEC and
Norah Bargatti was named the Owls' 12th Player Award.
Meghan Daileanes, a senior forward from Londonderry, New Hampshire, was named to the First Team All-LEC team for the first time in her career for her senior campaign after a pair of Second Team All-LEC selections from her sophomore and junior seasons. Daileanes recorded a career-high 37 points on the season, the most points on the Owls on the year and the second-most points in the Little East Conference on the season. Her 14 goals across the season tied her career-high, the team-high on the season, and for the second most goals in the LEC in 2026, while her nine assists were another career-high, tying for the team-high and tied for the third most in the LEC in 2026. Daileanes also tied for the team-high with a pair of game-winning goals on the season, coming from her seven-point performance from her three goals and an assist (tied for both the third most points and the third most goals in a single game on the season in the LEC) in the Owls' season-opening win at Rivier University, while she also recorded the game-winner at Eastern Connecticut State University in KSC's 4-3 victory. Daileanes was a huge part of the Owls' attack down the stretch and into the playoffs as she recorded 18 points over a seven game stretch from six goals and six assists for KSC over the 6-1, which included four games where she accounted for multiple goals, highlighted by her two goals and two assists in her final home game in the 8-3 win over the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Daileanes rounds out her Keene State career with 113 career points, ranking 12th all-time in program history from her 45 goals (11th all-time) and 23 assists (tied 22nd all-time), to go with her 178 shots on goal (6th all-time).
Henley Gilstrap, a freshman midfielder/forward from Greenfield, Massachusetts, was named to the Second Team All-LEC from her dominant performance on the attack for the Owls in her first year, not only among the top in the LEC for scoring but also leading all freshmen. From her dominant first year, Gilstrap was only one of two freshmen honored of the 22 overall selected to the All-LEC teams over the 2026 season (three fifth years, 11 seniors, three juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen). Prior to a season-ending injury Gilstrap helped lead the Owls attack as she scored tallied 29 points, the second most points for the Owls and tied for the fifth most in the LEC on the year, while also averaging 2.07 points per game, the second most in the LEC. Gilstrap's 29 points came from 14 goals (tied for the team-high and the second most in the LEC on the year), averaging the second most goals per game in the LEC (1.00 goals per game), to go with an assist. With her 14 goals on 34 shots, Gilstrap had a team-high .412 SH% (min. one shot per game) on the season. Gilstrap kicked off her collegiate career with a goal in her first eight contests, averaging 1.38 goals per game over the span, highlighted by her three goals (tied for the third most goals in a game in the LEC on the season) in the in the Owls' 3-2 win over New England College, while also recording another game-winner in KSC's victory over UMD when she scored another pair of goals. With her 29 points coming from 14 goals, Gilstrap not only led all freshmen on the season for points and goals, but she also logged more points and goals than any sophomore across the LEC.
Grace Seabury, a senior midfielder from Wakefield, Massachusetts, was named to the Second Team All-LEC for the second consecutive season from her career-high season for the Owls. Seabury finished with the third most points on the team and tied for the seventh most points in the LEC on the season, logging 27 points in her senior season. Seabury's nine goals tied her career-high in a season, while also ranking the third most on the Owls and tied for the ninth most goals in 2026 in the LEC, while her nine assists were tied with Daileanes for the team-high and tied for the third most assists in the LEC on the year (and tied her career-high). Seabury recorded four points in a contest in four games on the season, in which the Owls went 4-0, with three games scoring a goal and adding a pair of assists (one of the games recording the eventual game-winning goal), while recording one game with a pair of goals. With the Owls opening the season 4-0, Seabury was a large part of KSC's attack as she recorded 11 points over the four-game span from three goals and five assists. Seabury concludes her Keene State career with 90 points from 31 goals and 28 assists, ranking in the top 25 on the all-time points and goals list in program history, while her 28 assists are tied for the 11th most in program history and her 146 shots on goal are the ninth most.
Elyse Picard, a senior defender from Southington, Connecticut, was named to the Second Team All-LEC from her career-high season for the Owls on both sides of the ball. Coming into her senior season recording five points across her previous three seasons as an Owl, Picard logged 21 points (13th most in the LEC) on the year coming from six goals and nine assists, with her nine assists tying for the team-high on the season and tied for the third most assists for in the LEC on the year. Picard came up big across multiple games on the season, recording the game-winning goal late in the fourth quarter in the Owls' 4-3 win over Westfield State University, recording a defensive save in the first overtime period before the eventual win for the Owls in the penalty shootout victory over Smith College, and she recorded a goal to go with her assist on the game-winning goal in the fourth quarter to come back from down 3-1 for the 4-3 victory at Thomas College (Maine). A dual-sport athlete with the Owls' field hockey team and softball team, Picard rounds out her career on the turf for the Owls with 26 career ponts from eight goals and 10 assists to go with four defensive saves, while she looks to repeat as a First Team All-LEC selection on the diamond for KSC in the spring.
Norah Bargatti, a junior forward from Westfield, Massachusetts, was named the Owls' 12th Player Award for the 2026 season. The 12th Player Award "is presented to a student-athlete in recognition of their positive contributions to the team both on and off the field, who brings forth their best effort in competition, practice and other team activities that positively contribute to the success of the program." To match her contributions off the field, including the Treasurer for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Bargatti saw her role for the Owls increase in her junior season for the Owls, entering the year with one career point, Bargatti logged nine points from her first four collegiate goals and an assist, all coming down the stretch late in the season for the Owls.