CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Loyola Maryland senior defender Kristen Yanchoris received Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors for the second straight season and was one of 13 student-athletes named to the Academic All-Patriot League squad when accolades were announced by the League office on Wednesday.
Yanchoris is the sixth student-athlete in Patriot League women’s lacrosse history to earn scholar-athlete of the year recognition multiple times, in addition to being the first student-athlete in Patriot League women’s lacrosse history to be both a three-time Academic All-Patriot League selection and a four-time All-League honoree.
2019 Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Kristen Yanchoris, Loyola Maryland, Sr., Defender, Sykesville, Md./Century
*Yanchoris started all 17 games and finished the regular season with 20 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers for a Greyhounds’ defense that allowed a League-low 8.65 goals per game.
*She has a 3.971 cumulative grade point average (GPA) while majoring in business administration and marketing with a minor in information systems.
*Yanchoris is one of 28 League women’s lacrosse players to be a four-time all-League selection and one of seven to garner academic all-League honors three times.
Navy senior defender Marie Valenti (ocean engineering, 3.52 GPA) joins Yanchoris as a three-time academic all-League honoree in addition to making the all-League in each of the last two seasons. Bucknell junior defender Jessie Britton (biomedical engineering, 3.88 GPA) and Lafayette senior midfielder Emma Novick (psychology and government & law, 3.88 GPA) both made the academic all-League team for the second time.
Four members of the Academic All-Patriot League team were also named to the all-League squad when it was announced on Monday. Yanchoris and Valenti both captured first-team accolades while Bucknell senior defender Callie DeWitt (innovation & design, 3.74 GPA) and Lehigh junior defender Alexandra Ladda (marketing, 3.75 GPA) received second-team honors.
The Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Academic All-Patriot League Team honors student-athletes who excel both on and off the field. The awards are nominated and voted on by the Patriot League women’s lacrosse sports information directors.
To be eligible for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and the Academic All-Patriot League Team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and be a starter or key player in his/her sport. Freshmen or students in their first academic year at their school are not eligible for the honor.
The Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for each individual sport comprises the pool of nominees for the Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards given out over the summer. One male and one female are selected for this honor.
2019 Patriot League Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kristen Yanchoris, Loyola Maryland, Sr., D
2019 Women’s Lacrosse Academic All-Patriot League Team*
Sydney Fry, American, Sr., D/M
Megan Raftery, Army West Point, So., M
Lexi Lewis, Boston University, Jr., M
Jessie Britton, Bucknell, Jr., D
Callie DeWitt, Bucknell, Sr., D
Lexi Luthringer, Colgate, Jr., D
Haley Walker, Holy Cross, So., D
Emma Novick, Lafayette, Sr., A/M
Alexandra Ladda, Lehigh, Jr., D
Elli Kluegel, Loyola Maryland, So., M
Kristen Yanchoris, Loyola Maryland, Sr., D
Anne Richter, Navy, Sr., D
Marie Valenti, Navy, Sr., D
*13 Academic All-Patriot League selections due to a tie in the voting
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