Karissa Bettencourt
Brandon Hammermeister
Julie Kraus
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PENMEN PRIDE
Honors and Milestones Kraus, Parent Pile Up Honors Women’s lacrosse juniors Julie Kraus and Libby Parent each earned a multitude of awards after the team’s recordbreaking 2008 season, which saw the Penmen make the Northeast-10 championship game for the first time. Kraus, who led SNHU in ground balls, caused turnovers and draw controls, became the program’s first All-American when she was named to the IWLCA Second Team. She was also named an ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American. Kraus was also a First Team All-Region selection and was the Northeast-10 Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-Conference choice.
England selection, along with seniors John Delanoy and Chris Dindler, junior Sean Ball and freshmen Mike Scotina and Gary McKay. Ball also was a First Team Northeast-10 selection, while Delanoy was named to the Second Team. Delanoy became the second player in program history selected to the USILA North-South All-Star Game, which pits the best seniors from Divisions I and II against each other. He recorded a goal in the game. He also was named the Most Valuable Player of the NEILA East-West All-Star Game after scoring four goals.
52 goals in 2008, while Clark, a goaltender, ranked second in the Northeast-10 in goals-against average and fourth in save percentage. Head coach Mary Squire was named the league’s Coach of the Year.
All-Academic Selections SNHU had three student-athletes named to their respective Northeast-10 All-Academic Teams in the winter and eight more selected in the spring. Hammermeister and John Frey being named to the First Team in ice hockey. In women’s basketball, Megan Shay was a Second Team selection for the second straight year.
Women’s tennis, which reached the Northeast-10 semifinals for the first time in program history, was well represented on the All-Conference Team with four selections. Unbeaten doubles duo Amanda Nason Parent, SNHU’s all-time leading scorer to date, and Melissa Ramos were named to the First Team, while garnered Second Team All-Region honors and was Catalina Echeverry and Lauren Nigrelli were named to the a First Team Northeast-10 All-Conference selection as well. She also was a First Team CoSIDA Academic Third Team. Individually, Ramos was a Third Team member while Echeverry, a freshman, was named to All-District selection. the Second Team. The Penmen finished 8-6 overall. The Best of the Rest The women’s lacrosse team also had Carole Lee and Katie In softball, Karissa Bettencourt was a Third Team NortheastClark named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference team 10 All-Conference selection after batting .323 with a as Second Team choices. Lee recorded a school-record pair of home runs and 11 runs batted in.
In the Northeast-10 All-Conference, Sam Carey was a Second Team selection in men’s basketball after leading the Penmen in scoring and rebounding. Senior Brandon Hammermeister was a First Team choice in ice hockey for the second straight season and was named All Northeast-10 in each of his four seasons. He led SNHU in scoring as the Penmen advanced to the league semifinals. In men’s lacrosse, Mike Ball was named the NEILA New England Player of the Year and was an All-New
Kraus and Parent were named First Team AllAcademic in women’s lacrosse, while Dindler and Delanoy were both named to the First Team in men’s lacrosse. Bettencourt and Laurie Boland each were named to the softball squad. Amanda Nason and Lauren Nigrelli were both Second Team selections in women’s tennis.
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