State College, Pa., November 24, 2003 ¨C The Penn State Field Hockey team, ranked seventh nationally in the final STX/NFHCA Coaches Poll of the season, saw three of its players named to the 2003 STX/NFHCA All-American Team. Seniors Heather Conroy (First Team), Timarie Legel (Second Team) and Neilye Stoner (Third Team) each received national honors. Each senior also received First-Team All-Mideast Region selections, as well as senior Annie Zinkavich (Kingston, Pa.) and junior Amanda Eckert (Lititz, Pa.). Junior Karin Grap (Van Etten, NY) and sophomore Bekah Hostetler (Hershey, Pa.) were Second-Team All Region choices.

Conroy, a First Team All-American in 2002, tallied 12 goals and five assists in 2003. She also registered game-winning goals in Nittany Lion victories over St. Joseph¡¯s (9/21), Syracuse (9/23), Penn (9/24) and Ohio State (10/10). In one ten-game span this season (9/13 ¨C 10/10), Conroy netted 10 goals, including game-winners in three consecutive wins over St. Joseph¡¯s (9/21), Syracuse (9/23) and Penn (9/24).

For Legel (Morgantown, Pa.), her career year ended in a Second-Team selection. It is her third consecutive All-American Team selection. She was a Third-Team choice last season and Second-Team selection in 2001. The senior¡¯s team-leading 18 goals (ranked 17th nationally), 11 assists, 47 points (12th ) and 120 shots established new career-highs for Legel, and her 120 shots were tops in the Big Ten.

Stoner¡¯s (Manheim, Pa.) Third-Team selection is the first national honor of her career, as she posted three goals to go along with her career-highs in assists (nine), points (15), shots (34) and game-winning goals (three). The midfielder functioned as the catalyst for the Nittany Lion offense, while also acting as the team¡¯s stick-stopper on corner plays.

Each senior also received All-Mideast Region First-Team selections this season. Also winning First-Team All Region accolades were Amanda Eckert (Lititz, Pa.) and Annie Zinkavich (Kingston, Pa.). Juniors Karin Grap (Van Etten, NY) and Bekah Hostetler (Hershey, Pa.) nabbed Second-Team honors for the Nittany Lions.

For Zinkavich, it was her third consecutive All-Mideast Region honor, and her second First-Team selection (2001). The senior netminder won 18 games this season, while also recording eight shutouts and posting a career-best 137 saves for the season. Her 137 saves placed her 14th on the final national rankings.

Eckert received First-Team honors for the first time in her career, after being named to the Second-Team in 2002. The junior set career-highs in every offensive category, tallying eight goals, two assists, 18 points and 36 shots. She also tied a career-mark with her two game-winning goals this season.

Grap also established new career-bests en route to being named to the Mideast Region¡¯s Second-Team. It was the first such national honor for Grap, as she posted 13 goals, two assists, 28 points, 48 shots, all career bests, and one game-winning goal. Bekah Hostetler, a starter in the Nittany Lion defensive backfield in 22 of 25 games this season, received the first All-Mideast Region honors of her three-year career. The back anchored a defensive unit that gave up just 40 goals in 25 games this season; the 1.59 goals per game ranked the Penn State scoring defense 19th nationally.