PHILADELPHIA - Field Hockey recently presented their end of the year team awards at their annual banquet to culminate and celebrate the accomplishments of the 2016 season. Additionally, head coach Colleen Fink handed out three awards to recognize individual achievement given annually as part of the Penn field hockey tradition.

Junior Alexa Hoover was presented with the Anne Townsend Award as the team’s most valuable player. Hoover was selected as a NFHCA Second Team All-American, First-Team NFHCA All-Region (Mid-Atlantic), and All-ECAC and first-team All-Ivy honoree this season after she finished the campaign with a team-high 15 goals and seven assists. On October 2, she tallied the 45th and 46th goals of her career to become Penn’s all-time leading goal scorer and now stands atop both the goals (56) and points (131) lists in the Quaker record books.

Alexa Schneckwas presented with the Gail Lipstein Award as the most outstanding freshman. Schneck received Second Team All-Region honors and was also chosen as a Second-Team All-Ivy honoree to cap a terrific first season with the Quakers in 2016. Schneck started all 17 games of her freshman campaign and notched three goals and four assists for 10 points. Three of those scores were game-winners in victories against LIU Brooklyn, Dartmouth (2OT), and Columbia.

The Diane Angstadt Award, given to the most inspirational student-athlete, was awarded to senior Elise Tilton. Tilton appeared in all 67 games of her Penn career and made 64 starts while serving as a two-year captain. She registered 27 goals and eight assists for 62 career points and had tallied eight goals and one assist in 2016. In 2015, Tilton was chosen as a Second-Team NFHCA All-Region honoree and was a Second-Team All-Ivy selection. She culminated her Quaker career with a NFHCA Senior All-Star game appearance and did so following a year where she played through injury to start all 17 games for the Red and Blue.

Furthermore, Fink named the captains for the upcoming season. A trio of juniors will lead the team heading into their senior campaigns as Alexa Hoover, Rachel Huang and Jasmine Li will take on leadership roles in 2017.

2016 Field Hockey Award Winners
Anne Townsend Award (Most Valuable Player): Alexa Hoover
Diane Angstadt Award (Most Inspirational): Elise Tilton
Gail Lipstein Award (Outstanding Freshman): Alexa Schneck
2017 Team Captains: Alexa Hoover, Rachel Huang, Jasmine Li

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