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December 7, 2005


Lynchburg’s Fleming Repeats as Field Hockey Player of the Year

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg College’s Andrea Fleming earned her second-straight Player of the Year Award as the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) College Division Field Hockey team was announced Wednesday.  Washington & Lee University’s Wendy Orrison was named the State Coach of the Year.

2005 VaSID College Division Field Hockey All-State Team

Fleming, a senior attack, earned first-team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors this fall along with first-team All-South Region accolades. She scored 24 goals and had 54 points, ranking first in the ODAC in points and goals and tied for third in Division III in goals and fifth in points. Fleming was a first-team All-American selection in 2004.

Orrison led the Generals to a 15-6 record and the first ODAC title and NCAA Tournament berth in program history. Named the 2005 ODAC Coach of the Year, she coached Washington & Lee to the most wins and most conference wins in school history.

W&L, Eastern Mennonite University and Lynchburg each had two student-athletes named to the first team, while Virginia Wesleyan College, the University of Mary Washington, Randolph-Macon College, Bridgewater College and Sweet Briar College each had one first-team player.

All-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.

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