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December 15, 2007


JMU's Cutchins Named VaSID Field Hockey Player of the Year
UVA's Edmonds Earns Rookie Honors;
ODU's Anders Coach of the Year

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- 12 Dec 2007 - JMU sophomore netminder Kelsey Cutchins, a 2007 first-team All-American and the CAA Player of the Year, was named the State Field Hockey Player of the Year by the Virginia Sports Information Directors' Association (VaSID) today as the organization announced the all-state teams for field hockey in the University Division. Also honored were Virginia's Shelley Edmonds, the 2007 Rookie of the Year, and ODU's Beth Anders, the 2007 Coach of the Year.

2007 VaSID University Division Field Hockey All-State Team

Cutchins, who was named a first-team All-American by both the NFHCA and womensfieldhockey.com, is the first goalkeeper in CAA history to garner Player of the Year honors. The sophomore ranked second in the nation in goals-against average and helped the Dukes advance to the NCAA quarterfinals.

Edmonds, a former member of the national teams program, helped a young Virginia side advance to the NCAA Championships while leading the Cavaliers in the backfield. Despite starting as many as seven underclassmen, the Hoos were able to rank in the top-20 throughout the season.

Anders, the CAA Coach of the Year, led the Lady Monarchs to the top seed in the CAA Tournament for the 13th time in her career. ODU faced the seventh-toughest schedule in the nation in 2007 and won 12 games, earning the Lady Monarchs a trip to the NCAA Championships with an at-large bid.

James Madison led all schools with eight selections between the two teams, including six on the first team. The Walls triplets were all named to the first team. Old Dominion and Virginia both had six honorees, three on each team. William & Mary and Radford both claimed two honorees, both on the second team.

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.