Courtesy of New Hampshire athletic media relations
CAPE COD, Mass. – Meg Shea
(Melrose, Mass.), a senior forward and captain of the University of
New Hampshire field hockey team, was named to the 2009 ECAC
Division I Field Hockey All-Star Second Team, the ECAC announced
Monday. She was the only player from the America East conference
selected as a 2009 ECAC All-Star.
Shea recorded 23 goals and nine assists for 55 points in 19 games
to rank sixth in the nation in both goals per game (1.21) and
points per game (2.89). She led the America East conference in
points per game, goals per game and game-winning goals (four) as
well as sixth in assists per game. The captain recorded team highs
in goals, game-winning goals, points, shots (66) and shooting
percentage (34.8%) and tied for the lead in assists.
Shea had a school-record point-scoring streak of 18 games, scored a
goal in 15 of 19 games with seven multiple-goal efforts and tallied
an assist in nine games, including the last five of the regular
season. In UNH’s record book, both the 23 goals and 55 points
rank #2 on the list of single-season superlatives.
Her season highlights included a three-goal effort at Dartmouth
College (Oct.7) that tied her career highs in both goals and points
(six). She also had two-goal efforts against Brown University,
Providence College, Penn, Harvard, Fairfield and Maine.
Earlier this month, Shea was named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division
I All-America Third Team as well as the NFHCA Northeast Region
First Team. Shea was the 2009 America East Offensive Player of the
Year and was a unanimous selection to the All-Conference First
Team. She was the only player to win back-to-back America East
Player of the Week awards this season and received that honor three
times overall, which was another league high.
UNH finished the season with a 12-7 overall record and advanced to
the America East semifinals for the third consecutive year.