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USA Field Hockey's Falgowski, O'Donnell Named to High School All-America Team
 

Katie O'Donnell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Field Hockey National Squad members Katelyn Falgowski (Landenberg, Pa.) and Katie O'Donnell (Blue Bell, Pa.) head a list of USA Field Hockey athletes selected to the 2006 Penn-Monto/NFHCA High School All-America Team as selected by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

In addition to Falgowski and O'Donnell, the All-America team features three members of the USA Under-21 squad including Amy Daniel (Mountaintop, Pa./Crestwood HS), Meghan Dean (Marathon, N.Y./Marathon  Central HS) and Katie Reinprecht (North Wales, Pa./Mount Saint Joseph Acad.).

All 32 selections to the high school All-America team are members of USA Field Hockey and competed in USA Field Hockey programs with 31 of the honorees receiving training in USA Field Hockey's Futures Program.

Part of the USA Field Hockey Olympic Development pipeline, Futures provides talent-identified athletes with the opportunity for advanced training and tactical instruction at regional sites through out the country. Athletes in the Futures Program are eligible to participate in elite-level competitions and tours and earn selection to advanced USA Field Hockey camps programs.

A senior at St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Del., Falgowski earned selection to the All-America team for the fourth time in her career. She missed a major portion of the season training with the USA National Team and helped the USA to a sixth place finish at the 2006 World Cup during September and October. She has appeared in 24 international contests for the USA.

O'Donnell earned selection to her second All-America team after previously receiving the honor in 2004. A senior at Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pa., she also missed a portion of the season training with the USA National Team and competing in the AstroTurf March on Madrid four nation tournament in September. A member of the 2005 USA Champions Challenge team, O'Donnell has appeared in 21 international contests for the USA.

Both Falgowski and O'Donnell were members of the 2005 USA Junior World Cup team that earned a USA-best 7th place finish in Santiago, Chile.

Falgowski, O'Donnell, Daniel, Dean and Reinprecht were joined on the All-America first team by USA Field Hockey Futures athletes Lauren Alwine (Lower Dauphin HS/Hummelstown, Pa.), Bryn Bain (Eastern HS/Voorhees, N.J.), Julie Barton (Lower Dauphin HS/Hummelstown, Pa.), Devon Gagliardi (Wyoming Seminary/Kingston, Pa.), Melissa Gonzalez (Lakeland HS/Shrub Oak, N.Y.), Rachel Jennings (Emmaus HS/Emmaus, Pa.), Tara Jennings (Emmaus HS/Emmaus, Pa.), Kelsey Kolojejchick (Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.), Jessica Lynn Roberts (East Bridgewater HS/East Bridgewater, Mass.) and Kathleen Sharkey (Wyoming Seminary/Kingston, Pa.).

Second team selections included Jessica Allen (Eastern HS/Voorhees, N.J.), Hollis Barber (Ottawa Hills, Ottawa Hills, Ohio), Teryn Brill (Oley Valley HS, Oley, Pa.), Kara Connolly (Lakeland HS/Shrub Oak, N.Y.), Loran Hatch (Upper Perkiomen/Pennsburg, Pa.), Becky Hilgar (Upper Perkiomen/Pennsburg, Pa.), Amanda Himmelheber (Severna Park HS/Severna Park, Md.), Mary Leigh McCoy (Casady School/Oklahoma City, Okla.), Brittany Miller (Sacred Heart Acad./Louisville, Ky.), Chantae Miller (Williamsville North/Williamsville, N.Y.), Jennifer Purvis (Harboro-Horsham/Horsham, Pa.), Taylor Swezey ( (Harboro-Horsham/Horsham, Pa.), Meredith Way (Warwick HS/Lititz, Pa.), Melissa Woodie (Chancellor/Fredericksburg, Va.) and Tacy Zysk (Walpole HS/Walpole, Mass.)

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Penn Monto/NFHCA 2006 High School All-America Team