Pelaez of Trinity
Repeats as Player of the Year
HADLEY, Mass. – For the second year in a row, Trinity College
sophomore Catalina Pelaez (Bogota, Columbia) has been named NESCAC
Player of the Year, as determined by the conference coaches.
Pelaez, who has competed at the number-one spot in the Bantams'
ladder since her arrival last season, owns a 10-3 record heading
into this weekend's CSA national championship.
In addition to being named Player
of the Year, the 2011 NESCAC Rookie of the Year also landed on the
All-NESCAC First Team for the second-straight winter. Pelaez was
accompanied from Trinity on the conference's top team by classmate
Alicia Rodriguez (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) and first year player
Natalie Babjukova (Prague, Czech Republic), both of whom were
honored as All-NESCAC for the first time in their careers. The trio
helped the Bantams secure the NESCAC Women's Squash Championship
earlier this month, the program's sixth conference crown. Earlier
this week, Rodriguez (9-4) was named as one of three finalists for
the Richey Award, which is given annually to the women's college
squash player who best exemplifies the ideals of squash in her love
of and devotion to the game, her strong sense of fairness, and her
excellence of play and leadership. Babjukova holds an 11-4 record
in her first campaign with Trinity.
From Williams on the All-Conference
First Team were senior Courtney Bogle (Bronxville, N.Y.) and junior
Alli Rubin (Boston, Mass.). Bogle (11-10) earned her fourth tour on
the First Team, a rare accomplishment across all conference sports.
Rubin (12-11) was selected by the coaches for All-NESCAC honors for
the first time.
The only other squad to have
multiple representatives on the First Team was Middlebury, as
senior Elena Laird (Cambridge, Mass.) and sophomore Abby Jenkis
(Latham, N.Y.) both returned from the 2011 First Team. Laird enters
the weekend at 11-8 while Jenkins has gone 12-8 for the Panthers
this season.
Colby junior Kate Pistel (Amherst,
Mass.) garnered All-NESCAC recognition for the third consecutive
year. Pistel, one of five individuals on this year's First Team to
earn the honor last winter, holds a 15-6 mark for the Mules.
The final two spots on the
All-Conference First Team were bestowed upon Wesleyan sophomore
Mary Foster (Wallingford, Conn.) and Bates first year Nessrine
Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia). A Second Team member during her first
season with the Cardinals, Foster is 12-12 this winter. Ariffin,
who was also recognized as the NESCAC Rookie of the Year, has
posted an impressive 18-2 mark for the Bobcats.
NESCAC Coach of the Year went to
Colby's Sakhi Khan. Khan, a 1985 graduate of Tufts and former
All-American, serves as the chair of the conference coaches this
season. While it is the first time that Khan has received the
league's coaching honor, he has previously been recognized by his
peers nationally as the coach of the year for sportsmanship, first
in 2006-07 and again in 2009-10.
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2012 NESCAC Women's Squash
All-Conference Teams
|
First Team
|
Institution
|
Year
|
Hometown
|
| Nessrine Ariffin |
Bates |
Fy. |
Penang, Malaysia |
| Natalie Babjukova |
Trinity |
Fy. |
Prague, Czech Republic |
| Courtney Bogle |
Williams |
Sr. |
Bronxville, N.Y. |
| Mary Foster |
Wesleyan |
So. |
Wallingford, Conn. |
| Abby Jenkins |
Middlebury |
So. |
Latham, N.Y. |
| Elena Laird |
Middlebury |
Sr. |
Cambridge, Mass. |
| Cheri-Ann Parris |
Bates |
Jr. |
St. Phillip, Barbados |
| Catalina Pelaez |
Trinity |
So. |
Bogota, Colombia |
| Kate Pistel |
Colby |
Jr. |
Amherst, Mass. |
| Alicia Rodriguez |
Trinity |
Sr. |
San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
| Alli Rubin |
Williams |
Jr. |
Boston, Mass. |
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|
|
| Second Team |
Institution |
Year |
Hometown |
| Alyssa Bawden |
Hamilton |
Sr. |
Short Hills, N.J. |
| Charlotte Dewey |
Middlebury |
Fy. |
Greenwich, Conn. |
| Hilary Gray |
Hamilton |
Fy. |
Bala Cynwyd, Pa. |
| Myriam Kelly |
Bates |
Fy. |
Bronx, N.Y. |
| Laura Henry |
Williams |
Jr. |
Penn Valley, Pa. |
| Torey Lee |
Bowdoin |
Fy. |
Beverly, Mass. |
| Arielle Lehman |
Amherst |
Fy. |
Greenwich, Conn. |
| Katherine Savage |
Amherst |
Sr. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Amanda Thorman |
Hamilton |
Jr. |
Greenwich, Conn. |
| Ashley Tidman |
Trinity |
Fy. |
Lamor-Plage, France |
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Player of the Year
|
Catalina Pelaez
|
Trinity
|
So.
|
Bogota, Colombia
|
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|
|
|
Rookie of the Year
|
Nessrine Ariffin
|
Bates
|
Fy.
|
Penang, Malaysia
|
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Coach of the Year
|
Sakhi Khan
|
Colby
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