Parker Selected as October Athlete of the Month
St. Mary's City, Md. - Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) of the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey team was voted by the Department of Athletics and Recreation as the October Athlete of the Month after setting two school single-season records and leading St. Mary's to a 4-4 record.
The 5-7, freshman forward tallied 22 points in the month of October on nine goals and four assists, scoring at least one goal in seven consecutive contests.
Parker set the school single-season record for points in a
season at 31 with her one-goal performance in a 4-3 overtime loss
at Eastern Mennonite University, breaking the previous mark of 29
set by Marianne Wood '08 in 2006. In that
same game, she equaled the single-season record for goals in a
season with 13, matching the feat first accomplished by
Wood in 2005.
Parker had a career day in a 4-1 victory over Virginia Wesleyan College on October 18 as she notched her first career hat trick and added an assist for seven points.
She notched both goals in the Seahawks' 2-1 overtime victory over the College of Wooster on October 3. Parker dished out a career-high two assists and added one goal in a 4-0 shutout of Hood College on October 21.
Parker finished her rookie campaign ranked tied for second in the Capital Athletic Conference in game-winning goals with four, fourth in goals (13), fifth in points (31), and tied for 10th in assists (5).
ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONOR ROLL
- SAILING: TED HALE, Sr., Skipper (Annapolis, Md.)
- MEN'S SOCCER: BRIAN PAYNE, Jr., Midfielder (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall College)
- WOMEN'S SOCCER: TORI ESKAY, Fr., Forward (Damascus, Md./Urbana)
- MEN'S SWIMMING: BILLY DEBOISSIERE, Fr., Breast/Free (Columbia, Md./Atholton)
- VOLLEYBALL: JEN LAMAR, Sr., Middle Blocker (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford)
PAST ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
- SEPTEMBER - Claire Kodan, Jr., Outside Hitter, Volleyball
