Parker Earns All-Rookie Laurels

First-year player Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) of the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's lacrosse team continued to reap postseason honors Tuesday afternoon with her selection to the www.womenslacrosse.com All-Rookie Squad.

The 2010 Capital Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, Parker picked up first team All-CAC honors on May 6 and then followed that up with an IWLCA All-Chesapeake Region First Team selection on May 20.

The 5-7 midfielder notched a stellar rookie season, finishing as the team's leading scorer with team-highs of 49 goals and 82 points along with a second-best 33 assists.  She also contributed 38 draw controls, 30 ground balls, and 16 caused turnovers.

Parker set school single-game records for most goals and points in a game following a 9-goal, 12-point performance at Christopher Newport University on May 1.  She also finished the 2010 season ranked in NCAA Division III in assists (34th), points (42nd), and assists per game (47th).  Parker ranked in the top five in the conference in points per game (3rd, 4.56), goals per game (3rd, 2.72), and assists per game (4th, 1.83) while leading the league with five game-winning goals.

St. Mary's finished the 2010 campaign with a 9-9 overall record, taking third in the league with a 5-2 mark.  For the second year in a row, the Seahawks were knocked out of the CAC tournament in the semifinal round by University of Mary Washington.