NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Five members of the No. 12 Yale field hockey team were honored by the NFHCA Wednesday as the organization announced its annual All-Region selections. Yale's All-Mideast Region honorees were:
First team
Second team
For All-Region awards, Division I teams are separated into five regions: Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Northeast, South and West. Each region honors up to 16 student-athletes on a first team and up to 16 student-athletes on a second team. All-America honors will be announced Dec. 16.
Here is a look at Yale's honorees:
Poppy Beales
Beales adds to her already significant collection of hardware this season, having been named first team All-Ivy League (for the third time) and selected to the NFHCA Senior Team. She finished fourth in the Ivy League with a career-high 12 goals. She ranks seventh on Yale's career goals list (31) and 10th on Yale's career points list (65). Beales started 50 games in a row at the end of her career. She also earned first team NFHCA All-Mideast Region as a sophomore and junior.
Beales is a graduate of Framlingham College.
Victoria Collee
This is Collee's second straight second team All-Mideast Region honor. An honorable mention All-Ivy League pick this season, started 17 games and was third on the team in goals and points (7-2-16).
Collee is a graduate of Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum.
Chiara Picciafuoco
This is Picciafuoco's second straight first team All-Mideast Region honor. Last year she went on to earn second team All-America recognition. Picciafuoco earned first team All-Ivy League for the second year in a row this season. She started all 18 games, contributing a pair of goals and a pair of assists.
Picciafuoco is a graduate of Belgrano Day School.
Amelie Schwarzkopf
In her first season with the Bulldogs, Schwarzkopf emerged as Yale's starting goalkeeper and delivered a pair of shutouts while posting a .732 save percentage and a 1.59 goals-against average. In her 17 games played, she limited Yale's opponent to no more than one goal 10 times.
Schwarzkopf is a graduate of Dreilinden Gymnasium.
Hettie Whittington
Whittington has developed into one of the most complete players in the league, contributing at both ends of the field. As a center back, she anchored a defense that allowed only 27 goals in 18 games. As one of the team's primary options on attack penalty corners – and on penalty strokes – she delivered career highs in goals, assists and points (9-9-27). Last year Whittington was a first team All-Ivy League and first team NFHCA All-Mideast Region selection.
Whittington is a graduate of Surbiton High School.
