NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Six members of the Yale field hockey team were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Watchlist, announced on Thursday. Yale's selections were:
Collee (honorable mention), Picciafuoco (first team), Schwarzkopf (second team) and Whittington (second team) were All-Ivy League honorees last season. Collee (second team), Picciafuoco (first team), Schwarzkopf (second team) and Whittington (first team) went on to earn NFHCA All-Mideast Region recognition. Picciafuoco was named first team NFHCA All-America.
The NFHCA Watchlist is intended to showcase those field hockey student-athletes with the strongest potential for consideration for the current year's NFHCA All-Region and All-America teams.
To be nominated, student-athletes must have been recognized for their outstanding field hockey abilities within the past two years (NFHCA All-Region, NFHCA All-America, all-conference, Senior Nexus Championship selection, NCAA All-Tournament Team and/or U.S. National or International Team roster) and the student-athlete's head coach must be an active NFHCA member.
