2022 Field Hockey Roster

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11 Théodora Dillman

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Conestoga Valley
  • Hometown Lancaster, Pa.

Biography

2022 (Senior): CSC Academic All-District At Large ... NFHCA National Academic Squad selection for fourth time ... Second team NFHCA All-Mideast Region ... All-ECAC ... NFHCA Senior Game selection ... First team All-Ivy League, the fourth All-Ivy honor of her career (first team once, second team twice, honorable mention once) ... Shared team's Player of the Year Award with classmate Alissa Wong ... Tied for ninth in Ivy League in goals (six) and tied for 17th in league in points (13) ... Had game-winning goals against Brown and Quinnipiac in overtime ... Started all 17 games, ending her career having started all 68 games of her career.

2021 (Junior): NFHCA National Academic Squad selection for third time ... Honorable mention All-Ivy League, the third All-Ivy honor of her career ...  Had four goals and 11 points in Ivy games, tying for eighth in goals and finishing ninth in points ... Fifth in league in points (24) and tied for fifth in goals (nine) ... Established career highs in every offensive category, including six assists -- tied for second-most on team ... Also an excellent defensive player; had three of team's five defensive saves ... Has started all 51 games of her career.

2020: No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Sophomore): NFHCA National Academic Squad selection for second time ... Second team All-Ivy League ... Led team in defensive saves (three) ... Helped Bulldogs hold four Ivy opponents to two goals or fewer ... Three goals and two assists.

2018 (First Year): Second team All-Ivy League ... NFHCA National Academic Squad ...Earned two team awards: Player of the Year Award and Senior Award, awarded by the senior class to a first-year team member who reflects positive contribution to the team's philosophy and whose individual character encourages the future direction and excellence of Yale Field Hockey ... One of just four first-years in Ivy League to earn first- or second-team All-Ivy recognition ... Tied for team lead with six goals, the most of any Ivy rookie ... Defensive save in 1-0 win at Cornell Oct. 6 ... Started all 17 games, making debut in 2-1 win vs. Michigan State in season opener Sept. 3 ... Scored first career goal in 4-2 win vs. Drexel Sept. 9 ... Season-high two goals and four points in 3-1 win vs. Quinnipiac Oct. 14.

USA Field Hockey: Attended Junior National Camp 2017 … Selected to Stars and Stripes National Futures Championship all-tournament team 2017 … Selected to U19 National Futures Championship Tournament 2017 (member of Gold Medal team) … Selected to U16 National Futures Championship Tournament 2015, 2016 … Winner of Barbara Longstreth Sportsmanship Award – Team Cortina 2015 … Selected to U14 National Futures Championship Tournament 2014 … Level I Futures training 2015 (U16), 2016 (U16), 2017(U19), anticipated 2018 (U19).

Conestoga Valley High School: Team captain as a junior and senior … MAX Field Hockey No. 22 in 2017 Top 50 Class of 2018 … NFHCA Academic All-American Scholar of Distinction 2016, 2017 … PHSFHCA second team regional All-American 2017 … PHSFHCA first team All-State 2015, 2016, 2017 … Lancaster-Lebanon League Linda Shelley Spirit Award winner 2017 … All-league midfielder 2015, 2016, 2017 … First team Section 1 all-Star midfielder 2015, 2016, 2017 … Second team Section 1 all-star midfielder 2014 … Four-year varsity letter winner … Started all but six games in high school career … Student Council Member 2014-2018 … National Honor Society member 2016-2018 … National Art Honor Society Member 2016-2018 (Public Relations Officer 2016-2017; President 2017-2018) … Fellowship of Christian Athletes member 2014-present (Leader 2016-2018) … Fellowship of Christian Students member 2014-present (Leader 2017-2018) … Food Service Committee Member 2016-2018 … Rotary Club Student of the Month January 2016 … Homecoming Queen 2017 … Arashay Borden Memorial Scholarship for excellence in the area of English 2018 … Upper Leacock Alumni Association Heart of the Class of 2018 Award recipient … Fellowship of Christian Athletes Athlete of the Year award recipient 2018 … Conestoga Valley High School Outstanding Female Senior Athlete Award recipient 2017-2018.

X-Calibur Field Hockey Club (Lanco Premier Club through 2016): U19 National Indoor Tournament 2016, 2017, 2018 … U19 National Indoor Tournament 2015 … U19 participant as a U16 eligible player 2014-2015 indoor season … U19 Shooting Star Tournament 2015, 2016 … U19 Disney Showcase 2014, 2015 … U16 National Field Hockey Festival 2014 (U14 eligible), 2015 … U16 National Indoor Tournament 2014 (U14 eligible) … U16 Disney Showcase 2013 (bronze medal), 2012 (U14 eligible).

Notes: AAU Junior Olympics Participant Field Hockey 2015, 2016 … Founded Readers Helping Readers in 2016 as a club to connect high school readers to elementary readers … Selected as featured local artist by the Hamilton Club, Lancaster, Pa., April, 2017 … Westminster Presbyterian Church Youth Group 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 … English as a Second Language Volunteer Classroom Assistant at Westminster Presbyterian Church 2016-2017, 2017-2018 … Mother, Anne L. L. Dillman, is a 1993 Yale graduate and played field hockey … Uncle Theodore H. Lehman is also an Ivy Leaguer (Penn Class of 2000).

Why Yale? “Even before I could walk, I have come to Yale alum events with my parents. So when I began my college search, Yale felt so much like home to me. I chose Yale for its excellence in academics and athletics. Of course, I love Yale’s residential-college system, the opportunities at Yale, and the institution’s depth of history.”

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