Henry Earns 2nd Verizon District I Academic All-America Honor
Wyoming, R.I., native and 2003 Valedictorian earns second-straight at large pick
RINDGE, N.H. (June 2, 2003) –
Franklin Pierce senior field hockey player Kelly Henry (Wyoming, R.I./Chariho
Regional) earned a spot on the 2003 Verizon District I
Academic All-America College Division (Divisions II & III)
At-Large Team. The teams are voted on by members of College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the Northeast. Henry,
a member of the first team All-District for the second-straight
year, is now eligible for Verizon Academic All-America honors to be
announced on June 12.
Henry is one of ten to make the at-large first team All-District
team from a ballot of over 90 student-athletes from the Northeast
in the sports of crew, gymnastics, skiing, fencing, ice hockey,
swimming, water polo, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, golf and
rifle. She is also one of just two Northeast-10 Conference
student-athletes to make the first team and one of three named to
the first and second teams.
Henry was a four-year letterwinner on the Franklin Pierce field
hockey team who holds the program record with 11 career assists and
also ranks fifth in program history with 25 career points and sixth
with seven career goals in 62 career games, which ranks third. This
past fall, she ranked fourth on the team with nine points on three
goals and three assists in 14 games played for the Ravens. She
started every match over the final three years of her career at the
College.
Henry, who was Valedictorian of the Class of 2003, is a three-time
National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II
All-Academic honoree who earned a 3.99 cumulative grade point
average at the College while majoring in environmental science with
a minor in chemistry. The 2003 Richard Burns Female Scholar-Athlete
of the Year at the College earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average
in all but one semester and was nominated for the Woody Hayes
Division II Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Henry was
also inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society.
A member of the Franklin Pierce Honors Council, Henry is an Honors
Program Award recipient and has been named to the Dean’s
Honor List every semester at the College, completing her graduation
requirements a semester early. She has studied at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute and completed internships at Pfizer
Pharmaceutical Company as well as BETA-Group, a civil engineering
firm. She also worked as a research assistant in the environmental
science department at Franklin Pierce.
Henry, a USAA All-American Scholar, is a member of the Gold Award
Alliance with the Girl Scouts of America and a member of the
Shoreline Dance Company. She volunteers her time as a coach at the
Rhode Island Field Hockey Summer Indoor League.
The Franklin Pierce field hockey team wrapped up its 2002 season
with a 4-10 overall record, 4-6 in the Northeast-10 Conference.