Duke's Foster Added to Tewaaraton Trophy List

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke women's lacrosse junior goalkeeper Kristen Foster is one of four players being added to the Tewaaraton Trophy Award list announced by the Tewaaraton Trophy Women's Coaches Selection Committee.

Along with Foster, Susie Gibbons from Dartmouth College, Kellie Thompson from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Betsy Wheeler of Middlebury College and have been named candidates for the Tewaaraton Trophy.

The Tewaaraton Trophy is the most cherished and prestigious award a varsity lacrosse player can receive and a symbol of excellence in college lacrosse. The award will be given to the top male and female college players in a ceremony at the University Club on June 6. Sportscaster legend and best-selling author Dick Schaap will serve as master of ceremonies for the first-ever Tewaaraton Trophy presentation.

"The consensus among the coaches on the women's committee was that these players have really established themselves the last three weeks," said Tewaaraton women's committee chair Richie Moran. With the 15 candidates we selected at the beginning of the season, we now have the best players in the country as candidates for the award."

Foster has filled in exceptionally at goal for the Blue Devils this season. The native of Ellicott City, Md., was ranked fifth in the nation in goals against average with 6.43/game heading into the ACC Tournament and was selected the ACC goalkeeper of the year in 2001 by the league coaches.

These four players join University of Maryland's Jen Adams, Quinn Carney and Allison Comito, Tricia Dabrowski and Stacey Morlang from Loyola College, Kate Kaiser from Duke University, Erin Elbe, Bowen Holden, Caitlin McLean and Sheehan Stanwick from Georgetown University, Kristin Osborn from Amherst College, Gina Sambus from University of Virginia, and Julie Shaner, Lauren Simone and Kim Smith from Princeton University.

The women's selection committee will meet again on May 15th to narrow the 19 candidates to 5 finalists for the award. The men's committee will do the same, and male and female winners will be chosen from the ten finalists at a ceremony at The University Club in Washington DC on June 6.

More information about the award is available at www.tewaaraton.com

Duke will travel to James Madison on Thursday and then will be at home on Sunday against Dartmouth at 12:00 PM to conclude the regular season.