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Chrest & Huether Win IWLCA Position Awards
6/7/2005 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
June 7, 2005
The IWLCA recently honored Duke's Katie Chrest and Megan Huether with positional player of the year awards at the annual IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-American banquet held in Baltimore, Md. Chrest, the 2005 Tewaraaton Trophy winner, was named the Attacker of the Year, while Huether collected C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year accolades.
Chrest finished the year as the ACC leader in goals (70, 3.33 gpg), points (96, 4.57 ppg) and shots (162, 7.71 spg). The Hampstead, Md., product broke the school records for goals, points and shots in a season and career shots, while moving up to second all-time in season assists in 2005. She powered the Duke attack into first in the conference and third in the NCAA in scoring offense, fueling a 13.61 goals per game average and 286-164 scoring advantage versus all opponents. Chrest, Duke's first Tewaraaton Trophy winner, also became the first player in ACC history to earn the league's Rookie of the Year (2003), Player of the Year (2005) and Tournament MVP awards.
Huether, an IWLCA/US Lacrosse first team All-America selection, was among the conference and national leaders in goals against average (7.62), save percentage (.560) and saves per game (9.33). She played all 60 minutes in 14 games, while allowing fewer than 10 goals in 16 of 21 contests and recording 10-plus saves on 11 occasions, including eight of the final 10 games of the season.
Head coach Kerstin Kimel also collected regional Coach of the Year honors from the IWLCA after guiding Duke to a banner year in 2005. The Blue Devils set school records for wins (17), winning percentage (.810), margin of victory (+5.97), goals (286), goals per game (13.6), shots (676), shooting percentage (.423), assists (119), points (405) and ground balls (542). Duke finished the year 17-4 overall, winning its first ACC Championship and reaching the NCAA Tournament Final Four for the second time in the program's 10-year existence. Kimel was also named the ACC Coach of the Year this season.
Division I Position Players of the Year C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year: Megan Huether, Duke Defender: Courtney Koester, Northwestern Midfielder: Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern Attacker: Katie Chrest, Duke
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