Yale Women Welcom Incoming Freshmen
from press release
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's lacrosse team
welcomes 10 incoming freshmen to the roster, bringing in a talented
group from traditional hotbeds and even reaching across the pond
for one more. The Class of 2014 includes two All-American teammates
from New York who won four state championships, a second team
All-InterAC selection and an All-Area selection from Pennsylvania,
a two-time All-American and an honorable mention All-American from
New Jersey, a two time All-American and a Baltimore Messenger First
Team All-Star from Maryland, a New York native who won Phillips
Andover's Abbot athletic award, and a player from England who
trained for the Under-19 World Cup.
Here is a look at the newest Bulldogs:
Jen DeVito
5'7"
Freshman
Attack
Wading River, N.Y.
Shoreham-Wading River
Club team: Long Island Yellow Jackets (Five years, 2010 Blue)
High School: Under Armour All-American 2010 (North team) ... US
Lacrosse All-American 2010, honorable mention All-American 2009 ...
Newsday All-Long Island 2009, 2010 ... All-county 2008-2010 ...
Team captain in 2010 ... New York State Tournament MVP in 2010 ...
Led team in goals (70) and had 29 assists in 2010 ... Led team in
points (52 goals, 54 assists) in 2009 ... Unsung Hero 2007 ... Won
New York State championship, Long Island championship and Suffolk
county championship each year she played with Shoreham-Wading River
... Teammates at SWR included current Yale teammates Brittany De
Lea and Erin McMullan ... New York Team 1 for School Girls at 2009
National Tournament ... Also ran cross country for three years
(all-league in 2006 and 2007) and played soccer for one year ...
Member of National Honor Society ... Academic All-American in
lacrosse in 2009 and 2010 ... Academic All-League in soccer in 2009
... Long Island News 12 Scholar Athlete Award in 2010 ...
Presidential Volunteer Service Award in 2008 and 2009 ...
Principals List all four years.
Club team: All-Galaxy 2008 and 2009 for Long Island Yellow Jackets
... Teammates with Yellow Jackets included current Yale teammate
Erin McMullan.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because it offered me the best of all
worlds. It provides the opportunity to study at one of the most
prestigious schools in the world, as well as the ability to play
lacrosse in the outstanding and challenging Ivy League."
Ashley McCormick
5'3"
Freshman
Midfielder
Paoli, Pa.
The Episcopal Academy
Club team: Ultimate Goal Lacrosse
High School: Captained lacrosse team ... Second Team All-InterAC
2010 ... Second Team All-Main Line 2009 ... Honorable Mention
All-InterAC 2008 ... John A. Harter Award for most improved
2007-2009 ... National Tournament for Upper Atlantic region 2008
and 2009 ... Megan McFarland Prize 2010—"presented to the
player, who in the opinion of her teammates and coaches, has been
the greatest inspiration to the team by virtue of her positive
attitude, enthusiasm, effort, dedication, leadership, performance
in competition, in playing the game of lacrosse" ... Team won four
InterAC championships ... Also played soccer, winning an InterAC
championship senior year ... Honorable mention All-Main Line in
soccer as a freshman ... Also won John A. Harter Award in soccer in
2007 and 2008 ... InterAC "Elite" soccer team selection in 2006 ...
Captain of the indoor track team 2009-10 ... Ran anchor leg of
4x200 relay, and also ran 60-meter dash ... Awarded the Mind, Body,
Spirit Prize in track 2009-2010 ... Earned a total of 11 varsity
letters ... Earned tri-sport athlete award 2007-2010 ... Received
academic honors from 2006-2010 ... Awarded Magna Cum Laude Scholar
Award in Latin junior year and Cum Laude Scholar Award in Latin
senior year ... Recipient of Esse Quam Videri award for leadership
in her graduating class.
Notes: Selected for National Tournament team sophomore and junior
year for Philadelphia ... Part of Olympic Development Program in
soccer 2003-2006 ... Played club soccer for FC Delco 2004-2006,
winning Eastern Pennsylvania State Cup in 2004 ... Head basketball
coach for Special Olympics of Chester County.
Why Yale? "How could I possibly resist? Everything at Yale, from
the world-renowned academics and the close-knit community, to the
chance of securing a National Championship title in lacrosse, seems
like a dream come true. Simply put, I could not imagine myself
anywhere else but Yale, where endless opportunities await me at
every turn."
Erin McMullan
5'5"
Freshman
Goalkeeper
Wading River, N.Y.
Shoreham-Wading River
Club Team: Long Island Yellow Jackets (five years, 2010 Blue)
High School: Honorable mention All-American 2010 ... Team captain
2010 ... New York State Tournament team 2010 ... All-county 2010
... Academic All-American 2010 ... All-division 2009 ... Won New
York State championship, Long Island championship and Suffolk
county championship each year she played with Shoreham-Wading River
... Teammates at SWR included current Yale teammates Brittany De
Lea and Jen DeVito ... 2009 Long Island School Girls Team #1 ...
Also played three years of varsity field hockey for Shoreham-Wading
River ... Was Newsday All-Long Island, All-County, team captain and
Academic All-American in field hockey in 2009 ... Also won Suffolk
County Exceptional Senior Award in field hockey in 2009 ...
All-division in field hockey in 2008 ... Field hockey team was
Class B Suffolk County champions 2007-2009 ... Principal's List
member 2006-2010 ... National Honor Society.
Club Team: Second team All-Galaxy 2009 and 2010 for Long Island
Yellow Jackets ... Won team's Geri Holland Award ... Teammates with
Yellow Jackets included current Yale teammate Jen DeVito.
Notes: 2008 and 2009 Presidential Bronze Award for Community
Service (Volunteered 200+ hours at Stony Brook University Hospital,
and trained younger lacrosse goal keepers) ... Participated in
Global Awareness Club and SADD (Students Against Destructive
Decisions).
Why Yale? "I can't imagine why anyone would not choose Yale. It's a
great school with an exceptional reputation. The opportunities are
enormous, the college's history is impressive and the students are
welcoming. I can't imagine a better fit for me. I am extremely
honored to represent the college as a Yale Bulldog."
Julie Mongan
6'0"
Freshman
Midfielder
Malvern, Pa.
Villa Maria Academy
Club Team: SEPA
High School: All-area 2009-10 ... Team made AACA league
championships from 2007-10 and was undefeated league champions in
2008 ... Also all-area in soccer 2007-2009 ... Soccer team MVP in
2008 ... Selected for Chester County Top Students 2010.
Notes: Brother, Bill, rowed to Ivy, Henley and National
championships at Princeton ... Sister Terry captained Lehigh field
hockey team and swam ... Sister Meggie was record-setting swimmer
at Bucknell ... Sister Allie plays lacrosse for Bucknell ...
Grandfathers competed in tennis at Penn and fencing at
Cincinnati.
Why Yale? "Many colleges talk about academic and athletic
excellence. But there is only one Yale. The great girls I met on
our recruiting trip also made the decision easy."
Meghan Murray
5'9"
Freshman
Attacker
Chatham, N.J.
Chatham
Club Team: Metro Lacrosse Club
High School: First Team All-American 2009 and 2010 ... Academic
All-American 2009 and 2010 ... Three-time first team all-state ...
Daily Record Lacrosse Player of the Year 2010 ... Inside Lacrosse
Magazine "Senior to Watch" ... Team MVP 2010 ... Three-time first
team all-county ... Three time first-team all-conference ...
Two-time first team all-area ... Led team in goals twice ... Team
was Group 2 state champions and Morris County tournament champions
in 2008 and 2010 ... Selected for National School Girls Tournament
2008 and 2009 ... New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic
Association 2010 Scholar Athlete ... Won school's Scholar-Athlete
Award and Tony Mack Sportsmanship Award ... Selected Edward J.
Bloustein Distinguished Scholar ... Member of National Honor
Society and Spanish Honor Society ... 2010 Kiwanis Club of the
Chathams scholarship winner ... Key Club member 2006-2010
(secretary 2008-2009, Vice President 2009-10) ... Selected as Peers
Adjusting With Support leader for 2008-09 and 2009-10 ... Model
U.N. club member ... Pep club member ... Math League
participant.
Notes: President, Operation Smile ... Religious education teacher,
Grade 1, at Corpus Christi Church 2006-2010 ... Older sister,
Lauren, plays lacrosse at Lehigh ... Father, Quentin, played
football at Virginia ... Mother, Alicia, played on women's tennis
team at East Stroudsburg.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because it has the perfect combination of
highly regarded academics and a promising athletic future. During
the recruiting process I knew that Yale would be able to challenge
me, making me a better student and athlete."
Kallie Parchman
5'7"
Freshman
Defender
Baltimore, Md.
Roland Park Country School
Club Team: Skywalkers
High School: Team captain and Co-MVP 2010 ... IAAM A-Conference
All-Star 2010 ... Baltimore Messenger First Team All-Star 2010
...Towson Times Second Team All-Star 2009 and 2010 ... US Lacrosse
Academic All-American 2009 and 2010 ... Led team to No. 32 ranking
in the nation by LaxPower as a senior ... Starter for field hockey
for three years, captaining team as a junior and a senior ... Led
field hockey team to semifinals senior year ... NFHCA Academic
All-American in field hockey ... Earned school's Amanda Lee Norris
Award for the top scholar-athlete ... Valedictorian ... Cum Laude
Society ... George M. White Memorial Award for academic excellence
and fine character 2010 ... Excellence in Science Award 2010 ...
State of Maryland Scholastic Award 2010 ... National Merit
Commended Scholar ... AP Scholar with distinction 2010 ... Maryland
Distinguished Scholar finalist ... Harvard Book Award 2009 ...
Women in Mathematics Award 2009 ... AP Scholar with honor 2009 ...
Mu Alpha Theta math honors society ... Four-year honor roll ... Cum
Laude Paper Winner 2008 ... Sang with a capella group Semiquavers
... Worked on Red and White school newspaper ... Sports editor for
Quid Nunc school yearbook.
Club Team: 2008 Capitol Cup champions.
Notes: Helped lead lacrosse team fundraiser that raised $1,200 for
the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, organization dedicated to helping
pediatric brain tumor patients ... USA Futures Field Hockey Program
2008 ... Also played club field hockey ... Volunteered at
bioinformatics/autism research lab at Kennedy Krieger Institute ...
Math tutor ... Member of Fellowship of Christians in Universities
and Schools ... Researcher in pediatric hematology lab at Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine ... Brother Jack played lacrosse at the
United States Air Force Academy ... Brother Andy plays lacrosse at
Harvard.
Why Yale... "After setting foot on Yale's campus, I knew Yale was
where I wanted to spend my college years. Yale has everything that
I wanted for my collegiate experience: playing for a highly
competitive Division I lacrosse team at an outstanding academic
university. The opportunities at Yale in academics, in athletics,
and in the community are endless. I also chose Yale because of the
opportunity to join the program that Coach Phillips and her
coaching staff are creating. She has such high goals for the
program and I knew I wanted to be a part of something that will do
great things very soon."
Courteney Rutter
5'7"
Freshman
Midfielder
Summit, N.J.
Oak Knoll School
Club Team: Metro Lacrosse
High School: Honorable mention All-American 2010 ... Academic
All-American 2009 and 2010 ... First team all-state 2010 ... First
team All-Union County 2009 and 2010 ... First team all-prep 2010
... Captained team as a senior ... Inside Lacrosse Rising Senior
watch list 2009 ... Inside Lacrosse Top 25 Young Guns Rising
Juniors 2008 ... Team was Group 1 State Champions in 2010 ... Team
won four conference championships while she was there ... Team was
Prep Champions in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... Team won Union County
Tournament in 2008 ... Played four years of soccer and captained
team as a senior ... Ran winter track for two years ... Oak Knoll
Athlete of the Year 2010.
Club Team: First team All-Galaxy 2010 for Metro Lacrosse.
Notes: Played on New Jersey team at Under Armour Underclassmen
Games 2008 ... Part of Operation Smile, which helps fix cleft lips
and palates for those who cannot afford surgery ... Traveled to
Guwahati, India with Operation Smile in February 2010 on a Super
Mission and helped with 900 surgeries ... Has volunteered with
Special Olympics since 2007 ... Tutored for Elizabethport Tutoring
for underprivileged students 2008-2010.
Why Yale... "I chose Yale because the academic and the athletic
atmosphere are challenging, and I felt comfortable with the coaches
and the lacrosse program here at Yale."
Katherine Sherrill
5'10"
Freshman
Defender
New York, N.Y.
Phillips Andover Academy
Club Team: Granite State Elite
High School: Earned Abbot Athletic Award, given annually to a
female who has excelled in varsity sports and whose loyalty and
good sportsmanship exemplify the highest ideals of Andover
athletics ... Co-captain of the soccer team as a senior ... Soccer
team was NEPSAC champions in 2007 and 2009 ... Also played ice
hockey ... Earned Sumner Smith Ice Hockey Award, given to a hockey
player in good scholastic standing who has contributed the most to
the sport and the school through sportsmanship, endeavor and
ability ... Participated in ARC Community Service for three years
at Andover, spending time with mentally handicapped people ...
Tutored younger Andover students in French ... Was elected a
student representative for the Andover Disciplinary Committee.
Notes: Volunteered with mentally ill patients at the Fountain House
organization in summer of 2009 ... Brother Stephen Sherrill, Jr. is
a 2009 Yale graduate ... Father, Stephen Sherrill '75, played golf,
lacrosse and squash at Yale ... Brother Will Sherrill plays
basketball at Virginia ... Mother, Kitty Sherrill, is a 1979
Harvard graduate.
Why Yale... "As soon as I stepped onto the campus, I loved Yale. I
sensed a great balance between the opportunities Yale has
academically and athletically. I cannot wait to play for the
outstanding coaches, who I know will push me to become a better
lacrosse player as well as motivate me to grow as a person."
Adrienne Tarver
5'5"
Freshman
Midfielder
Pikesville, Md.
The Park School of Baltimore
Club Team: TLC 2010 Red
High School: U.S. Lacrosse All-American 2009 and 2010 ... Under
Armour All-American 2010 ... U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American
2010 ... Participated in 2010 U.S. Lacrosse/Champion/ESPN Rise High
School Showcase ... Named to Inside Lacrosse 25 Rising Seniors to
Watch list ... IAAM B Conference All Star 2008-2010 ... Captained
team in 2010 ... Averaged more than 60 points per season ... Team
played in three title games and won back-to-back IAAM B Conference
championships in 2009 and 2010 ... Featured in Baltimore Sun April
2010 ... Featured in Baltimore Messenger July 2009 ... Captained
soccer team in 2009 and 2010 ... Captained basketball team in 2009
... IAAM C Conference Basketball All Star 2010 ... Basketball team
was IAAM C Conference finalists 2008-2010 ... Earned a total of 12
varsity letters ... Won Park School's C. Markland Kelley Athletic
Service Award in 2010 ... Co-founder and leader of Park
School-Midtown Edmondson/Lockerman Bundy Project creating a
multi-year partnership between independent and public schools and
communities ... Park School Habitat for Humanity Leader ... Leader
of Park School Mentors program ... Member of Park School Alumni
Council ... Helped organize and conduct Park School "Lax for Haiti"
Tournament that raised nearly $5000 for Haitian earthquake
relief.
Club Team: TLC 2010 Red ... Team was Top of the Bay A Division
champions and Capitol Cup A Division champions in 2008 ... Team was
Mid Atlantic Challenge A Division champions and National Draw
Junior Varsity Division champions in 2007.
Notes: Mother and father are Columbia graduates (Barnard; School of
Engineering) ... Father played football for Columbia.
Why Yale... "At Yale I know I'll have the best opportunity to be a
true student-athlete, with constant challenges on the field and
off. It's got a diverse student body, a unique sense of community,
and a beautiful campus. I couldn't ask for a better school to
attend."
Sabine van der Linden
6'0"
Freshman
Attacker
London, England
Putney
High School: Has played for Putney Club for the past five years ...
Putney finished first in the Clubs and Colleges tournament in 2010
... Captained team as a senior ... Team was among the top 10
schools in the country in lacrosse for each of her last two years
... Appointed a Prefect.
Notes: Was in England Training for U-19 World Cup for the past five
years ... Played for Senior Holland Team in Senior World Cup in
Prague in 2009 ... Has played for South of England for one year ...
Played U-15 Surrey County lacrosse for two years, then moved into
U18 Surrey County lacrosse for two years ... Has played the violin
for 12 years ... Earned Community Sports Leader Award ...
Volunteered for Greenhouse, a sport-based charity to help
underprivileged children ... Played netball for five years ...
Captained netball team in 2008 ... Netball team finished fifth in
the country in 2010 ... Uncle played football at Colgate ... Mother
played tennis at Williams ... Cousin plays tennis at Colgate.
Why Yale... "Yale was the perfect blend of athleticism and
academics. The coaches and team were all wonderful and inspiring,
as well as serious about the lacrosse at Yale, which just made a
perfect college all the more appealing."
