Gorham, N.H. native receives accolades in her final collegiate season

RINDGE, N.H. (November 2, 2004) - Franklin Pierce field hockey team member April Demers (Gorham, N.H./Gorham) has earned a spot on the 2004 Northeast-10 All-Academic Team. The team is selected by the Sports Information Directors of the Northeast-10. Candidates are chosen based on their performances both on and off the field. She was one of just 11 student-athletes selected out of the 24 who were nominated. The Franklin Pierce senior has earned a 3.65 cumulative grade point average while majoring in Mass Communication.

Serving as the team’s co-captain, Demers played in and started all 17 matches for the Ravens this season. She led a defense that allowed just 2.56 goals per game, and she also aided the Franklin Pierce offensive attack with one assist.

A four-year starter, Demers appeared in 66 matches, starting 60. In 2003, she led a defensive unit that limited its opponents to a school record low of 1.40 goals per game, and she had one goal and one assist in her career.

Demers earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II All-Academic Honors in each of her first three seasons, and she is one of four Franklin Pierce student-athletes to receive the Don and Judy Schriefer Scholarship. She is a member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Alpha Chi, the TV Club and the Pierce Arrow.

Franklin Pierce ended its season with an overall record of 6-11 and a league mark of 5-11.