The three-time All-Academic winner boasts highest GPA of any All-Academic honoree

RINDGE, N.H. (November 9, 2007) - Senior co-captain Elizabeth Ellis (Turner, Maine/Leavitt) of the Franklin Pierce University women's field hockey team was named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Academic first team by the conference's Sports Information Directors, the conference announced on Thursday.

To be eligible for selection, players must have participated in at least half of the team's matches as a starter or significant contributor, achieved a 3.20 grade point average or higher (on a 4.0 scale), and completed at least one academic year at their current institution.

Ellis, a marketing major, has achieved a cumulative 3.86 grade point average at Franklin Pierce, the highest GPA among any player on the field hockey All-Academic first or second team. The two-year captain earns Northeast-10 first-team All-Academic honors for the third consecutive year, and she has also been named both a NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll Gold Scholar and a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Div. II All-Academic honoree three times.

The midfielder recorded one assist in 18 matches in 2007, and was recently selected to play in the 2007 NFHCA Div. II Senior All-Star Game, which will take place on Nov. 17 in College Park, Md. In her career, Ellis earned four letters with the Raven field hockey team and recorded one goal and four assists for six points, including a junior season in which she recorded her first collegiate goal against Bryant and added three assists for a career-high five points. She also played in 72 of the team's 73 matches, setting a new school record for matches played in a career.

The Franklin Pierce field hockey team, led by second-year head coach Meighan Guiney, finished the 2007 season with a 1-18 record, including a 1-14 mark in the competitive Northeast-10 Conference. The Ravens lost 10 games by one goal and five in overtime, while eight of the Ravens' matches also came against teams ranked in the top 10 of the final STX/NFHCA Div. II National Coaches Poll of 2007.