Artman Named Second-Team All-American for Second Time

Amanda Artman (Shaker Hts., Ohio / Shaker Heights), a junior at The College of Wooster, was selected to the All-America Second Team by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association, the organization announced late Monday. It marks the second second-team All-American honor of Artman's career, as she also accomplished the feat as a freshman.

In 2008, Artman rebounded from an injury that limited her sophomore season to two games and was among the highest scoring players in NCAA Div. III, currently ranking fifth in the nation in points (3.23 ppg), seventh in goals (1.32 gpg), and 20th in assists (0.59 apg). Overall, Artman totaled 71 points on 29 goals and 13 assists to lead the North Coast Athletic Conference in all three major scoring categories. In fact, the 71 points broke the league's 24-year old scoring record of 65 by Denison University's Meg Filoon (29 goals, 7 assists) in 1984 and marked the 18th-highest scoring season in Div. III history.

Artman, who also earned NCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year and first-team all-Great Lakes Region awards  for her efforts, recorded three hat tricks this fall. Other highlights included a three-assist game during a 5-2 win over rival Kenyon College, being named the MVP of the NCAC Tournament after accounting for three of the team's six goals during the two-game tourney, and tying Wooster's NCAA Tournament first-round game 1-1 with a goal.

Through 45 career games played, Artman has compiled 124 points or an average of 2.76 a game. She's tied for second all-time in school history in scoring and her 49 goals and 26 assists are tied for third and third, respectively.

Artman led the Fighting Scots to one of their best seasons, as they went 16-6 and won both the NCAC regular season (11-1) and tournament championships, with the latter resulting in a berth in the NCAA field for the first time since 2001.