Complete NFHCA All-America Team
Five Centennial Conference field hockey players have been named to the 2024 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America Team. Johns Hopkins led the way with three honorees while Ursinus landed two players on the squad. A total of 48 players across the country were honored.
JHU's Liz Falterer was the only repeat honoree among the group, earning first team honors for the second straight season. JHU's Lila Slattery and Ursinus' Mary Lauren Franz garnered second team recognition, while JHU's Jenna Halpin and Ursinus' Maeve Montgomery were named to the third team.
Falterer earns First Team All-America honors for the second straight year. She is the just the second Johns Hopkins player to do so. The most decorated defender in program history, Falterer played in a school-record 92 games with 74 career starts. This season, she anchored a defense that led the Centennial Conference and ranked eighth in the nation in goals against average (0.81). She totaled three defensive saves, four goals and three assists in her final campaign. Falterer finished her career with 17 goals, nine assists and seven defensive saves.
Slattery made the most of her only season with the Blue Jays as she earns All-America honors for the first time in her career. She tied the program single season record with 50 points and finished second with 21 goals. In addition, she broke the program single season record with nine game-winning goals. Slattery ranked 10th in the nation in goals and 11th in points.
Halpin adds her first career All-America honor to an impressive senior season. She started all 23 games in the midfield and finished with a career-best five assists. She also scored a pair of goals to total nine points on the season. Halpin's five assists were tied for second on the team this season. On the defensive end of the field, she helped the Blue Jays allow just 7.0 shots and 5.13 penalty corners per game.
Franz had a career year for the Bears offense this season by leading the team and ranking second in the conference in goals with 16. She led the Centennial in points per game (2.18) and reached the 100-career point plateau with against Franklin & Marshall in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Semifinals. Franz became the first Bear to earn the Conference Offensive Player of the Year award since Megan Keenan recorded the honor in 2015. Franz completed her career with 42 goals and 16 assists to total 100 points.
Montgomery established herself as one of the most dominant defenders in program history by becoming the first Bear to ever be named the Centennial Defensive Player of the Year. She ranks second all-time in program history with 22 Defensive Saves after adding six this season. Montgomery was also a key piece on penalty corners for Ursinus as she netted four goals along with two assists.
