GC's Lamphier and Garcia, R-MC's Snee also Honored

FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee University attack Margaret Klein highlights the 2014 ODAC Women's Lacrosse Awards as she was tabbed the ODAC Player of the Year in a vote of the league's head coaches.  Guilford College mentor Sarah Lamphier earned ODAC Coach of the Year accolades, while fellow Quaker E'leyna Garcia received the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award from the conference's sports information directors.  Randolph-Macon College midfielder Susie Snee earned ODAC Rookie of the Year laurels.

Klein, a senior from North Andover, Mass., has put together a strong final campaign in Lexington as she looks to add to the 56 points she's tallied this season with at least one more contest ahead of her in the NCAA Division III Tournament.  Klein notched 47 goals and nine assists to lead the Generals to the top seed and ultimately their 15th conference title.  It also marked W&L's fourth straight crown.  Klein recorded at least one point in all but one of 18 games played this season.  That included two goals and one assist in the ODAC championship win (9-6) over Guilford.  Klein also did work off the ball, picking up 22 ground balls and 20 draw controls while causing 11 turnovers.  The Generals host Denison University in the NCAA second round after earning a bye thru the first set of games.

Lamphier, in her second season guiding the Quakers, has led her squad deep in the ODAC playoffs each of the past two seasons.  In 2013, GC was eliminated in the semifinals, but this year the Quakers made the program's first ever appearance in an ODAC women's lacrosse title game.  In her two seasons, Lamphier has racked up a 27-9 overall record and an 18-2 mark in league play.  The 2014 Quakers ranked inside the top-10 in NCAA Division III in scoring offense for much of the season, averaging close to 17 goals per game throughout the schedule.

Snee, a freshman from Bel Air, Md., stepped right into the Randolph-Macon midfield and proved a valuable two-way player.  Offensively, she finished fifth on the team with 27 points on 25 goals and two assists.  That total included a career-best five points on four goals and one helper in the regular season finale against Roanoke.  Snee's linking and defensive play were equally if not more impressive.  She captured 46 draws and 45 ground balls while also causing a team-high 31 turnovers, a number which ranks sixth in the league.

Garcia, a senior from Plantation, Fla., shines on and off the field for Guilford.  In the classroom, Garcia boasts a 3.69 grade point average as a Psychology major with a minor in Sociology.  She earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American honors in 2013, the icing on the cake to a year that saw her garner her second ODAC All-Academic Team and fourth Guilford Dean's List accolades.  She has been accepted into the child clinical psychology doctoral program at Howard University.  Garcia is also active in the community as she's a four-year volunteer with teen moms at a local Greensboro-area YWCA.  On the field, Garcia currently sits atop the conference with 86 goals scored and is second with 106 total points, adding in 20 assists.  She has been inside the top-five for goals per game at the NCAA Division III level all season, ranking fourth at 4.78 tallies per contest thru all games prior to last week (national stats to be updated late in the day on 5/5 by the NCAA).  For her career, Garcia ranks second on the ODAC's all-time goals scored list with 287 tallies.  She's also third with 364 career points.

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2014 ALL-ODAC WOMEN'S LACROSSE AWARDS
ODAC Player of the Year: Margaret Klein, Sr., A, Washington and Lee
ODAC Coach of the Year: Sarah Lamphier, Guilford
ODAC Rookie of the Year: Susie Snee, Fr., M, Randolph-Macon
ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete: E'leyna Garcia, Sr., A, Guilford