Correll garners ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors

TOWSON, Md. - Lauren Correll's collegiate field hockey career may be over, but she continues to receive accolades for her prowess both on and off the field. On Thursday she added another honor to her long list of awards, being selected to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At Large second team, as chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Bridgeville, Del., native's impressive 3.88 GPA earned her a spot on this year's second team squad. To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

This isn't the first academic award for Correll, who was named to the Academic All-District First Team on May 20, the day before she graduated from Salisbury University with a B.S. in physical education. She was also one of 11 Sea Gull players to earn a spot on the 2009 NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad.

Correll certainly ended her career on a high note, as she was one of the key players who led the Salisbury University field hockey team to the program's fifth national title back on Nov. 22, 2009. An integral part of the national championship squad's offense, Correll was selected as a third-team All-American and was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Mid-Atlantic second team. She was also named to the Capital Athletic Conference first team.

In her stellar career as a Sea Gull, Correll amassed a total of 78 goals and 178 points; both totals put her second in program history.