Vassar College Athletics

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2015 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year 
2015 IWLCA Second Team All-Empire Region 
2015 ECAC Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region 
2015 First Team All-Liberty League 
2015 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2014 All-Liberty League Second Team
2014 Liberty League All-Academic
2014 Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll - 3/31
2013 All-Liberty League First Team
2013 Liberty League Defensive Performer of Week - 4/22

2015: Became the first player in program history to be voted Liberty League’s Defensive Player of the Year…IWLCA Second Team All-Empire Region…Second Team ECAC All-Mid-Atlantic Region...First Team All-Liberty League… Liberty League All-Academic…appeared in all 16 games making 14 starts…broke Vassar’s single season record and led the conference in caused turnovers with 41…finished her career the all-time leader in CTO’s with 101…finished inside the top 25 in the country in caused turnovers per game (2.56)…finished second in the conference in ground balls per game (3.13) totaling 50 on the season…picked up at least one ground ball in every game…Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week (4/6)…had a big game in the season opener vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (3/11) picking up six ground balls and forcing five turnovers…also forced five turnovers vs. William Smith (3/28) and St. Lawrence (4/24)…also collected six ground balls vs. William Smith (3/28) and Bard (4/18)…had overtime goal in victory over RPI (4/3)…notched an assist vs. Bard (4/18). 

2014: Chosen as captain...played in all 16 games with 14 starts...led the team in ground balls with 39 and caused turnovers with 24...scored her first collegiate goal against Old Westbury...won one draw control.

2013: Played in all 16 games and started in 15 as a defender…lead the team in both defensive categories with a team high 42 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers…also recorded two assists and four draw controls…recorded at least one ground ball in all but one game…caused turnovers in all but four games…recorded a season high seven ground balls against Saint Lawrence and had four caused turnovers…caused a season high five turnovers against Rochester Institute of Technology…recorded five ground balls and four caused turnovers in back to back wins against Union and William Smith.

2012: Played in 13 games and started in one as a defender…recovered 11 ground balls and caused four turnovers.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Lettered four years in both lacrosse swimming at Manhasset High School…lacrosse team won County Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010…lettered four years in swimming…division champions in 2008, 2009, and 2010…qualified for county championships in the same years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Robert and Nicoletta Palma...has one sister, Stephanie (15)...Co-President of the Vassar Business Club, Treasurer of the Vassar Food Co-op...majors in Economics with a Mathematics correlate...chose Vassar because of the "awesome academic experience along with the fantastic people."