(Morrisville, NY- April 24, 2013) The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced its weekly award winners, selecting Morrisville State College’s Shelby Wood (Duanesburg, N.Y.) the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Lacrosse Co-Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending April 21.
Wood, sophomore midfielder, led Morrisville State to a 3-0 week behind a 19 goal, seven assist performance, helping keep the Mustangs undefeated in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) play. She added a total 15 ground balls, 13 draw controls and eight caused turnovers to her tallies on the week.
She opened the week with a game high six goals and four draw controls in a 15-7 win over SUNYIT before closing the week with a high eight goals, four assists, nine ground balls, and five caused turnovers in a 23-4 rout of Wilson on Saturday.
The week’s tallies moved Wood into second all-time in goals scored in a career (144) and Points tallied (186), and placed her at the top of the all-time leader board in assists dished out in a career (42). She currently leads the conference in ground balls (52) and caused turnovers (29), while ranking second in points (83) and assists (23).
Wood currently ranks seventh nationally in goals per game (5.0), and is eighth in points per game (6.92).
Wood was the NEAC Rookie and ECAC Mid-Atlantic Rookie of the Year last season, and earned first team all-conference honors and Synapsesports.com all-Rookie team accolades.
The graduate of Holy Names Academy is majoring in journalism and communication for online media major at Morrisville State College and is the daughter of Michelle and David Wood of Duanesburg.