Caitlin Hall Named Northeast-10 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year

NORTH ANDOVER, MA –Caitlin Hall (Westminster, Mass.) was named the 2008-2009 Northeast-10 Outstanding Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Monday night.

She was selected by the Northeast-10 Faculty Athletic Representative Council (FAR). Hall and Lowell’s Ruben Senca, who received the Male Scholar-Athlete honor, were honored Monday evening at the conference’s end of the year awards banquet in Mystic, Conn.

Hall capped off her four-year career as a member of the Merrimack women’s soccer team in fine fashion. She earned All-Northeast-10 honors for the third straight season after earning second team honors this year. She earned NSCAA All-East Region and NEWISA All-New England honors as well. Hall helped lead the Warriors to the Northeast-10 quarterfinals and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament. She finished her career with 20 goals scored and played in three NCAA tournaments.

In the classroom, Hall was just as successful as she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health science with a minor in business administration. She compiled a 3.86 GPA and was named to the Dean’s List each semester while at Merrimack. As a result of her combined academic and athletic achievements, she was named to the Northeast-10 All-Academic team for the third straight year.

In addition, Hall earned ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American honors this year being named to the District I Second Team for the second time in her career and third time she received Academic All-American honors. Hall was also this year’s recipient of the 2009 Merrimack College Female Scholar-Athlete Award. She also became the first student ever to earn a scholarship to Boston College’s nursing graduate program.