PHILADELPHIA – Eight Haverford College spring student-athletes were named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team, in their respective sports, as voted on by the sports information offices at the 28 institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Joseph Carpenter (men’s track & field), Josie Ferri (women’s lacrosse), Mike Galetta (baseball), Dillon Hamill (men’s lacrosse), Max Hjelm (men’s lacrosse), Aileen Keogh (women’s track & field), Andrew Lanham (men’s track & field) and Mara Miller (women’s track & field) represented Haverford.
Carpenter finished 16th in the 5,000 meter run at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship in May. He is a six-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll awardee and was named to the 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team in cross country.
Ferri finished her sophomore campaign leading the Fords with 71 points, 49 goals, 41 draw controls and 11 free position goals. Her efforts on the field earned her First-Team All-Centennial Conference and Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) First-Team All-Regional honors.
Galetta finished third for Haverford with a .364 batting average while driving in 28 RBI and scoring 30 runs. He tied for second on the team with five home runs and was named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Hamill’s 48 caused turnovers were 18 more than the closest figure from any other player within the Centennial Conference while his 43 ground balls were third-most on the team. Hamill earned Second-Team All-Centennial Conference and Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll honors.
Hjelm was named United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Third-Team All-America and First-Team All-Centennial Conference this season. He led Haverford and finished second in the Centennial with 39 goals while his 3.53 points per game ranked as the best in the conference.
Keogh was the Centennial Conference indoor champion in the 800 and a member of the school record-setting 4x400 relay team (outdoor). She was named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll’s for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
Lanham is no stranger to the all-area team. He was previously a recipient in track & field, (2009) and men’s cross country (2009, 2008). Lanham was a nine-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll awardee and received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in February.
Miller was a Centennial Conference champion in the long jump (indoor & outdoor), 400 hurdles (outdoor) and 4x100 relay (outdoor) this season and graduated with the school record in the long jump (outdoor) and 4x400 (indoor) and 4x100 (outdoor) relays. She was a six-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll selection and during her senior year received the Haverford Ambler Award given to the senior athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average.