PHILADELPHIA – Junior Mary Hobbs has been named to the Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly-SIDA 2011 Academic All-Area Field Hockey Team. The all-area team is voted on by the sports information offices of the 28 institutions from within the Philadelphia metropolitan area which compose the Philadelphia Area Sports Information Directors Association (Philly-SIDA).

Voted a second-team 2011 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III All-South Region player and second-team all-Centennial Conference performer already this postseason, Hobbs has also earned inclusion on the Centennial Academic Honor Roll for the second time in her career.

Hobbs ranked 16th among NCAA Division III players this season with a 1.11 goals per game mark and was 17th nationally in points per game (2.63). She led the team with 50 points from 21 goals and eight assists and tied for the team lead in game-winning goals with three, including the go-ahead goal after scoring the equalizer in a 3-2 conference tournament semifinal win over Washington College.

In early-October Hobbs was selected as the conference's offensive player of the week following a 7-0 victory over Gettysburg College during which she scored four goals and added a pair of assists for a 10-point outing, a program single-game record.

One other Centennial player, Alyssa Thren of Ursinus College, joins Hobbs on the all-area field hockey team. The performer of the year is Brynn Adams, the 2011 Longstreth/NFHCA D-II National Player of the Year, from national champion West Chester University.

Philadelphia Inquirer/Philly-SIDA 2011 Academic All-Area Field Hockey Team