HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Philadelphia Area Sports Information Association (Philly-SIDA) has announced its 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer Fall Academic All-Area Teams with six Haverford College athletes earning recognition including men's cross country Performer of the Year Anders Hulleberg.
Hulleberg captured the NCAA Division III cross country title while leading the Fords to their first national championship. The senior and five-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll selection earned All-America status from his national race result. He was named the National Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) after also capturing the Mideast Region individual title and athlete of the year honor and the Centennial title and runner of the year.
Teammate Joseph Carpenter joins Hulleberg on the academic all-area team following a senior cross country season during which he earned all-region and second-team all-conference honors. Carpenter was named to his third Centennial academic honor roll this fall.
In field hockey, senior all-America performer Alex Waleko and sophomore Mary Hobbs were named to the academic all-area squad.
Waleko picked up the program's second all-American honor after a senior campaign in which she set career records for the Fords in points (102), goals (39), assists (24) and games started (74). She was named the Centennial's player of the year, a first for the Haverford field hockey program, and first-team all-conference and was tabbed for first-team All-South Region honors. Waleko also became the first Fords player to be honored with selection to play in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association's Senior Game.
Hobbs, a second-team all-conference selection and first-time Centennial academic honor roll awardee, set a single-season team record for points with 52 this fall, led the team in assists (14) and finished second on the team in goals with 19. After only two seasons Hobbs ranks second on the all-time points and goals lists with 80 points and 31 goals. She was named the athletic department's 2010 MacIntosh award recipient which is presented to the top scholar-athlete in the first-year class of the previous academic year.
Alejandro Rettig y Martinez was voted onto the men's soccer academic all-area team. He earned second-team all-Centennial honors and was named to the conference's academic honor roll for the second consecutive season. The junior finished seventh in the league and led Haverford with 17 points and also led the team and tied for fifth in the Centennial with five assists. Rettig y Martinez tallied six goals on the season including a pair of two-goal games and two game-winners.
Kate Comey was selected to the academic all-area team in volleyball. She was named second-team all-conference and earned her second consecutive conference academic honor roll selection. Comey helped the Haverford offense lead the conference with 12.33 kills per set. She handed out 1,108 set assists which worked out to an average of nearly 10 assists per set. Within conference action, Comey dished out 375 assists and had 35 or more in six of 10 league matches. She also set a career-high this season with 60 assists against Lebanon Valley (9/30).