PHILADELPHIA - Haverford College goalkeeper Megan Chenworth was named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's Lacrosse Team, the Philadelphia Area Sports Information Directors Association (Philly-SIDA) announced on Wednesday morning. The team is nominated and voted on by the sports information offices of 30 area institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
In order to be eligible for academic all-area consideration, a student-athlete must be in at least his second year at the institution and own a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or higher.
Chenworth, a senior captain on the 2016 squad, was also named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll and was an Ambler Scholar Athlete during her final collegiate season. The biology major started 16 games in goal, holding opponents to 10.31 goal against average while picking up 127 saves and nine wins. She recorded a career high 14 saves against Cabrini on Mar. 15 and was named Defensive Player of the Week in the Centennial Conference on Apr. 11 after posting an 8.33 goals against average, a 55.9 save percentage and two wins in conference play.
A decorated scholar-athlete, Chenworth also took home the Centennial Conference Women's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year award in 2015 and was named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll during her junior season. The Schnecksville, Pa. product leaves Haverford in third place all-time in saves per game (6.09), seventh in wins (21) and eighth in overall saves (286).