Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

Eastern Mennonite’s Denlinger Named ODAC Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year

EMU's Jonalyn Denlinger

SALEM , VA – Eastern Mennonite’s Jonalyn Denlinger has been named the 2004 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year in a vote taken by the league’s sports information directors.

A native of Lancaster , Pa. , Denlinger is currently a junior at EMU and has achieved a 3.80 gpa while majoring in Spanish and Liberal Arts.

On the field in 2004, Denlinger earned First-Team All-ODAC honors after leading the Royals with 40 total points on a team-best 15 goals along with 10 assists. She climbed from 15th to eighth on the career points list during the season, currently sitting at 123. Denlinger also moved up to sixth on the career assists chart with 39 and needs just three goals next season to reach the top 10 in goals scored.

  To be eligible for consideration for this award, the nominee must be a starter or key reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).  She must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at your institution and must have completed at least one full academic year at your institution.  Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s game’s position listed on the nomination form.

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