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Providence College Athletics
2020-21 Field Hockey Roster
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Jersey Number 4
Lisa McNamara
- Position:
- Forward/Midfield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Rice Memorial
- Hometown:
- Barre, Vt.
Bio
As a Graduate Student:Â Took advantage of the extra year of eligibility granted to student-athletes due to the Covid-19 pandemic and returned for a fifth season... Started all 18 games for the Friars and appeared in the starting line-up each time... Recorded career highs in points (13) and goals (five) and added three assists... Two of her five goals on the season were credited as game winners vs. Bryant (Sept. 1) and New Hampshire (Sept. 8)... Matched her single-game career high of four points on Sept. 22 vs. Liberty, with two goals... Her two goals vs. the Flames marked the first multi-goal game of her career... Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Sept. 5... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
As a Senior: Started each of the 13 games she played for the Friars… Missed the final four regular-season games of the season with an injury… Recorded eight points on two goals and four assists… Converted 2-2 penalty-stroke opportunities during the season… Notched a season-high three points in a win over Georgetown (Sept. 23) with one goal and one assist… Compiled a season-high two assists in a victory against Villanova (Sept. 16)…NFHCA Division I National Academic Team… BIG EAST All-Academic Team... Served on the executive board as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)… Recipient of the program’s Pride Is An All-The-Time-Thing Award… Recognized at the 62nd Annual All-Sports Gala as the Jane Thompson Award winner.Â
As a Junior: Started all 18 games in the midfield… Established career highs in points (12), goals (two) and assists (eight)… Finished tied for the team lead in assists and fifth in points… Recorded a career-high four points on one goal and two assists in two games vs. Bryant (Aug. 27) and LIU (Sept. 12)… Attempted nine shots during the season and put seven on target (.778)… Finished the season 2-2 on penalty stroke opportunities... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
As a Sophomore: The traditional fall season was moved to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Played 11 games and appeared in the starting line-up two times... Attempted two shots, including one shot on goal... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
As a Freshman:Â Appeared in 17 games and cracked the starting line-up in the Friars' final five games of the season... Recorded one goal and one assist for three points as a rookie, all of which came during a 5-1 victory over Merrimack (Oct. 20)... Also made her first career start against Merrimack... Took three shot attempts during the season and all three were on goal... Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
In High School:Â Attended Rice Memorial High School and played four years of varsity field hockey and lacrosse and two years of varsity ice hockey... Two-year captain for field hockey and lacrosse and also captained the ice hockey team for one season... A MAX Field Hockey Vermont Player of the Year and Preseason Player of the Year (2018) and MAX Field Hockey All-New England Second Team (2017) and First Team (2018) honoree...Recognized as Player of the Year in 2018 by the Burlington Free Press...Tallied 64 points (28 goals, eight assists) as a senior... Played for Strikers Stars Club (2017-2018) and Northeast Elite Club (2018-2019)... Burlington Free Press Vermont Girl's Athlete of the Year (2019).
Personal: Born May 26... Daughter of Kevin and Erica McNamara...Has one brother, Kieran and three sisters, Kaitlyn Prentice, Sara Grundy and Jaye Weinert...Global studies major... Also pursuing minors in business innovation and black studies.
McNAMARA'S CAREER HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team • 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad • 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Jane Thompson Award • 2023
Pride Is An All-The-Time-Thing Award • 2022
Field Hockey vs. Boston College
Wednesday, April 14
Field Hockey vs. Northeastern
Thursday, April 01
Field Hockey vs. Quinnipiac
Sunday, March 21
Field Hockey vs. UConn
Sunday, March 07
