SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Senior Wittenberg University field hockey standout Blair Ufer, a midfielder from Ann Arbor, Mich., has been honored for her outstanding play during the 2004 season with National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America honors for the second straight season. In addition, Ufer was joined by senior Carrie Happ, a defensive back from Pittsburgh, Pa., in earning All-America honors from WomensFieldHockey.com.
Ufer earned NFHCA All-America honors for the second straight year, moving from third-team to second-team this year and adding second-team honors from WomensFieldHockey.com in 2004. Ufer, who led the North Coast Athletic Conference in scoring in 2004 with 18 goals, 13 assists and 49 total points, was a three-time first-team All-NCAC honoree and the 2004 conference Offensive Player of the Year. Also a two-time first-team All-Great Lakes Region selection, Ufer finished her career with 28 goals, 29 assists and 85 total points, and she also participated in last month's NFHCA Division III North/South Senior All-Star Game at Westfield State College in Massachusetts.
Happ, who spearheaded the conference's best defensive unit that recorded seven NCAC shutouts and allowed just 15 regular season goals (including NCAC Tournament), earned her first All-America designation in 2004 as WomensFieldHockey.com bestowed second-team honors on her. That award came on the heels of first-team All-NCAC and All-Great Lakes Region honors for the second straight year and NCAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2004. Happ, who also contributed 10 assists to the offensive attack in 2004, was a four-year letterwinner and two-year starter in field hockey, and she is a starter and all-conference honoree for the Tiger women's lacrosse team as well.
Wittenberg concluded the 2004 season, the first under Head Coach Kiki Chesterton, with a 15-5 overall record, including an 9-3 mark in the NCAC, which was good for an outright championship, the Tigers' seventh in school history. Wittenberg won its third straight NCAC Tournament title and advanced to the seventh NCAA Division III Tournament in school history, losing to eventual national semifinalist William Smith, 5-2, on Nov. 13.
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