Top players from the state finalists swept the major awards as part of the Delaware Field Hockey Coaches Association’s All-State teams announced recently.
Junior Dru Moffett of state champion Smyrna was named the Division I Offensive Player of the Year, while junior Hannah Maney of state runner-up Cape Henlopen was named D-I Defensive Player of the Year.
Delmar, which has won all six Division II championships since field hockey was split into two divisions in 2017, earned the top D-II awards with senior Maci Bradford as Offensive Player of the Year and Josie Hollamon as Defensive Player of the Year.
Smyrna’s Loveita Moffett was named Coach of the Year. Moffett guided the Eagles to a 16-2 season and the school’s first Division I field hockey title with an overtime victory over Cape Henlopen.
Dru Moffett and Maney were joined on the Division I first team by Smyrna’s Bree Moffett and Regan Nacrelli, Cape’s Mackinzie Brown, Grace Wiggins and Morgan Newcomb, Milford’s Bailey Masten and Hannah Zimmerman, Sussex Central’s McKenna Boyle, Charter of Wilmington’s Marie Brainard, Padua’s Ava Getty and Sussex Tech’s Karli Penrod.
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Bradford and Hollamon are joined on the Division II first team by Delmar’s Jordyn Hollamon, Baylie Phillips and Laura Rogers, Archmere’s Bella Dell’Oso, Emma Gioffre, Lindsey Renshaw and Ava Hughes, Tatnall’s Lydia Colasante and Rachael Whitehead, Woodbridge’s Parker and Payton Keeler, Concord’s Katie Machiani and Mooka Weinkowitz, Saint Mark’s Katie Hanich, Wilmington Friends’ Madeline Rowland and Newark Charter’s Sophia Walch.
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DFHCA All-State field hockey teams
Division I
FIRST TEAM
McKenna Boyle, sr., Sussex Central
Marie Brainard, sr., Charter of Wilmington
Mackinzie Brown, sr., Cape Henlopen
Ava Getty, sr., Padua
Hannah Maney, jr., Cape Henlopen
Bailey Masten, so., Milford
Bree Moffett, fr., Smyrna
Dru Moffett, jr., Smyrna
Regan Nacrelli, sr., Smyrna
Karli Penrod, sr., Sussex Tech
Grace Wiggins, jr., Cape Henlopen
Hannah Zimmerman, so., Milford
Morgan Newcomb, jr., Cape Henlopen
SECOND TEAM
Rachel Carey, jr., Polytech; Devon DeGregory, jr., Cape Henlopen; Alexa Guarneri, so., Charter of Wilmington; Avery Jones, sr., Appoquinimink; Kylee LaVere, jr., Polytech; Madison Mosier, sr., Padua; Faith Riley, sr., St. Georges; Louise Rishko, jr., Cape Henlopen; Shannon Salerni, sr., Padua; Peyton Shields, sr., Caesar Rodney; Meghan Shirey, sr., Smyrna; Ella Stack, jr., Charter of Wilmington; Halle Geiger, jr., Smyrna.
Division II
FIRST TEAM
Maci Bradford, sr., Delmar
Lydia Colasante, sr., Tatnall
Bella Dell’Oso, sr., Archmere
Emma Gioffre, sr., Archmere
Katie Hanich, so., Saint Mark’s
Jordyn Hollamon, so., Delmar
Josie Hollamon, sr., Delmar
Parker Keeler, sr., Woodbridge
Payton Keeler, sr., Woodbridge
Katie Marchiani, sr., Concord
Baylie Phillips, jr., Delmar
Lindsey Renshaw, sr., Archmere
Laura Rogers, sr., Delmar
Madeline Rowland, sr., Wilmington Friends
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Sophia Walch, so., Newark Charter
Mooka Weinkowitz, sr., Concord
Rachael Whitehead, sr., Tatnall
Ava Hughes, jr., Archmere
SECOND TEAM
Maddy Cherry, sr., Ursuline; Brianna Chi, sr., Tower Hill; Jillian Collins, sr., Indian River; Grace Danner, sr., Wilmington Christian; Brooke Farrell, sr., Sussex Academy; Kinsley Hall, sr., Indian River; Maya Jester, jr., Lake Forest; Catherine Kaminski, jr., Saint Mark’s; Morgan Leeper, so., Sussex Academy; Rebecca Olsen, sr., Archmere; Amanda Rattay, so., Newark Charter; Sawyer Rowland, so., Wilmington Friends; Emersyn Ruggerio, sr., DMA; Carolyn Walker, so., Tatnall; Malory Wood, jr., Lake Forest; Madison Lawson, jr., Lake Forest; Peri Mulveny, sr., Wilmington Friends; Summer Payne, sr., Delmar.
Division I Offensive Player of the Year – Dru Moffett, Smyrna.
Division II Offensive Player of the Year – Maci Bradford, Delmar.
Division I Defensive Player of the Year – Hannah Maney, Cape Henlopen.
Division II Defensive Player of the Year – Josie Hollamon, Delmar.
DFHCA Coach of the Year – Loveita Moffett, Smyrna.
