Sharla Partlon Named to All-Academic Team
BLOOMSBURG—Bloomsburg University field hockey standout Sharla Partlon (Langhorne/Neshaminy) has been named to the 2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division Women's At-Large team as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
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Partlon, a secondary education major, was named to the All-District second team. Partlon wrapped up her Bloomsburg career by being named the winner of the Eleanor Wray Outstanding Female Senior Award winner and MVP for field hockey. She was also named the Division II Field Hockey Athlete of the Year by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards and is now on the ballot for the Division II Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award which will be announced in June. In addition, Partlon was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Player of the Year along with being a member of the ECAC D-II All-Star team.
Among the other honors for Partlon following the 2004 field hockey season was being named an STX/NFHCA Division II All-American; the womensfieldhockey.com Player of the Year; the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Athlete of the Year; first team All-PSAC and twice being the PSAC Field Hockey Player of the Week.
Partlon finished the season tied for the team lead in goals scored with 13, while leading the team in assists with eight for 34 points. She finished her career with 25 goals and 17 assists.
During her career she helped the Huskies to a four-year record of 80-6 (.930) and three NCAA and PSAC championships. She was the PSAC Rookie of the Year as a freshman and was three times named first team All-American and All-PSAC. For her efforts in the classroom where she posted a 3.66 GPA, she was named to the 2004 PSAC Fall Top 10 team honoring the top scholar-athletes from the fall season and was also a three-time selection to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Academic Squad and has three times was named a Bloomsburg and PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
The District II College Division consists of all NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. To be nominated for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americaâ program, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore with a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average and a starter or significant reserve on her team.