Boston College Athletics
Dedman Named Goalkeeper of the Year in Field Hockey
November 02, 2000 | Field Hockey
Nov. 2, 2000
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Senior Jill Dedman was chosen as the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year by the league's six head coaches at the annual awards dinner in conjunction with the league championship. She was also an All-BIG EAST first team selection and was joined by senior Jen Hall and junior Amelie Wulff on the team. Senior Morgan Brady was selected to the All-BIG EAST second team, while freshman Margaret O'Neill was chosen to the All-Rookie Team.
Dedman tied for the league lead in shutouts with six and posted a 1.40 goals against average. She also halted 141 shots this season, including a season-high 19 against eighth-ranked Connecticut. The Orange, Conn. native played every minute in goal for the 18th-ranked Eagles and had a 10-8 campaign. She concluded her career with 18 shutouts. She was named the league's Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year prior to the start of the season. The honors marks the second time she has been named the league's top goalkeeper. In 1998, she also won the award.
Hall, a native of Brewster, N.Y., started all 17 games she played in this season and was tied with Brady for second on the team in scoring with two goals and eight assists. She was a unanimous preseason first-team selection after being named to the 1999 All-BIG EAST first team and the 1998 All-BIG EAST second team. In 1997, she was an All-Rookie team honoree. In 78 career games for the Eagles, Hall posted 11 goals and 11 assists for 33 points. She scored two goals against Pacific this season and was the team's stopper on offensive corners. She was also a member of the defensive corner unit.
Wulff returned to the Eagles this season after playing only six games in 1999 due to a broken foot. The Duesseldorf, Germany native still led the Eagles in scoring with nine goals and two assists for 20 points after being moved from forward to defense at the start of the season. The junior was a 1998 All-Rookie team selection. She was the team's hitter on offensive corners this season.
Brady selection to the All-BIG EAST second team marks the second honor for the senior. She was also a 1999 second-team pick. This season, she was second on the team in scoring while anchoring the defense from the sweep position. She started all 16 games she played, missing the Syracuse and Rhode Island games with an illness. A native of New Milford, Conn., she scored her first career goal in the opening game of the season to give the Eagles a 1-0 win over St. Joseph's, then later in the season, scored the game-winner in overtime against Stanford. She was the team's flyer on defensive corners and the pusher on offensive chances.
O'Neill played in 16 of the Eagles' 18 games this season, registering her first career goal against New Hampshire at the end of the season. A forward and midfielder, the Garden City, N.Y. native, also assisted on her first career goal against Rhode Island. She was a unanimous selection to the squad, receiving all five votes from the league coaches.
Boston College ended its season on Oct. 28 at Rutgers, and finished with a 10-8 mark and ranked 18th in the country by the National Field Hockey Coaches' Association.
