June 15, 2006

BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins field hockey senior Meighan Roose (York, ME/York) has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At-Large Third Team. Roose is the first female Academic All-America selection from Johns Hopkins since Lindsay Collins in 2001.

To be eligible, a student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Roose, a 2004 CoSIDA All-District team member, is a four-time Centennial Conference and NFHCA All-Region Team honoree. She is a womensfieldhockey.com Third Team All-America and ranks third in school history with 19 career assists. She is also a three-time NFHCA All-Academic honoree. Roose is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Golden Key International Honor Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. In addition to being an outstanding student and field hockey player, Roose is a two-time AAU Powerlifting Junior Olympic Champion and holds three national lifting records.

In 2005, she scored five goals and added five assists for 14 points while leading the Blue Jays to a 10-9 record. For her career, she has played in 78 games, scoring 14 goals and 19 assists for 47 points. Roose has a 3.91 GPA while majoring in economics.