[NU Sports] FW: NU Lacrosse: Kjellman Wins Tewaaraton Trophy as Nations Top Womens Lacrosse Player

[Roy Lamberton]

Kristen wins it

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
> 
> June 1, 2006
> Contact: Adam Widman, Northwestern Media Services, 847-467-3758 
> awidman at northwestern.edu
> 
> WASHINGTON - The Tewaaraton Award Foundation Thursday night 
> named Northwestern's 
> Kristen Kjellman (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) as the 2006 
> Tewaaraton Award winner as 
> the nation's top female lacrosse player. The junior 
> midfielder received the award tonight at 
> National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. 
> 
> She becomes the first player, male or female, from a school 
> outside the Eastern Time 
> Zone to win the award.
> 
> Kjellman, recently named a two-time first team IWLCA 
> All-American and also a finalist for 
> the NCAA Honda Award, led the nation's top scoring offense 
> with 72 goals, ranking among 
> the top 10 nationally in goals, points (98) and draw controls 
> (91) to go with 26 assists. She 
> led her team to its second-straight NCAA championship last 
> Sunday as the Wildcats 
> became the first team in Northwestern history to claim 
> back-to-back NCAA team titles. 
> 
> This season Kjellman became the first Wildcat player to claim 
> three straight IWLCA All- America honors and also became just 
> the second player in NU history to record 50 or more 
> goals three straight seasons-in only her junior season. She 
> had 17 games this year with a 
> hat trick or better, including a season-high six goals at 
> Penn back on March 7.
> 
> Kjellman's 2006 Season Highlights:
> . 2006 Tewaaraton Award Winner
> . Led her team to its second straight NCAA championship, 
> helping NU become the first 
> Wildcat team to win back-to-back NCAA team title
> . IWLCA/US Lacrosse First Team All-America selection for the 
> second straight year . American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) 
> Player of the Year for the second straight year . First Team 
> All-ALC for the third straight year . 2006 NCAA Championship 
> All-Tournament Team selection . Led her team with 72 goals, 
> 91 draw controls and 98 overall points to compliment 26 
> assists 
> . Became just the second player in NU history to record 50 or 
> more goals in three straight 
> seasons
> . Had 17 games this season with three or more goals
> . Only a junior, ranks in the top three on NU's all-time list 
> for goals (184), assists (75) and 
> points (259)
> . womenslacrosse.com and insidelacrosse.com National Player 
> of the Week - Feb. 20 & 
> April 24
> . ALC Player of the Week - Feb. 23
> 
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