Nov. 4, 2009

Garden City, N.Y. -

Adelphi University freshman Catherine Rawsthorne (Federal WA) was named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week, it was announced Wednesday. Rawsthorne helped guide the Panthers to a fifth-place finish at the FDU Fright Nite Inivte over the weekend.

After opening traditional play by rolling a score of 133 in a win over No. 6 Delaware State, the first-year Panther exceeded the 200-pin mark in three of her next four starts. Rawsthorne registered scores of 202 and 257 in back-to-back victories over Long Island and Florida A&M before rolling a 201 game in a setback to No. 15 Morgan State. Her efforts yielded the third-highest overall average (197.00) amongst competitors who contested at least five traditional games. In helping Adelphi to an 8-5 record and fifth-place finish at the 12-team tournament, Rawsthorne amassed a .440 strike percentage and filled 87.8%of her frames.

The Panthers return to action on November 14-15 when they participate in NEC #1 event at Kutztown University.