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  Courtney Acker

Courtney Acker

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Bluepoint, N.Y.

High School:
Bayport-Bluepoint

Height:
5-4

Position:
D

Honors and Awards: Named to the All-NE-10 Second-Team (2010).

2010: Started in all of the 16 games she played in...picked up 33 grounds balls and caused 21 turnovers...added six draw controls...had a season-high five ground balls and caused a season-high four turnovers against Southern New Hampshire (4/24)...also had three draw controls against SNHU.

2009: Played in 18 games, receiving the start in 16...earned her first collegiate assist against American International (3/1)...picked up a season best two ground balls against C.W. Post (5/2), while matching that feat in draw controls...caused three turnovers against Stonehill (4/11)...ended the regular season with 11 caused turnovers, 12 groundballs and five draw controls...had three ground balls and four caused turnovers in National Semi-final game and two ground balls and one caused turnover against Lock Haven in the final.

At Bayport-Blue Point High School: Varsity soccer, track and lacrosse all four years...earned all-league kudos in track freshman year...all-league and all-division sophomore year in soccer while also earning all-league in lacrosse...captained her lacrosse and soccer squads in junior and senior year...named all-league and all-tournament junior year in lacrosse and in soccer picked all-league kudos...senior year was named all-league, all-county in soccer while helping the team win a county and Long Island championship...earned larosse all-league and all-county honors as a senior...Marine corps award recipient...National Honor Society member...class president.

Personal: Daughter of Charles and Kathleen...has one sister Kimberley who plays softball at Morrissville State University...enjoys reading, going to the beach and hanging out with friends...majoring in business.