Laura Pruett

Year:
Senior
Position:
Midfielder
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.
High School:
James Madison (Vienna, Va.)

As a senior: Started all 23 games for the Dukes... fired three shots against Albany... only assist of the season came in win over Longwood... NFHCA National Academic Squad... CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award... JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete... spring Dean's List.

As a junior: National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Squad. Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award. JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.

As a sophomore: NFHCA National Academic Squad. Conference (CAA) Commissioner's Academic Award. JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete.

As a freshman: NFHCA National Academic Squad. Conference Commissioner's Academic Award.

High school: Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention as a senior. All-Northern Virginia Region second team as a junior and senior. Three-time All-Liberty District. Participated in the U.S. Field Hockey Association's National Futures Tournamentas a junior and senior. High school team’s defensive Player of the Year as a senior. Capitol Pegasus club team co-captain three years. Her club team placed third in National Indoor Tournament 2000, 2001, 2002. Played on North Team that was field hockey runner-up in Commonwealth Games 2001. All-Madison Team (given to school’s top 10 senior athletes). Also played soccer and ran track. Played on Vista Tornado soccer club that was a State Cup semifinalist 1999. Her high school soccer team was a regional tournament semifinalist 2000. School’s Tri-Athlete Award as a junior and senior (given for competing in three sports). Donna DeVarona Spirit of Sports Award winner as a junior. All-region outdoor track as a junior (400m relay) and all-district winter track as a sophomore (55m, 800m relay, 300m). District 55-meter champion winter track as a junior. Her track team was district winter champion 2001. Member of 800m relay winter district champion team 2001 and 400m relay outdoor district champion 2002.

Personal: Laura Pruett. Dean's List student in health science and pre-physical therapy.