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2020 Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Halle Duenkel
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Great Falls, Va.
- High School:
- Langley
- Major:
- Computer Information Systems
Halle Duenkel Wins 2020 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award
2020 as a Senior:
• JMU's first winner of the Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award (second in conference history)
• IWLCA Division I Community Awareness Award
• JMU College of Business Zane Showker Entrepreneurship Award
• CAA Leadership and Sport Excellence Award recipient for second straight year
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
• Dean's List (Fall 2019)
2019 as a Junior:
• CAA Leadership & Sport Excellence Award recipient
• IWCLA Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 13 games, making 11 starts in the midfield
• Had 22 goals and six assists for 28 points
• Also scored eight free-position goals and tallied seven caused turnovers, 15 ground balls and two draw controls
• Career-high four goals against San Diego State (Mar. 30)
• Recorded three goals and one assist against both Temple (Mar. 16) and Virginia (Mar. 20)
• Recorded five games with at least three goals
• Had first career hat tricks in back-to-back games against Canisius (Mar. 1) and at Penn State (Mar. 6)
• Scored two goals and an assist against UConn (Feb. 17)
• Career-best two assists versus Maryland (Mar. 24)
• Tied career high with three ground balls against High Point (Feb. 23)
• JMU's 2019 recipient of the Technology Alumni Group (TAG) Award in CIS
• Dean's List (Spring 2019)
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
2018 as a Sophomore
• Saw action in 20 games
• Scored 18 goals and one assist for 19 points
• Also had four free-position goals, seven caused turnovers, 10 ground balls and three draw controls
• Career-high three goals against Delaware (Apr. 6) and at William & Mary (Apr. 13)
• Tallied a career-best four points at W&M off three goals and an assist
• Also scored two goals in four outings
• Career-high three ground balls at William & Mary
• Caused two turnovers against UC Davis (Mar. 28)
• JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2017)
• Dean's List (Fall 2017)
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
2017 as a Freshman:
• CAA Rookie of the Week (Feb. 7)
• Saw action in all 21 games
• Scored three goals and an assist for four points
• Also had eight caused turnovers, 10 ground balls and five draw controls
• Season-high two goals in collegiate debut at North Carolina (Feb. 4)
• Also scored one goal and added an assist against Longwood (Mar. 3)
• Career-best four caused turnovers at Drexel (Apr. 21) and caused two more at Hofstra (Apr. 14)
• Collected two ground balls at Penn State (Mar. 8)
• Won two draw controls at both Drexel and at Delaware (Apr. 23)
• Recipient of the Bruce Crawford Morrison Rummel Scholarship - first JMU freshman to ever win that award
• JMU Student Alumni Association Scholar Award
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
• JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
• President's List (Spring 2017)
• Dean's List (Fall 2016)
High School and Club:
• US Lacrosse All-American as a senior
• Brine All-American Mid-Atlantic Team as a sophomore
• VHSL 6A First Team All-State as a senior
• Washington Post Second Team All-Met as a senior and Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior
• VHSL 6A First Team All-North Region as a junior and senior and Second Team as a sophomore
• Liberty Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a senior
• First Team All-Liberty Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior and Second Team as a freshman
• US Lacrosse Academic All-American as a junior and senior
• All-time leading point scorer in Langley lacrosse history
• Team MVP as a sophomore
• Helped Langley to state runner-up finish as a freshman
• LHS Crittenberger Award for Community Action and Sports Excellence as a senior
• VHSL Fairfax County Donna DeVarona “Spirit Award” for Community and Sports Excellence
• Tri-sport athlete who also played field hockey and ran track
• VHSL 6A Second Team All-North Region in field hockey as a junior and First Team All-Liberty Conference as a sophomore and junior
• Most Valuable Sprinter and Jumper as a junior, placing in regionals in the long jump
• Second all-time leading field hockey scorer at Langley
• Played club lacrosse for Capital Lacrosse Club
• Vail Shootout MVP Team
• Honor graduate from Langley
• National Spanish Honor Society President as a senior and Secretary as a junior
• Member of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Leadership Honor Society, Key Club and DECA Marketing Club
Personal:
• Full name is Halle Elizabeth Duenkel
• Daughter of Doug and Alison Duenkel
• Mother played soccer at JMU
• Father played football at Virginia
• Has two younger brothers, Justin and Ryan
• Justin is a place kicker at the University of Virginia
• Co-founder and Director of Compassion in Actions, a faith-based non-profit organization
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President (2018-19)
• Student-Athlete Advisory Board Member since 2016
• Community Service Leader for JMU lacrosse, leading JMU to winning the 2017-18 IWLCA Team Community Service Award
• Oversaw JMU's expansive community involvement, which accumulated over 1,000 community service hours during her JMU career
• Team set a single-year program record of 385 service hours in the 2018-19 academic year
• Helped triple the team's hourse of 121 in 2016-17 to 368 in 2017-18
• Founder of Student-Athlete Mentor-Mentee Program at JMU
• Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leader
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Generated $90,000 in donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through her Delta Delta Delta sorority
• Participated with teammates at Camp Wonder, bringing the game of lacrosse to area youth at Spotswood Elementary School
• Part of Overcoming Barriers with team, working with individuals with disabilities
• Majoring in computer information systems, minoring in entrepreneurship
• Her integrated business plan through JMU College of Business advanced to the university level for national competition consideration
• Completed leadership concentration through the JMU Honors College
• Intern at Deloitte, working in government financial risk and advisory
