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Curwin, Alison
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Jersey Number 11
Alison Curwin
- Year:
- Junior
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Pittsford, N.Y.
- High School:
- Pittsford Sutherland
- Major:
- Mathematics
Bio
2015 as a Senior:
- Was IWLCA Second Team All-South Region and First Team All-CAA pick and the CAA Tournament MVP
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Ranked fourth for the Dukes in goals with 34 and points with 52, while ranking third on the squad with 18 assists
- Also had 42 ground balls, 34 draw controls and 22 caused turnovers
- Earned CAA Player of the Week honors twice during the 2015 season, with the most recent after two conference wins in which she combined for six goals on nine shots, four draw controls, five ground balls and two caused turnovers
- Was also a finalist for the Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award, one of five nationally.
- Earned Preseason All-CAA honors
- Dean's List Fall 2014
2014 as a Junior:
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Started all 18 contestsÂ
- IWLCA All-South Region Second Team as well as First Team All-CAA •   and VaSID University Division All-State
- CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for lacrosse, the first-ever JMU player to earn the award
- Assisted on 22 goals, tying a team high, and tallied27 goals, good for third on the team
- Added 31 ground balls (third), 26 draw controls (tied for third) and 13 caused turnovers (fifth)
- Against CAA opponents tied for second in assists per game (1.60) and fourth in ground balls per game (2.20)
- Dean's List Fall 2013 and Spring 2014
- Had a career-high four goals and a pair of assists in the season-opening win over Virginia Tech, earning her CAA Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career
- Tied the high with four goals in a come-from-behind victory over Richmond
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete, Dean’s List and CAA All-Academic squad
2013 as a Sophomore:
- Started all 14 games for the Dukes
- All-CAA Second Team
- Tied second on team in assists with 10 and finished the season with 17 goals for 27 points
- Also added 14 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and 14 draw controls
- Set a career high with four goals at Drexel along with one assist for five points
- Scored three goals and had an assist in a home victory over Fairfield
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
- Israel National Team roster for 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World CupÂ
2012 as a Freshman:
- Played in 18 games off the bench
- Recorded four goals and two assists on 14 shots
- Added 21 ground balls, tied for third on the team, and nine draw controls
- Scored her first collegiate goal in a home victory over Virginia Tech
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
High School and Club:
- US Lacrosse All-America First Team as a senior
- All-Monroe County First Team as a freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior
- Monroe County Player of the Year as a senior
- All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year as a senior
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year as a senior
- Herb Fitch All-Star Game
- Career totals of 160 goals and 140 assists
- Four-year starter
- Team's MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior
- The Panthers were Section V champions 2010, 2011, Far West region champions 2010 , 2011, New York state runners-up 2011 and New York state semifinalists 2010
- Played for Relentless Hustle club
- Played in National Schoolgirls Tournament 2008, 2009
- Played on silver-medalist Western New York Team in Empire State Games 2008, 2010
- Also played basketball
- US Lacrosse Academic All-American as a junior and senior
- Pittsford Sutherland's Athlete of the Year
- Pittsford Sutherland's Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Honors graduate
- Regents diploma
- Honor Roll 16 quarters
- Tara Zimet Lennox Memorial Award
- National Honor Society member
Personal:
- Alison Rose Curwin
- President's List student majoring in mathematics major who plans to complete a master's degree in secondary education at JMU
- Her father, Gary, wrestled at JMU (class of 1983)
- Her grandfather, Mel Besdin, played basketball at Syracuse (1952-54)
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