Field Hockey

Waryas Claims Third GNAC Rookie Honor

Posted: Oct 24, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman Maya Waryas (Bellows Falls, Vt.) has been named as the GNAC Field Hockey Rookie of the Week for the second-consecutive week and third time overall this season.

Waryas tied a team record and provided half of the Monks' scoring output with six goals in a 12-0 victory over Dean College on Saturday.

Through 18 games this season, Waryas has scored 21 goals with three assists for 45 total points with six game-winning tallies. She currently leads the team in goals, points and game-clinchers and ranks second in the GNAC in shots (104) and game-winners and fourth in both goals and points.

Saint Joseph's (11-7, 8-2 GNAC) will cap the regular season with a conference contest at Lasell University on Wednesday at 5:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.