Alli Bitting

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Alli Bitting dribbles the ball down the field against Ohio

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Alli Bitting passes the ball during the game against Boston College.

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Alli bitting with the ball at North Carolina

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Alli Bitting looks for a pass against UMass

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Class:
Junior
High School:
Lower Dauphin
Hometown:
Hummelstown, Pa.

• 2021 ACC Field Hockey Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2021 ACC Defensive Player of the Year
• NFHCA Senior Team Selection
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
• Three-time NFHCA All-America Selection (First team: 2021; Second Team: 2019, 2020)
• Four-time NFHCA All-West Region Selection (First Team: 2019, 2020, 2021; Second Team: 2018)
• Three-time All-ACC Selection (First Team: 2021; Second Team: 2019, 2020)
• Three-time ACC All-Tournament Team (2017, 2019, 2021)

As a fifth year (2021): Named to the NFHCA All-America first team... Synapse Sports First Team All-American... NFHCA All-West Region first team selection.. Named 2021 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and ACC Field Hockey Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year... Earned first team all-ACC honors... Selected to ACC All-Tournament Team... Named to the NFHCA Senior Team... Started all 20 games... Scored a goal to tie the game in the eventual ACC semifinal loss to No. 14 Virginia (Nov. 5)... Scored a goal in the 7-0 win at Northeastern (10/17)... Registered a defensive save in the 3-2 overtime win at No. 12 Boston College (10/15)... Named to the All-ACC Preseason Team... Registered an assist in the 1-0 win at No. 18 Duke (9/24)... Delivered an assist in the 1-0 win against Indiana (9/10)... Dished out an assist in the 1-0 win against Indiana (9/10)... Scored a goal in the 3-0 win against New Hampshire (8/29)... ACC Defensive Player of the Week (8/30)... Dished out an assist in the 3-2 overtime win at No. 13 Princeton... Finished her career having played in 103 games with 96 starts... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... ACC Academic Team selection.

As a senior (2020-21): NFHCA All-America Second Team... NFHCA All-West Region First Team honoree... All-ACC second team selection... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team... Started every game... Scored the game-winner in the 1-0 NCAA Quarterfinal victory against No. 6 UConn (5/2) to send the Cardinals to their first NCAA Final Four... Registered a career-high eight assists in the season... Named ACC and NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27/28) after her performance against Virginia... Dished out assists in the wins against Virginia (10/24), North Carolina (10/2) and Wake Forest (10/10)... Member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee... Team co-captain... NFHCA National Academic Squad selection... Named to ACC All-Academic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll member.

As a junior (2019): Earned Longstreth/NFHCA All-America Second Team honors... Named to the Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region First Team... Named to the All-ACC Second Team... Started all every game... Scored her first goal of the season against No. 1 North Carolina (9/20)... Registered an assist in the 2-1 win against No. 12 Ohio State (9/15)... Selected to 2019 All-ACC Academic Field Hockey Team... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad selection.

As a sophomore (2018): Named to the Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region second team... Started all 19 games... Scored a goal and dished out an assist in the 3-2 ACC quarterfinal loss to Wake Forest (11/1)... Scored the game-winning goal in the 3-2 double OT win at No. 15 Syracuse (10/19)... Invited to compete in the 2019 USAS Field Hockey U21 Selection Camp... Participated in the USA Field Hockey Young Women’s National Championship... Named to All-ACC Academic Team... Selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll... NFHCA National Academic Team member.

As a freshman (2017): Selected to ACC All-Tournament Team... Played in all 22 games with 15 starts... Scored her first career goal and dished out two assists in the 6-0 win over Ohio (10/29)... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll... Selected to NFHCA National Academic Squad... Competed in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship during the summer of 2018.

High School/Club: Named to USA Field Hockey U19 Stars and Stripes Elite Games Roster in the summer of 2017… Three-year varsity starter for Lower Dauphin High School… Helped lead her squad to a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class 3A semifinal appearance in 2016... Two-time Mid-Penn All-Star first team selection(2015 and 2016)… 2015 Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association AAA All-State First Team pick… Earned Max Field Hockey All-Region PennLive All Star honors (2015)... Helped the 2014 Lower Dauphin squad to the Keystone Division, and Mid-Penn Championship as well as the PIAA District 3 AAA title… Played for the PA Mavericks field hockey club from 2012-16 and competed in four USA Futures National Championships while helping her team win the NIT Pool B U19 crown… Also played for the Nook Field Hockey Club team.

Personal: Full name is Allison Bitting… Nickname is Alli… Birthdate is July 2, 1999… Daughter of David and Tracey Bitting… Has two sisters, Morgan and Paige… Major is sport administration with a minor in business administration… Her sister Morgan played for Duke… Post college ambition is to work in the sports industry… Her proudest moment was playing in the ACC championship game her freshman season… Greatest challenge she’s overcome was when she tore her labrum and had to have surgery to repair it at the end of her sophomore season... Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan.