Paige Monsen

Class:
Junior
High School:
Whitney Point
Hometown:
Marathon, N.Y.

2013 Deputy Captain and Leadership Group Member

As a junior (2013): Started all 20 games... Led team with 10 assists... Currently eighth on school's all-time list with 19 career assists... Dished out two assists against UC Davis and Kent State... Tallied two goals, one against Ohio and against Georgetown... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... Selected for the USA Field Hockey High Performance program in the summer of 2014.

As a junior (2012): Played in all 20 games with 19 starts... Led the team with eight assists... Had a pair of assists against Northeastern and in the upset of No. 11 Iowa... Scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win over Ohio University... Dished out the game-winning assist against Ohio, Iowa and Villanova... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll in the fall and spring... Dean's List in the fall and spring... BIG EAST All-Academic Team member... NFHCA National Academic Squad selection.

As a freshman (2011): Played in 18 games with seven starts... Registered an assist in the Missouri State game... Selected to the NFHCA National Academic Squad... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll and was a Dean's Scholar in the fall and spring... BIG EAST All-Academic team selection.

High School: Played five years for coach Janice Dean... Two-year varsity captain... Earned first team all-section honors... First team all-star selection... Earned first team all-state honors... All-region first team member... Most Valuable Defensive Player (2008)... Also lettered in track and field and basketball..

Personal: Full name is Paige Justine Monsen... Daughter of Christine and Eric Monsen... Birthdate is November 15, 1993... Has two brothers: Eric and Paul... Major is chemistry... Post college ambition is to earn her Ph.D. in chemistry... Favorite athlete is Jamie Dwyer... Most people don't know that in eighth grade, she was classified as too small to play on the junior varsity team and had to fight the school board in order to play... Her proudest moment was going 10-0 at home in 2014... Best part about playing at U of L is the coaches, facilities and the family atmosphere.