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3:45 p.m., Nov. 25, 2002--University of Delaware sophomore field hockey player Erica LaBar has been named to the third team of the 2002 STX/NFHCA Division I All-America squad.
 LaBar led the Blue Hens in scoring with 31 points (11 goals and 9 assists) in 2002 after recording one goal and two assists as a redshirt freshman in 2001. She led Delaware in shots with 64 and also broke the school record for game-winning goals in a season with eight.
She becomes the 12th Blue Hen to earn All-America honors and the first since Jodi Byrd garnered NFHCA Second Team honors in 1998.
Earlier this year, LaBar was selected to the STX/NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team. Five fellow Blue Hens–seniors Kelly Coyle and Kim Wagaman, juniors Jessica Breault and Jessi Balmer and sophomore Leah Geib–were selected to the Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team.
On the All-America third team, LaBar joins Jen Ahn (Harvard), Tara Bedard (Maine), Annebet Beerman (Michigan State), Elizabeth Black (Princeton), Kelly Concini (Penn State), Nora Feddersen (California-Berkeley), Lauren Henderson (UConn), Stephanie Johnson (Michigan), Timarie Legel (Penn State), Kate McDavitt (Harvard), Claire Miller (William & Mary), Molly Powers (Michigan), Lauren Powley (Maryland), Sanders (Louisville) and Liz Tutella (Holy Cross).
Members of the first team are: Heather Aughinbaugh (Wake Forest), Colleen Barbieri (Maryland), Marcie Boyer (New Hampshire), Heather Conroy (Penn State), Kelly Doton (Wake Forest), Ilvy Friebe (Princeton), April Fronzoni (Michigan), Kristi Gannon (Michigan), Audrey Latsko (Syracuse), Tiffany Leister(Iowa), Angie Loy (Old Dominion), Natalie Martirosian (Princeton), Jill Martz (Penn State), Carissa Messimer (Maryland), Claire Miller (Princeton) and Tiffany Snow (Old Dominion).
Members of the second team are: Kelly Baril (Princeton), Sarah Broderick (Northeastern), Kelly Cochrane (UConn), Fior D'Alize Arrindell (Northeastern), Kelly Dostal (Wake Forest), Ann Ekberg (William & Mary), Vanessa Immordino (Ohio State), Helen Jerdan (Kent State), Meredith Keller (North Carolina), Melissa Leonetti (Old Dominion), Megan Monahan (Lafayette), Izzy Palmer (Maryland), Cory Picketts (Princeton), Sophie Roseleman (Michigan State), Carolyn Steele (Dartmouth) and Emily Townsend (Princeton).
Delaware finished the 2002 season with a record of 10-10, including a 4-4 mark in its first season competing in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Blue Hens were defeated 4-1 by William & Mary in the first round of the CAA Tournament on Nov. 9.
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