COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College field hockey senior Joelle Cameron (West Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater) was among 36 student-athletes chosen for the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II Senior Team on Thursday.
Cameron, who was named Northeast 10 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year two weeks ago, was one of 16 NE10 players selected for the NFHCA Senior Team. The accolade serves to honor the breadth of standouts seniors' careers and accomplishments, both on and off the field. Cameron is the 26th Purple Knight to earn a senior recognition from the NFHCA in the past 19 years.
Cameron broke a 22-year-old NCAA Division II record with 429 saves this fall, the most by a goalkeeper in any of the NCAA's three divisions since 1997. Along the way, she also surpassed long-standing NE10 (2003) and program (1988) records for season saves. Cameron's 604 career saves are another school standard, put her 10th in NE10 annals, and are the most by all active NCAA goalkeepers. She will graduate tied for ninth in Saint Michael's history with a .830 career save percentage after averaging an NCAA-high 25.2 saves per game this season alone.
Along with setting saves records, Cameron leads Division II in save percentage (.835), leaving her 15th across all three divisions. In league play, that figure rises to .860. The captain owns the top five game save totals in Division II this season and eight of the best nine. On Sept. 7 against defending national runner-up Kutztown University, Cameron tied a 33-year-old Division II record with 45 saves, also surpassing a 44-year-old school mark and a 24-year-old league standard. Just 10 days later, she reset all records with another 48 stops against defending national champion Saint Anselm College. Cameron added back-to-back 34-save outings in mid-October.