Field Hockey | 11/6/2014 6:40:00 PM

Hempstead, NY – Hofstra senior forward Jonel Boileau has been voted the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and freshman Simca Schoen was selected the Rookie of the Year as the conference announced their 2014 All-CAA Field Hockey Team Thursday evening.

In addition to Boileau's and Schoen's major awards, Boileau and sophomore Claudia Marin Samper were named to the All-CAA first team, Simca Schoen and her sophomore sister Stella Schoen were named to the All-CAA second team, and Simca Schoen and goalie classmate Carys Swan were named to the CAA All-Rookie Team. Boileau was also named to the CAA Field Hockey All-Academic Team.

Boileau, a team captain for the Pride in 2014, recorded career-highs in goals (16) and points (38) and tied a career-high with six assists this season. She started all 19 games, recording multi-point contests 13 times and also notched two-game winning tallies for her team.

A native of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, Boileau, a two-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Mid-East Region selection, becomes the Pride's first-ever CAA Field Hockey Player of the Year award winner. She ended the regular season leading the CAA in in points, points per game (2.00), goals and goals per game (0.84).

Boileau, who also earned All-CAA honors for the third time and the second consecutive year on the first team, concluded her stellar career with 48 goals, 18 assists and 114 points which ranks third in goals, seventh in assists and fourth in points on the Hofstra career charts.

Boileau, a three-time NFHCA National Academic Squad selection, was also named to the 2014 CAA Field Hockey All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year Thursday.

Schoen, a native of Hamburg, Germany, started 18 of Hofstra's 19 games in 2014 and finished the year setting a Hofstra freshman record with 11 assists. That also led her team and tied her for the conference lead this year. She scored four goals to finish with 19 points which was tied for fourth on the team. Schoen was twice named CAA Rookie of the Week and netted two game-winning goals for the Pride. She was also named to the All-CAA second team as well as the CAA All-Rookie Team.

Boileau and Schoen are the first Hofstra student-athletes to win Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season since 2007 when wrestlers Charles Griffin and Lou Ruggirello won the Wrestler of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards, respectively.

Sophomore Claudia Marin Samper joined Boileau on the All-CAA first team. The Terrassa, Spain native recorded career-high numbers with 13 goals, eight assists and 34 points as a sophomore in 2014, placing second on the team in all three categories. Marin Samper ranked second in points and goals and sixth in assists in the CAA and tallied five points on two goals and one assist in games against Sacred Heart, UMass Lowell and Columbia. She also tallied two goals at Vermont and posted nine multi-point contests. She earned CAA Player of the Week honors on September 16. This is her first CAA post-season honor.

Sophomore Stella Schoen, Simca's older sister, earned her second All-CAA honor with a second team selection this season. Schoen, who was an All-CAA first team selection, a CAA All-Rookie Team pick and a NFHCA All-Mid-East Region second team choice in 2013, finished fourth on the team with six goals and seven assists for 19 points despite missing seven of the 19 contests early in the year with an injury. She tallied two goals and five points in win over Rider and posted a career-high three assists in win at Delaware. Schoen also recorded game-winning goals against Columbia and Towson. She earned CAA co-Player of the Week honors on October 20.

Freshman goalie Carys Swan started 17 of the 19 games that she played in as a true freshman. A two-time CAA Rookie of the Week selection, Swan played every minute in goal in CAA games in 2014. She ranked fifth in the conference in goals against average with a 2.42 mark, allowing two goals or less in 12 games, and was sixth in saves with 76. Swan, a native of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, won her first seven starts of the season and finished the year with a 12-6 slate. She made eight saves in a win over Maine and six in wins over Drexel and Yale. Swan also recorded five saves in five games and posted a 4-1 mark in those contests.  
 
The CAA also announced that James Madison senior defender Dana Allaband was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second straight JMU player to win the nod and just the second Duke since 2008 to win the award, and, for the second time in as many seasons, William & Mary head coach Tess Ellis shared CAA Coach of the Year honors, this time with longtime Northeastern head coach Cheryl Murtagh, who earns the award for the first time.