Clemente Earns Field Hockey Honor

Clemente Earns Field Hockey Honor
Senior Forward to play in North-South Game

11/14/2007 12:12:15 PM

TROY, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Michelle Clemente has been selected to play in the prestigious National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) North-South Senior All-Star Game. A forward, Clemente will play for the North team in the game, which will take place on Saturday, November 17, at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.

A senior forward from Rensselaer, N.Y., Clemente started all 16 games for the Red Hawks. She led RPI in scoring with 15 points on a team-best six goals and a team-high three assists. She had a game-winning goal and was tops on the club with 38 shots on goal. For her efforts, she was selected to the All-Liberty League Second Team.

The Columbia High School graduate, who was a captain, ranked in the top 10 in the Liberty League in several categories. She was second in shots on goal per game and fourth in total shots per game. Clemente had at least one goal in four games and at least one point in five. She was a multiple league All-Academic selection and was named the Liberty League Performer of the Week once.

Last season, the management and economics dual major had nine goals and three assists in 19 games. She finished eighth in the Liberty League in goals and ninth in points (21) and was named to the All-Liberty League Second Team.

As a sophomore, she tallied three goals and assisted on two more for eight points. In her rookie season, Clemente was second on the team in goals with five and was named Liberty League Rookie of the Week once.

Clemente finished her Rensselaer career playing in 68 games, scoring 23 goals and assisting on eight more for 54 points