Nov. 13, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina senior back Brooke Miller has been named to the 2006 Division I Field Hockey All-South Region Team, announced today by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA). Five other Tar Heels earned second-team honors.

Miller, from Hummelstown, Pa., served as a captain this season, her fourth as a regular in the starting lineup. An All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, she finished the year with a career-high 23 points (eight goals and seven assists), second on the team. As a first-team honoree, Miller is in the running for All-America honors, which will be announced on Nov. 20. Miller earned second-team All-South Region honors as a junior.

Tar Heels named to the second team were Illse Davids, a freshman midfielder from Cape Town, South Africa; Riley Foster, a freshman back from Fort Worth, Texas; Jesse Gey, a junior midfielder from Green Lane, Pa.; Brianna O'Donnell, a freshman goalkeeper from Collegeville, Pa.; and Britt van Beek, a sophomore midfielder from Den Bosch, The Netherlands.

NFHCA All-South Region:

First team - Denise Admiraal (Old Dominion), Lauren Crandall (Wake Forest), Marian Dickinson (Duke), Michelle Kasold (Wake Forest), Hilary Linton (Duke), Brooke Miller (North Carolina), Caroline Nichols (Old Dominion), Darcy Pinchbeck (Old Dominion), Dana Sensenig (Old Dominion), Inge Kaars Sijepsteijn (Virginia), Amy Stopford (Duke), Laura Suchoski (Duke), Christine Suggs (Wake Forest), Baillie Versfeld (James Madison), Jamie Whitten (Wake Forest), Caitlin Williams (Duke)

Second team - Daphne Admiraal (Old Dominion), Meghan Bain (James Madison), Gina Cimarelli (William & Mary), Illse Davids (North Carolina), Aileen Davis (Wake Forest), Riley Foster (North Carolina), Jesse Gey (North Carolina), Mia Link (Virginia), Cara-Lynn Lopresti (Duke), Shayna McGeehan (Duke), Brianna O'Donnell (North Carolina), Traci Rajukas (Virginia), Shannon Taylor (Richmond), Britt van Beek (North Carolina), Nicolien Van Nispen (Old Dominion), Melissa Walls (James Madison)