Monmouth University Athletics

All-America and Northeast Conference Player of the Year Candidate... Team captain... Nationally ranked in ground balls... Leader of Hawks? strong defensive corps.

2002 (Junior): Started all 18 games for the Hawks... Earned first-team All-NEC conference honors for the second consecutive season... Ranked first on the team with 84 groundballs and 44 caused turnovers... Ground ball tally ranked seventh in the nation... Logged five goals and eight assists on the season... Started the season with one goal and one assist in loss to Virginia Tech (3/3)... Registered two assists in loss to Ohio State (3/11)... Tallied one goal and one assist in victory over Quinnipiac (3/24)... Scored 2 goals in win over Wagner (3/30)... Posted two assists in NEC semifinal win over Wagner (4/26).

2001 (Sophomore): Started all 20 games... Earned first-team All-Northeast Conference honors... Notched 10 goals, one assist and 11 points on the season... Ranked second on the squad with 55 ground balls and 28 caused turnovers... Logged one goal, four ground balls, two caused turnovers and two draw controls in Monmouth's first ever win over UMBC (4/7)... Tallied a pair of goals in win over Wagner (4/13)... Registered one goal, five ground balls and four caused turnovers vs. American (4/18)... Booked two goals in an NEC semifinal win over Mount St. Mary's (5/3).

2000 (Freshman): Earned NEC Rookie of the Week honors on two occasions... Played all 17 games as a freshman, including 15 starts... Logged 18 points on 13 goals and five assists... Ranked seventh on the team in goals scored and points... Tallied career high with five goals and six points vs. Central Connecticut State (4/12).

High School: Three-sport athlete at Eastern High School... Earned three letters in lacrosse... Tabbed an all-conference performer as a senior... Also named team's MVP in 1999... Garnered three letters in soccer and basketball.

Personal: Sister, Valerie, was a lacrosse star at The College of New Jersey... Daughter of Donna and Frank Cherill... Born Spetember 3, 1981... Majoring in math education.