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6 Cassie Puhalla
Height: | 5-7 |
Year: | Sophomore |
Hometown: | Forty Fort, PA |
High School: | Wyoming Valley West |
Position: | F |
2007: Did not see action, while adjusting to the
collegiate game ... Before Brown: A three-year
starter on the field hockey team at Wyoming
Valley West, Puhalla also ran track for four
years and dove for one ... Earned Honorable
Mention All-State for field hockey as a senior
captain ... Helped to lead Wyoming Valley
West to both a District Championship and
a Pennsylvania State Championship in 2003
... Team also finished as District Runnersup
in both 2004 and 2005 ... Five-year
participant in USFHA Futures ... Named to
the Times Leader Best & Brightest in 2007 ...
Also named the Forty Fort Lion's Club James
J. McCulloch Outstanding Student of the Year
and a U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar
Athlete in 2007 ... Member of the National
Honor Society ... Graduated with high honor
with Distinction ... Personal: Daughter
of Dennis and Marianne Puhalla ...
Undecided on a concentration.