CENTERVILLE, Mass. – Endicott defender Caitlin Peters (Salem, N.H.) continues to garner honors after her senior season, as Thursday she was named Division III New England Defensive Player of the Year and a regional All Star by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Peters was named an ECAC All Star for the third year, after also being selected in her freshman and junior seasons. She is one of only fourteen student-athletes in New England recognized on this list, which includes five defenders, four midfielders, four forwards and one goalkeeper.
For Endicott, this is the first ECAC Player of the Year award collected by the women's soccer program.
Peters has already been named Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. She was the top vote-getter among all defenders to play in the New England Woman's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA) Senior Bowl, and was most recently named National Soccer Coaches Association (NSCAA) All-Region First Team. Peters is also a stand-out student, and was picked for the First Team of the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District program.
The central defender and two-year co-captain of the Gulls anchored a back-line that posted twelve shutouts in 2012, while also scoring the first two goals of her career, both of them game-winners. She led a defense that allowed only twelve goals against all season, only three of them in conference play.
Peters is joined by Salve Regina's Kaitlyn Birrell as the only two players to represent the CCC on the ECAC's all star list.
Division III New England
Offensive Player of the Year: Krista Ledin, Sr., F, UMass Boston
Defensive Player of the Year: Caitlin Peters, Sr., B, Endicott College
Rookie of the Year: Mallory Costello, Fr., F, Castleton State College
Defender
Vicky DiNatale Sr. Springfield College
Jordan Muse Sr. Wheaton College
Andrea Park Sr. MIT
Caitlin Peters Sr. Endicott College
Alec Spivack So. Brandeis University
Midfield
Caitlyn Clark Sr. Williams College
Lauren Corigliano So. Wheaton
Ariana D'Aurio Jr. Western Connecticut State University
Kathryn Nathan Sr. Amherst College
Forward
Kaitlyn Birrell Sr. Salve Regina University
Emily Kuo Sr. MIT
Krista Ledin So. UMass Boston
Bridget Lynch So. Lasell College
Goalkeeper
Melissa Dodge Fr. St. Joseph University (Conn.)