Harleysville Resident and Drexel Student Christina Mastropaolo Named Semanik Award Winner

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(Left to Right) Long Island Resident and Drexel Student Scott Perri, Dr. Eric A. Zillmer Drexel Athletic Director and Christina Mastropaolo an additional recipient of the Semanik Award.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (06/03/2011)(readMedia)-- Harleysville Resident and Drexel field hockey player Christina Mastropaolo has been named a 2011 recipient of the Mary and John Semanik Awards. The awards are given to the outstanding male and female student-athletes who best exemplify the scholarship and athletic ideals of Mr. and Mrs. Semanik, the former Drexel directors of Athletics.

Mastropaolo closed out a field hockey career this season that will likely go down as one of the best in Drexel history. During her time in University City, Mastropaolo was a two-time NFHCA All-America selection and a two-time CAA Player of the Year. She led the Dragons with 14 goals and 37 points in her senior season and wraps up her career as Drexel's all-time leader with 60 goals, 19 game-winning goals and 146 points. Mastropaolo also holds the program's record for goals in a season with 29 and in a game with five. She was a Second Team All-American in 2009, a Third Team selection this past season and the only the second player in Drexel history to earn the accolade on more than one occasion. Mastropaolo's play elevated her team to multiple CAA Championship appearances and the team's first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2009, where the Dragons advanced to the Elite Eight.

For her career of achievement, Mastropaolo has also been recognized by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association and she represented Drexel in the Senior All-Star game. In addition, her performance in the classroom earned recognition as a two-time recipient of the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Field Hockey Performer of the Year award. She will graduate from Drexel with a degree in English.

The Drexel Athletics Department recognizes its top performers in the classroom and on the playing field every season at the Best of the Blue and Gold reception. Student-athletes honored at the reception included all-conference performers, league players of the year, Drexel scholar-athletes (3.6 grade-point average or above) and other academic and athletic awards earned during the 2010-11 academic year.