Erika Wachter

Position:
Back
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Egg Harbor Twp.
Hometown:
Egg Harbor Twp. , N.J.

2010: Appeared in 11 games for the Orange ... Earned NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad honors ... Named SU Scholar Athlete of the Week (9/26)

2009: Made appearances in both NCAA Tournament games vs. Boston College and Princeton ... Scored her first career goal versus Georgetown ... Made a pair of defensive saves against Ohio State ... Made her Syracuse debut at Northeastern ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters ... Earned NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad honors ... Named to the 2009-10 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2008: Redshirt ... Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters ... Earned NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad honors ... Named to the 2008-09 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School: Represented Orange field hockey at the National Futures Championship ... Selected to participate in USA Field Hockey’s High Performance Training program ... Was a three-sport athlete (field hockey, basketball and track & field) at Egg Harbor Township H.S. ... Scored 16 goals her senior season and helped lead team to a school-record of 18-2-2 ... Participated in the South Jersey Senior All-Star game in 2007 and in the U16 National Futures Championship in 2006 ... Was an Ocean City Indoor All-Star and Championship team member from 2004-07 ... Received first-team all-conference honors from the The Press of Atlantic City in 2007 and second-team all-conference from the AC Press in 2005 and 2006 ... Named to the All-South Jersey First Team by the Courier Post and to the All-South Jersey Second Team by the Star Ledger in 2007 ... Received the Unsung Hero Award from her team in 2007 and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born in May 1990 in Stratford, N.J. ... Daughter of Nancy and Michael Wachter ... One brother and one sister ... Majoring in broadcast journalism.