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2021 Field Hockey Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

33 Kelsey Farkas

  • Position M
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Merion Mercy Academy
  • Hometown Ardmore, Pa.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

 2021: Played and started in 10 games … Missed seven games due to injury …  First Team National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Mideast Region … Became fifth player in program history to earn All-Region accolades three times during her career … Named First Team All-Ivy League … Named to the CUFH Silver Anniversary Team … Recorded five goals and four assists …  Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week for second time in career on Sep. 7 … Scored final goal of collegiate career against Rider … Netted game-winner in a 3-2 victory at UAlbany … Began season with two goals and an assist against Davidson.

U.S. FIELD HOCKEY EXPERIENCE: Named to U.S. Development Team (Jan. 2020) … Two-time participant at Young Women’s National Championship.
 
2019: First Team NFHCA All-Mideast Region … First team All-Ivy League … NFHCA National Player of the Week and Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (9/16) … Led team in points (20) and tied for team lead with eight goals … Posted a goal against No. 15 Harvard … Tallied a goal and assist in win over Brown … Scored twice in upset win over No. 24 Maine … Registered a goal and assist in 4-3 triumph over No. 22 Boston University.

2018:
Second Team NFHCA/Longstreth All-Mideast Region … Second Team All-Ivy … Started all 17 games for the Lions … Had three assists and 12 shots on goal … Ended the season with three goals … Dished out two assists in come-from-behind win over Fairfield … Tallied first career score in win over Monmouth.

2017: Played and started in 14 games for the Lions ... Registered one assist and three shots on goal.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Merion Mercy Academy in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia … Four-year varsity letterwinner in field hockey … Named PhilaFieldHockey.com Senior All-Star, Pennsylvania First Team All-State, All-Main Line and Catholic Academy League All-Star following senior year …  Scored 13 goals dishing out four assists and making five defensive saves in 2016 … U19 National Futures Championship Selection – Region 5 … Earned a second-place finish with Team Athens at 2016 National Futures Championships … Two-time team MVP … Claimed a District One Championship and was runner-up in Pennsylvania AA State tournament in 2016 …  NFCHA High School National Academic Squad and Scholar of Distinction … Member of National Honor Society … National Social Studies, Math and French Honor Societies … Qualified for state tournament in 2013 and 2015 … Has played at Futures from 2013-17 … Member of Mystx Field Hockey Club … Won Regional Championships in 2016 & 2017 … Also played three years with the varsity lacrosse team, earning defender of the year honors as junior. 

PERSONAL:
Born December 7, 1998 … Daughter of Noreen and Bob Farkas … Has three siblings, Caitlin, Jack and Aidan … Mother, Noreen, played field hockey and lacrosse for Villanova from 1983-87 … Enrolled in Columbia College … Intends to major in Mathematics/Computer Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2017Graduate Student

    Midfielder
    5'6"
    33
  • 33

    2018Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'6"
    33
  • 33

    2019Junior

    Midfield
    5'6"
    33
  • 33

    2020Senior

    M
    5'6"
    33
  • 33

    2021Senior

    M
    5'6"
    33