2017 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Kelsey Farkas
- Position:
- MF
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Merion Mercy Academy
- Hometown:
- Ardmore, Pa.
- School:
- Columbia College
- Major:
- Economics
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.
