ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10-27-23)
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- NFHCA Scholar of Distinction (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024) |
2024
- Played in 22 games and finished with nine points (2g, 5a)
- Assisted on game-winner in season-opener versus #20 Shenandoah
- Notched assist on game-winning goal at Washington & Lee
- Scored and tallied an assist in win over #14 TCNJ
- Scored in win over McDaniel
- Tallied an assist in shutout win at Dickinson
- Notched an assist in win over Marywood in NCAA First Round
2023
- Started all 23 games and finished with four goals and eight assists
- Led team, and ranked second in the Centennial, in assists
- Scored and assisted on another in win at #19 Ursinus
- Tallied an assist in win over Muhlenberg
- Scored in win at Haverford
- Scored and assisted on the game-winner versus Washington College
- Scored the game-tying goal and then assisted on the game-winner versus Bryn Mawr
- Notched two assists in win at McDaniel
- Tallied an assist in win at #24 Swarthmore
- Had an assist in win over #18 Swarthmore in Centennial Championship
2022
- Played 21 games and finished with two assists
- Tallied first career assist in shutout of Randolph-Macon
- Notched an assist win in over Gettysburg
2021
- Played eight games and scored one goal in rookie season
- Made collegiate debut in shutout at Bridgewater
- Scored first career goal in win over Washington College
At Manhasset
- Two-time captain
- Two-time all-state and all-county
- Named to All-Long Island First Team and Top 100 Athletes on Long Island as a senior
- Also competed on track and field team
- Earned all-county honors as part of 4x800 relay; all-district for 1500m and high jump
- National Merit Scholar
- Participated in Manhasset Science Research Program
- Peer Responder Mentor Program
- Executive board member of Student Senate
- Played five years with Lasting Legacy Field Hockey Club
- Congregational Church youth volunteer
- President’s Volunteer Service Award and Kiwanis Club Scholarship Award
Personal
- Ava Balacek
- Daughter of Gerald and Victoria Balacek
- Dean’s List student majoring in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a minor in entrepreneurship & management
