Former Canton Standout Elected to CT Field Hockey Hall of Fame

CANTON, CT — A former college field hockey standout from Canton will join eight other honorees as members of the Class of 2018 of the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame.

Sharon Eifes Lawrence, a 1992 Canton High School graduate, is being inducted as a college player. At Boston University, she tallied 14 career goals while a member of two conference championship teams, and earned a plethora of athletic and academic awards, including All-American honors, with the Terriers.

Other honorees are:

• Lisa (Scavotto) Capogna, Enfield High School, high school player
• Heather (Waters) Casinghino, Nonnewaug High School, high school player
• Jennifer (Martha) McCallum, Cheshire High School, high school player
• Sandy Wickman Mason, Granby Memorial High School, high school coach
• Cheri (Herr) Schulz, UConn, college coach
• Paul Caddy, UConn, college coach
• Nelle Jennings Andrews, Farmington High School, honorary
• Dani Brown, Norwalk, umpire

Tickets to the Hall of Fame dinner, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, are available by contacting Terri Ziemnicki at hockeycoachtaz@cox.net.

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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