2014 Field Hockey
Roster
Federico, Michelle
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Jersey Number 27
Michelle Federico
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- First Year
- Hometown:
- Cheshire, Conn.
- High School:
- Cheshire
- Position:
- M
Bio
- 2015 ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad
- 2015-16 MAAC Academic Honor Roll
- MAAC Player of the Week (9/15/15)
- 2014 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- MAAC Rookie of the Week (9/23/14)
- Played in all 18 games
- Started 17 games
- Had 5 goals and 6 assists for 16 points
- Her 6 assists were most on the team
- Her 5 goals and 16 points were both second-most on the team
- Played in all 18 games
- Started 17 games
- Had 4 goals for 8 points
- Scored 2 goals in win over Georgetown
- Scored a goal against Old Dominion and Yale
- Started in 16 of the 20 games she suited up for
- Was second on the team with a career-best seven assists
- Also tallied a career-best two goals
- Was one of seven players in the Bobcats’ line-up to total double-digit points (11)
- Earned MAAC Player of the Week honors on Sept. 15
- Had an assist on the game-winner in a 2-1 victory against Yale on Sept. 6
- Scored in back-to-back games against Michigan State on Sept. 11 and Lafayette on Sept. 13…also had an assist on against Michigan State, factoring in both of Quinnipiac’s goals in a 3-2 loss
- Ran her point-streak to six games with assists against Maine on Sept. 17, Holy Cross on Sept. 22 and Hofstra on Sept. 25
- Had an assist in a 3-2 win against Sacred Heart on Oct. 16, setting up the game-tying goal before the Bobcats won in overtime
- Had an assist in Quinnipiac’s 5-4 come-from-behind overtime thriller against Fairfield on Nov. 1 to clinch a share of the 2015 MAAC Regular Season Championship
- 2014 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- Appeared in 16 games (11 starts) for the Bobcats
- Totaled one goal and one assist for three points to go along with four shots (three on-goal) in 815 minutes played throughout the 2014 season
- Honored as the MAAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 23
- Became the program's first MAAC Rookie of the Week winner while also becoming the first Bobcat rookie to win a conference rookie of the week honor since Danielle Allan was honored by the NEC back on Oct. 24, 2011
- Started the first nine games of 2014 before injuries forced her to miss some time midway through the season
- Tallied her first career shot while playing all 76 minutes against Lafayette (8/31)
- Registered her first career shot-on-goal while seeing all 70 possible minutes of playing time in a 2-0 win at Holy Cross (9/10)
- Scored her first career goal at home off a penalty corner against UMass Lowell (9/16)
- Fired a 70-yard pass up-field that resulted in her first career assist in a 3-2 road win over Vermont (9/21)
- Honored as MAAC Rookie of the Week (9/23) following her three-point (one goal, one assist) week against UMass Lowell and Vermont
- Started and played 29 minutes against Rider in the MAAC Semifinals (11/7)
- A local product out of Cheshire, Conn. who lettered in field hockey (four years), lacrosse (three years) and track and field (two years) at Cheshire High School
- Played field hockey for former Quinnipiac player and current Cheshire head coach Eileen Gallagher ’03 all four years of high school
- First incoming Bobcat recruit to ever have been named NFHCA National All-American (2013, First Team)
- Scored 20 goals and tallied 13 assists on her way to being named 2013 Connecticut State High School Player of the Year
- Led Cheshire to the Class “L” State Championship, two runner-ups, three Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) Tournament Championships and three SCC Regular Season Championships
- In addition to her NFHCA National honors she was also named to the Regional All-American First Team list
- Her numerous individual accolades in 2013 include First Team All-State, First Team All-SCC, Cheshire Field Hockey P.L.A.Y.E.R. Award, Team MVP, SCC Player of the Year, MOP of the 2013 SCC Tournament, New Haven Register All-Area MVP, Class L Player of the Game, CHSCA Player of the Year and Hartford Courant Player of the Year
- Incredibly accomplished in the classroom as she earned Academic All-American laurels, All-SCC Academic, 2013-14 Area High School Scholar Athlete and Hartford Courant Scholar Athlete
- “My one dream as a kid was to play field hockey at Quinnipiac; it’s been my goal for a long time.”
- Born and raised in Cheshire, Conn.
- Daughter of Michael and Maura Federico
- Has two brothers, Michael and Matthew, and one sister, Maggie
- Majoring in Nursing
- Spent summer (2017) shadowing an APRN as part of an experiential learning course, fitting in open league field hockey games as much as possible, and coaching field hockey camps for ages 6-18
- Lists "Parasitology" as the most interesting course she has taken at Quinnipiac
Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium Fall Drone Flight
Monday, July 07
Quinnipiac Athletics 2024-25 Highlight Video
Tuesday, May 20
FH vs. Sacred Heart (10.27)
Sunday, October 27
QU vs. ODU (10.25)
Friday, October 25
