| At Delaware: Expected to again start in the Blue Hen backfield. 2005: Named to second team NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region and to first team All-Colonial Athletic Association • earned UD Alumni Association Team Most Valuable Player Award • started all 19 games for the Blue Hens • led the team with nine goals and 20 points • scored both UD goals against Towson (10/21) and in the 2-1 win over Drexel (10/28) • scored the game-winning goal in overtime in the 2-1 victory at California (8/28) • other goals came against Pacific, Rutgers, VCU and William & Mary • posted assists against Rutgers and Lafayette • led the team with 46 shots • named CAA Player of the Week on September 12 and Wilmington Trust Best of the Blue Hens on October 29. 2004: CAA All-Rookie Team selection • appeared in 21 games and started 20 during her freshman campaign • assisted on a goal in the win over Temple (9/22) • registered 18 shots on the year.
High School: Two-time all-state selection at Pomperaug High School • senior All-State Most Valuable Player in 2003 • named to Danbury All-Area Team as a junior and a senior • Waterbury Republican All-Academic Team selection in 2002 and 2003 • named to all-conference team in each of last three years at Pomperaug • SWC final Most Valuable Player as a sophomore • also played lacrosse in high school • member of National Honor Society, student council, and high honor roll at Pomperaug.
Personal: Molly Christine Burke • born August 21, 1986 in New Britain, CT • daughter of Kenneth and Anne Burke • youngest of five children • human services major at Delaware with a minor in psychology. |