Seven New Golden Flashes to Join Field Hockey in 2015
12/4/2014 1:20:00 PM | Field Hockey
Head Coach Kathleen Wiler has announced the signing of seven student-athletes to join Kent State's field hockey program in 2015.
Joining the Golden Flashes for next season will be Aileen Ahlers (Yorktown, Va.), Jessica Apelt (Hilliard, Ohio), Emily Carbone (Berlin, N.J.), Carlotta Duckwitz (Bremen, Germany), Katelyn Keller (Elizabethtown, Pa.), Carolyn Sloss (Pequea, Pa.) and Courtney Weise (Oley, Pa.).
Ahlers is a four-year letterwinner at Grafton High School where the team was district runner-up in 2014 and was state runner-up in 2011. She earned First Team All-Region and First Team All-District honors as a senior playing midfield. Ahlers also played for Focus Field Hockey and lettered four years in soccer and one in track.
Apelt is a forward out of Hilliard High School that doesn't have a varsity field hockey team. However, Apelt had 48 goals and 40 assists in her four-year career with Columbus Coyotes Field Hockey Club. The team posted a program-best record of 10-2 in 2014 with Apelt as the captain, MVP and Senior All-Star.
Carbone has been apart of four state championships as a forward at Eastern Regional High School. The team also won a tournament championship in 2011, 2013 and 2014. She has seven goals and one assist an upperclassman. Carbone also suited up for the Spirit of USA club team.
Duckwitz is the lone international signee in Kent State's newest recruiting class. She has been part of the Bremer Hockey Club that won the league title in 2014 and was promoted in both 2012 and 2014. Duckwitz was also a part of the U18 German National Championships in 2012 and 2013. Her international experience is vast, as she also lived in New Zealand for six months in 2012 and played for the U18 team that placed 4th at the National Hockey Tournament.
Keller has played 79 games in goal at Elizabethtown Area High School with 409 saves, 28.5 shutouts and an 81.5% save percentage in her four-year goalkeeping career. She was a First Team All-Star and an All-League honoree as a senior and earned All-State honorable mention her junior year. Keller also played for Sutter's Brigade club team.
Sloss played defense at a prominent program at Penn Manor High School that has won the sectional championship every year since 2007 and the league championship every year since 2011. Sloss was both a First Team All-League All-Star on defense and also an Academic All-Star her senior year. She also played for the club team Spooky Nook that was the National Hockey Festival champion 2011-2013.
The final signee of the class, Weise played midfield/back at Oley Valley High School with 11 career goals and 10 assists. The team had a 23-2-2 record in 2014 and won the division and county championship while moving on to be the district runner-up and a state semifinalist. Weise was an All-Division honoree as a senior and also played for the X-Calibur Field Hockey Club. She was a part of the U16 Festival Championship team in 2013 and the U19 runner-up team at the National Club Championships in 2014.
The seven newcomers will help replace six seniors that Kent State will lose to graduation this year. The Golden Flashes will have a strong contingent of returning players that will try to repeat as conference and tournament champions in 2015.
