Debbie Bell

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
F
Hometown:
Hamilton, New Zealand
Prev School:
Waikato
High School:
Waikato

2009 Sophomore Season

Longstreth/NFHCA All-West Region First Team … Womensfieldhockey.com Third Team All-American … First Team All-MAC … Ranked second in the nation with a 1.45 goals per game average … Tied for third in the country with 29 goals scored … He 29 goals were nearly double (15) the output by the next closest player in the MAC … Also adding five assists, totaled 63 points and ranked fourth in the country with 3.15 points per game … Equaled the NCAA single game high for 2009 with a five-goal game against Ball State (Nov. 1) … Her streak of eight consecutive games with at least one goal scored during the season was the second longest in school history (Elsbeth Vesterre, 10-1998) … Had five games with at least three goals scored and produced seven game winning goals … The 29 goals are the most by a MAC player this decade and the second most in Kent State history … Ended the year ranked fifth all-time at KSU with 50 career goals and eighth all-time with 109 points.

2008 Freshman Season

Made 15 starts in 22 games ... Named to NFHCA All-West Region First Team ... Awarded MAC Freshman of the Year and All-MAC First Team honors ... Led offensive attack with team-high 21 goals and 46 points ... Ranked eighth in the nation with 0.95 goals per game...also assisted on four scores ... Named to Womensfieldhockey.com All-Rookie Team ... compiled a shots-on-goal percentage of .624...earned a goal and an assist vs. Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament Nov. 7...found the net twice at Missouri State Nov. 1...was named MAC Offensive Player of the Week for a third time Oct. 28 after tallying a goal against Ball State Oct. 26 and two more scores and an assist against Miami Oct. 25...garnered second MAC Offensive Player of the Week distinction Oct. 7 courtesy of a two-goal, one-assist performance at Ball State Oct. 5 and a game-winning goal at Miami Oct. 4...lit up the scoreboard twice against Central Michigan Sept. 27...totaled career-high four scores and accounted for all of team's offense, including the game-winner, at #20 Albany Sept. 2 and scored once vs. Vermont Sept. 19 to secure first MAC Offensive Player of the Week honors of career Sept. 7...began collegiate career with a two-goal day against Saint Francis Aug. 30...scored seven game-winning goals.

Prior to Kent State
Member of the New Zealand Under 16 Team (2003-2005)...nominee for Waikato Secondary School Sportswoman of the year (2003,2005)...member of New Zealand Under 21 Maori Team (2006)...a two-year Captain for Wakaito’s First X1 Team, Bell was named the School’s most outstanding Hockey player in each of her last two seasons...graduated as class valedictorian

Personal
Born Jan. 10, 1989...is the daughter of Gerald & Shirley Bell...has one sister, Stacey...majoring in sport & exercise science.