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Elly Buckley
Elly Buckley

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Scarborough, Perth, Australia

High School:
John XXIII College

Height:
5-11

Position:
Forward



04/12/2013

Looking Back on Spring Workouts

Head coach Michele Madison reflects on the team's spring scrimages and practices

03/07/2013

Cavalier Captains and Leadership Team

Head coach Michele Madison announces the team leaders

12/11/2012

Selenski, Madison Earn Top VaSID Honors

Paige Selenski named state Player of the Year for the third time; Michele Madison earns fourth coaching honor

11/20/2012

Selenski Becomes a Four-Time All-American

Selenski and Vittese earn first team All-American honors; Buckley named to second team

11/15/2012

2012 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-South Region Teams Announced

Virginia has four players earn first-team honors and two named to second team

11/11/2012

NCAA Field Hockey vs. Princeton (by Matt Riley)

NCAA Field Hockey vs. Princeton (by Matt Riley)

11/10/2012

NCAA Field Hockey vs. Iowa (by Matt Riley)

NCAA Field Hockey vs. Iowa (by Matt Riley)

10/01/2012

Field Hockey vs. St. Joseph's (by Matt Riley)

Field Hockey vs. St. Joseph's (by Matt Riley)

08/30/2012

Field Hockey vs. Richmond (by Matt Riley)

Field Hockey vs. Richmond (by Matt Riley)

2013
• Will serve as a co-captain

2012
• Longstreth/ NFHCA Division I Second Team All-American
• Longstreth/ NFHCA Division I All-South Region first team
• All-VaSID first team
• All-ACC
• Recipient of the Ralph Sampson Scholarship, awarded to a rising fourth-year student-athlete who has distinguished himself or herself during his or her intercollegiate athletic career at the University of Virginia • After playing as a forward her first two seasons, transitioned to playing defense
• Led the ACC with five defensive saves, seventh in the national rankings
• Ranked among the nation's leaders in goals per game and points per game all season, ending the year ranked 23rd with 0.77 gpg and 23rd in ppg (1.86)
• Will enter her senior season tied for seventh on the Cavalier career points list (133), in eighth place on the career goals list (53), and 10th on the career assists list (27)
• Second on the team in goals (17), tied for second in assists (7) and second in points (41)
• 17 goals is ranked seventh on the Virginia junior class top-10 list, 41 points is ranked eighth
• Had three assists in the win over Richmond (Aug. 29), the second three-assist game of her career
• Scored four goals against Towson (Aug. 31), her second career four-goal game
• Scored the game-winning goal in double overtime at Michigan State (Sept. 7)
• Scored a goal in both NCAA Tournament games, also logging a defensive save against Princeton
• Pre-season All-ACC selection
• Served as team co-captain

2011
• Served as team co-captain
• Tabbed NFHCA Second Team All-American
• First Team All-South Region for the second consecutive year
• An All-ACC selection for the second year in a row
• Named to the ACC All-Tournament team
• Played in all 20 games with 17 starts
• Scored 17 times and contributed 9 assists for 43 points
• Took 67 shots
• Had six multi-goal games
• Ranked fourth in the ACC for shots and goals, fifth for points

2010
• NFHCA Third Team All-American
• Named Second Team All-American by womensfieldhockey.com
• First Team All-South Region
• An All-ACC selection
• Honored on womensfieldhockey.com National All-Rookie Team
• Started 21 of the 22 games she played
• Compiled 19 goals and 11 assists for 49 points
• Scored four goals against Radford for eight points, both ranking on the schools' single-game best lists
• Pre-season All-ACC selection
• Her 11 helpers led the team
• Second on the squad behind Paige Selenski with 19 scores
• Her 89 shots also ranked second
• Recorded five game-winning goals
• Ranked fourth in the ACC in shots, points, goals and assists
• Scored four times to mark first career hat trick vs. Radford (Oct. 24)
• Had four multi-goal games
• Scored twice in NCAA games vs. Michigan State (Nov. 13) and Princeton (Nov. 14)
• Tallied three assists vs. Ohio State (Sept. 11)
• Named to NFHCA All-Academic Team
• Selected to All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

International/National

• Member of the U-16 Australian National Team

High School
• State representative and state captain
• Also captained John XXIII squad
• Played for Perth Club Permiers

Personal
• Daughter of Alan and Bernadette Buckley
• Has two older brothers: Aedan and Ben
• Has an older sister, Jemma, who plays field hockey at Maryland
• Enjoys tennis and wakeboarding
• Psychology major


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