Bucknell University Athletics
Ella Payer Named to Academic All-Patriot League Women’s Lacrosse Team
5/4/2022 3:02:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Junior defender Ella Payer earned her second postseason honor of the week on Wednesday when she was selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team. Two days earlier Payer earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors for the second year in a row.
Payer, who was elected team co-captain as a junior, became Bucknell's first two-time All-Patriot League selection since Annie Gilbertson earned Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017. Payer was one of the league's top defenders all season, and she also excelled on the draw circle.
A starter in all 16 games this season, Payer ranked third in the Patriot League in caused turnovers per game (1.38) and sixth in draw controls per game (5.13). In the final game of the season at Holy Cross, Payer shattered the school record with 15 draw controls in a single game. Her 82 draw controls this season are tied for second-most in team history, and she will enter her senior campaign ranked sixth in school history with 119 career draw controls.
Payer has also excelled off the field, where she has maintained a 3.79 cumulative grade-point average as a markets, innovation, and design major, with a minor in environmental studies and a concentration in women's studies.
Payer was one of 100 national finalists for the 2022 MADE Program, selected by the ANA Educational Foundation and based on faculty recommendation. A Dean's List student in every semester at Bucknell thus far, Payer was selected as a 2022 Global Marketing Intern with Shiseido Americas, one of the world's top cosmetics companies, with the Tory Burch Fragrance team.
Payer is one of the women's lacrosse representatives on the Bucknell Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and she was one of two student-athletes from her team selected to the Igniting Leaders group in the Bucknell Athletics Leadership Institute.
Loyola's Elli Kluegel was selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was joined on the Academic All-Patriot League Team by teammates Kaitlyn Larsson, Sam Fiedler, Katie Detwiler, Livy Rosenzweig, and Jillian Wilson, along with Payer, American's Sarah Boney, Army's Ceara Sweeney, Boston University's Jennifer Barry, Colgate's Cara O'Reilly, Lafayette's Katie Chiasson, Lehigh's Gabby Schneider, and Navy's Reagan Roelofs.
Payer, who was elected team co-captain as a junior, became Bucknell's first two-time All-Patriot League selection since Annie Gilbertson earned Second Team honors in 2016 and 2017. Payer was one of the league's top defenders all season, and she also excelled on the draw circle.
A starter in all 16 games this season, Payer ranked third in the Patriot League in caused turnovers per game (1.38) and sixth in draw controls per game (5.13). In the final game of the season at Holy Cross, Payer shattered the school record with 15 draw controls in a single game. Her 82 draw controls this season are tied for second-most in team history, and she will enter her senior campaign ranked sixth in school history with 119 career draw controls.
Payer has also excelled off the field, where she has maintained a 3.79 cumulative grade-point average as a markets, innovation, and design major, with a minor in environmental studies and a concentration in women's studies.
Payer was one of 100 national finalists for the 2022 MADE Program, selected by the ANA Educational Foundation and based on faculty recommendation. A Dean's List student in every semester at Bucknell thus far, Payer was selected as a 2022 Global Marketing Intern with Shiseido Americas, one of the world's top cosmetics companies, with the Tory Burch Fragrance team.
Payer is one of the women's lacrosse representatives on the Bucknell Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and she was one of two student-athletes from her team selected to the Igniting Leaders group in the Bucknell Athletics Leadership Institute.
Loyola's Elli Kluegel was selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was joined on the Academic All-Patriot League Team by teammates Kaitlyn Larsson, Sam Fiedler, Katie Detwiler, Livy Rosenzweig, and Jillian Wilson, along with Payer, American's Sarah Boney, Army's Ceara Sweeney, Boston University's Jennifer Barry, Colgate's Cara O'Reilly, Lafayette's Katie Chiasson, Lehigh's Gabby Schneider, and Navy's Reagan Roelofs.
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