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William & Mary Athletics

2021 Field Hockey Roster

20 Cara Menges

  • Position Midfield/Forward
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Government
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • High School St. Catherine's

Biography

2021
Finished her storied career as a three-time team captain ... Totaled 58 starts and 58 games played, with nine goals, 14 assists, 32 points, two game-winning goals, and nine defensive saves ... Tied for 10th in school history with her nine defensive stops ... Named Second-Team All-Region for the third year in a row, and repeated on the All-CAA First Team ... Also chosen to the CAA All-Tournament team, and to the NFHCA Senior All-Star Game ... Named to the NFHCA All-Academic Team for the fourth time ... Started 14 of the team's 16 games, missing two due to illness ... Third on the team with six points, coming on one goal and a team-high four assists ... Goal was the Tribe's lone tally against No. 16 Virginia ... Earned assists against Hofstra, Richmond, No. 20 Delaware, and No. 23 James Madison ... Ranked third nationally with a career-best eight defensive saves ... Total is tied for seventh-most in school history, and the most for any Tribe player since 2005 ... Earned a pair of defensive stops against No. 12 Liberty, and again against Delaware in the CAA Semifinals ... Also had a stop in three straight games towards the end of the season against Drexel, No. 20 Delaware, and No. 16 Virginia, as well as against No. 23 James Madison on Senior Night ... Including the tournament game, finished her career with a defensive save in five of the last six matches.

2020
Elected team captain for the second year in a row ... All-CAA First Team selection … Named to the NFHCA All-Region Second Team, becoming one of just 21 players in program history to earn multiple all-region accolades … VaSID All-State Second Team selection … Started all five games … Recorded five shots, three of which came on goal … NFHCA All-Academic Team … Earned W&M’s Provost Award for academic excellence … Garnered the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award … 

2019
Started all 19 games in the midfield ... Second-team All-Region ... First-team VaSID All-State ... Second-team All-CAA ... Was an honorable-mention pre-season All-CAA pick as well ... Tied for third on the team with 14 points on the season, most among all returning players ... Scored five goals and four assists, as well as a defensive save ... Picked up assists in back-to-back games against Monmouth and Vermont ... Scored a career-high two goals and an assist in the win over Georgetown ... Also had both a goal and an assist in the win over James Madison ... Scored the game-tying goal in the final minutes of the eventual double-overtime 2-1 upset of No. 5 Louisville ... Scored her final goal in the regular season finale against Towson ... Earned a defensive save at Old Dominion ... Totaled 46 shots on the season, second-most on the squad, and tied for the team lead with 27 shots on-goal ... W&M Provost's Award for having a GPA over 3.5 ... NFHCA All-Academic team for having a GPA over 3.3 ... CAA Commissioner's Award for the fall semester for having a GPA over 3.0.

2018
Named to the CAA All-Rookie Team after starting all 20 games in the midfield ... Scored three goals and six assists on the year ... Two of her goals were game-winners ... First winning goal came against VCU ... Also scored two goals including the winner in overtime against Northeastern in the regular season ... Named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Oct. 2 following that Northeastern game ... Also named to the SynapseSports.com National Honor Roll on Oct. 3 ... Earned assists against Old Dominion, Towson, Pacific, Drexel, James Madison, and the game-winning assist against Monmouth in overtime in the NCAA Opening Round ... Named an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction after carrying a GPA over 3.9 ... Also named to the NFHCA All-Academic Team, the CAA Academic Honor Roll, and to the W&M Provost's Award list ... Voted by her teammates as a team captain for the 2019 season.
 
Prep
Led St. Catherine's to the state semifinals as a senior ... First-team all-state each of the past two years after earning second-team honors as a sophomore ... Named first-team All-Met by the Richmond Times-Dispatch as both a junior and senior ... Participated at the YWNC each of the past four years ... Invited to the U16 Junior National Team Camp in 2016 ... Also played varsity basketball and soccer ... Led the basketball team to the conference title game as a junior ... Helped the soccer team to three-straight state championships ... Named first-team all-state as a sophomore and again as a junior (senior year season is still ongoing) ... Honor Roll each of the last three years ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Vice President of the senior class.
 
Personal
Daughter of Kim and David Menges ... Fifth member of her family to play college sports ... Sister, Erin, played field hockey at W&M and graduated in 2018 ... Brother, Sean, plays lacrosse at Richmond ... Mother played field hockey at William Smith College ... Father played ice hockey at Hobart ... Enjoys going to the beach and exercising.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2018Freshman

    Midfield/Forward
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2019Sophomore

    Midfield/Forward
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2020-21Junior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2021Senior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'7"
    20