2017 Field Hockey Roster

18 Carissa Gehman

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Holtwood, PA
  • Prev School Lancaster Mennonite H.S.

Biography

2017 Season - Senior
Started all 23 games at forward for the Falcons … scored a team-high and career-high 31 goals (seventh in nation), 73 points (sixth in nation), and 11 game-winning goals … all three marks are also second all-time in a single season in Messiah history … Gehman’s 104 career goals and 232 career points are both second in program history and tied for eighth and 13th, respectively, in Division III history … also tied for 10th in program history with 24 assists … scored a program-record five goals in a game in win over Stevenson on 10/7 … had a goal-scoring streak of 10 games from 9/20 to 10/21 in which she scored 20 total goals, including six games in a row with multiple goals … also had 3 assists in a game on 10/28 vs. William Smith … recorded at least one shot on goal in every single contest … MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Year … First Team All-MAC Commonwealth … NFHCA South Atlantic Region Player of the Year … First Team NFHCA South Atlantic Region … First Team NFHCA All-American … 2017 NCAA All-Tournament Team.

2016 Season - Junior
Started in all 23 games for the Falcons … NFHCA Second Team All-American ... NFHCA First Team All-South Atlantic Region … First Team All-MAC Commonwealth … NCAA Division III Tournament MVP … led team and conference and was second in the nation with 28 goals … led team and conference and was third in the nation with 62 points … scored in all but five games this year … recorded multiple goals in eight games, including two hat tricks.

2015 Season - Sophomore
NFHCA Second Team All-American … NFHCA First Team All-South Atlantic Region … First Team All-MAC Commonwealth … led the team with 19 goals … scored in all but six games … collected a career-high six assists.

2014 Season - Freshman
Appeared and started in 22 games this season ...Led the Falcons on offense with 26 goals and 54 points ... Her point total was the highest for a first-year Falcon since Danae (Chambers) Hollenbach scored 63 points in 2001 ... Named NFHCA/Longstreth Third Team All-America ... NFHCA/Longstreth First Team All-Region ... First Team All-Commonwealth ... MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year.

Personal
Carissa is from Holtwood, Pa. and attended Lancaster Mennonite School ... She is an Applied Health Science major at Messiah.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2014Freshman

    Forward
    5'5"
    28
  • 18

    2015Sophomore

    Forward
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2016Junior

    Forward
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2017Senior

    Forward
    5'5"
    18