Shippensburg University Athletics

2018 (Junior): Named to the 2018 IWLCA All-Atlantic Region First Team, Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Team, and All-PSAC First Team after a historic third season with the Raiders…completed her first season as team captain starting all 17 games…set a school record with 51 caused turnovers, ranking third in the nation in caused turnovers per game (3.0)…posted 76 groundballs, the second-most in a single season in school history, ranking fifth in the nation in groundballs per game (4.47)…ranked third in SU single-season history and among the Top 10 in the conference with 67 draw controls…recorded at least one caused turnover in 16 games and multiple caused turnovers in 14 games, including a season-high six against Seton Hill and Jefferson and five against Edinboro and Millersville…collected multiple groundballs in 15 games, including a season-high eight against Mercyhurst and seven against Georgian Court, Kutztown and Edinboro…won at least one draw control in every game, including multiple draw controls in 15 games, including a season-high 11 draw controls against Bloomsburg…named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017 (Sophomore): Named to the All-PSAC First Team after being a vital member of a Shippensburg defense that allowed the fewest goals by a Raider team since 2012…finished second in the PSAC with 42 caused turnovers, one shy of the school’s single-season record…ranked eighth in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.6) and 10th in the PSAC in groundballs (4.6)…collected multiple groundballs in 13 games this season, including a season-high six against Kutztown…had seven caused turnovers against Alderson Broaddus and at least one in all but two games…earned her first collegiate point on an assist on the game-winning goal against Kutztown….totaled 46 groundballs and 35 draw controls.
 
2016 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact in starting all 16 games as a durable defender in her debut season…ranked second on the team with 22 caused turnovers, including a season-high three at Lock Haven and Bloomsburg…achieved multiple caused turnovers in six games and at least one caused turnover in all but two games…recorded 43 caused turnovers, including a season-high five at Lenoir-Rhyne, at Lock Haven and at Bloomsburg…collected multiple groundballs in 13 games and at least one groundball in all but one game…amassed 13 draw controls, including a season-high three against Edinboro.

Liberty High School: Earned multiple varsity letters for the Lions under head coach Randy Hawes…earned All-Carroll County Second Team honors as a junior…plays club lacrosse for Check-hers Elite 2015 under head coach Courtney Vaughn…also plays volleyball.
 
About Hertz: Full name is Valerie Antoinette Hertz…is the daughter of Carl and Stacy Hertz…majoring in marketing…has one brother, Hayden.