Tamer, Clarke Garner NFHCA All-America Honors
12/17/2024 2:29:00 PM | Field Hockey
GENEVA, N.Y. -- University of Michigan field hockey team graduate student Lora Clarke and senior/junior Abby Tamer were named to National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I All-America teams, the NFHCA announced Tuesday (Dec. 17). Tamer was selected to the first team, while Clarke earned second-team accolades.
Michigan has had an All-American on its roster in 27 of the last 28 years and boasted 34 different All-Americans -- combining for 53 total honors -- in its 52-year program history. It is the 15th time in program history that Michigan boasted multiple All-America selections.
Tamer is the 16th different U-M player in program history to garner first-team honors and the seventh in 10 seasons. She led the Wolverines in scoring with 12 goals, 14 assists and 38 points -- career highs in all three categories. She finished the season ranked eighth nationally and second in the Big Ten with 0.65 assists per game and ranked 12th with 1.84 points per game.
Tamer returned to the Wolverine lineup after Olympic redshirting the 2023 season and playing with Team USA in Paris, where she led the red, white and blue with two goals. One of three team captains this season, Tamer was also one of eight unanimous selections on the All-Big Ten first team and is a two-time NFHCA All-Region honoree.
Clarke wraps her collegiate career as a two-time NFHCA All-American, adding this fall's second-team nod to her third-team selection last year. She posted three goals and nine assists as one of U-M's primary corner inserters. She was named the Big Ten Tournament Outstanding Player, notably scoring a goal against Maryland, assisting on the last-second game-tying goal and converting in the shootout.
A two-time Michigan team captain, Clarke started 83 of 95 total games played at Michigan and boasted 24 career goals, 26 assists and 74 points. She also claimed All-Big Ten and All-West Region first-team honors in each of her final two seasons. She is the 15th Wolverine in program history to earn multiple All-America honors.
