CLEVELAND, Ohio – Washington & Jefferson College junior
Grace Erhard (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) secured All-North Coast Athletic Conference Field Hockey Second Team honors when the league announced the 2026 all-conference teams and award winners on Monday (Nov. 9).
Erhard collects her first All-NCAC honor following her record-breaking junior campaign. The Mechanicsburg native broke the single season saves record with 152 saves. Erhard compiled 12 saves against Allegheny which surpassed the previous record of 146 by Heather Browne in 2003. Following the final game of the season, Erhard also eclipsed the 300 career saves mark.
The junior keeper ranks first in the conference in total saves (152), first in saves per game (11.69) and eighth in save percentage (.714). The junior captain also recorded her career-high in saves this past season at Kenyon with 19 saves.
Erhard currently ranks second all-time at W&J in career saves behind Heather Browne who saved 394 shots in her career. Erhard is 84 saves away from Browne with 310 career saves.
