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Amy Hood was a four-year starter for and the first legitimate star of a lacrosse program launched only four years before she first suited up for the Crimson Hawks.
Hood led IUP in scoring in each of her last three seasons, graduated as the program's all-time leader in goals (136) and points (172), and was a three-time All-PSAC selection. She served as a team captain as both a junior and a senior.
A midfielder, Hood scored a then-school-record 41 goals as a sophomore in 2003, then eclipsed her own mark with 43 in 2004. She added 10 assists for 53 points, another school record. Hood shared team scoring honors with Jackie Rutkowski in 2005, when she totaled 27 goals and added a career-best 13 assists for 40 points.
Hood, a 2005 grad who earned a Master of Education degree in health and physical education at IUP in 2008, ranks fifth in career goals and eighth in points and is tied for 12th in assists (36). Her 43-goal total as a senior is still good for 16th in program history.
She also earned three letters as a member of IUP's nationally prominent field hockey team, boosting her career total to seven. Hood played at forward on the 2004 team that finished 18-5—the school record for victories in a season—earned runner-up honors in the PSAC tournament to eventual national champion Bloomsburg and advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the first time in program history.
Hood and her husband, Matt Vansant, reside in Loxahatchee, Fla. She is employed as a physical education teacher and girls' lacrosse coach at William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens.
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