Fairfield University Athletics

General: A second-year Stag, who plays in the midfield and on attack … Off the Field: Undecided on her major … 2010: MAAC Rookie of the Week (4/19) …Played in all 18 games as a rookie, making starts in 11 of those games … Finished the year seventh on the team with 25 points, including 17 goals … Scored her first collegiate goal against Monmouth in the season opener … Made her first career start on March 11 at Quinnipiac, after scoring five goals in the first four games of the year … Had a career-best five ground balls in the MAAC Championship game, giving her 14 for the year … Also won 14 draws on the season and had three caused turnovers … Finished the season with 18 points in the final eight games … Had her first game-winning tally against Marist in the regular season, one of her two goals in the contest … Scored two goals in four consecutive games, and five of six, from April 9 through April 25 … High School: … Earned three varsity letters for coach Gary Chatnik's Flying Dutchman ... Posted 47 wins in her junior and senior seasons ... Netted 33 goals and 20 assists during her senior season, leading the squad to a New York State Regional Title and Section II Championship ... Was an All-America Honorable Mention as a senior, as well as being named a Troy Record All-Star and earning a spot on the NYSPHSAA All-Tournament Team ... Selected as her team's most valuable player as a senior ... A two-time Academic All-America ... Named Suburban Council First Team as a junior, as well as being selected as an All-Star by the Times Union ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Amanda Eileen Best ... Is the daughter of Anne Reed and Dale Best ... Has one brother, and a sister, Kayla, who is a member of the SUNY-Albany women's lacrosse team.