Four years ago the Lady Colonels field hockey team welcomed Alyssa Koncelik from East Islip, NY. Despite missing three games on the season due to injury, Koncelik was the team’s leading scorer; however her achievements off the field also make her a standout on campus.
Koncelik contributed for 14 goals and four assists this season with the Lady Colonels. She was also named Freedom Conference Player of the Week on September 26, 2008. Six of Koncelik’s goals last season were game winners for a team that went 18-4 on the season.
Aside from her success on the field, Koncelik is a double major in communication studies and integrative media. She has also been the director of Wilkes World, the weekly news magazine show produced by Wilkes students in the Shelburne Telecommunications Center, and this year was the co-president of Studio 20, which creates still and motion graphics for clients in the integrative media lab.
"I had to learn time management very quickly. Being active on campus kept me structured. Almost everyday I had a set schedule," Koncelik said of how she was able to maintain a balance between athletics, academics and extra-curricular activities.
In her freshman year, Koncelik also played on the Lady Colonel’s lacrosse team and this spring has taken on the role as assistant coach of Dallas High School’s women’s club lacrosse team.
In addition, Koncelik has completed three internships while at Wilkes. In the fall of her junior year she interned with WBRE before joining the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins for the spring. Finally, Koncelik scored her last internship with the United States Olympic Committee and moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado last summer to help produce athlete spotlights, among other projects.
"My time in Colorado was very valuable. I was able to make videos and graphics which were seen across the nation as the 2008 Summer Olympics approached," Koncelik said.
Upon graduation, Koncelik will be returning the Long Island in hopes of securing a job in motion graphics.
Other standout fall senior athletes:
Football: Josh George
Women’s Soccer: Jessica Berkey
Volleyball: Kathy Harrington
Cross Country: Tom Larrabee
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