2019 Field Hockey

Mitchell Layton
Mitchell Layton
Mitchell Layton

16 Ella Arata

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • High School The Pennington School
  • Hometown Bridgewater, N.J.

Biography

2019: NFHCA Academic Squad ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 14 games for the Eagles ... Scored her lone goal of the season during the 4-1 win over Lehigh (10/5) ... Put in time during the NCAA Tournament Opening Round game against Fairfield (11/13).

2018: NFHCA Academic Squad ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 17 games for the Eagles during her sophomore season … Scored one goal during the 9-1 win vs. Lehigh (9/29) … Assisted one goal during the 6-1 win vs. Colgate (10/27).

2017: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 13 games with one start … Scored her first goal as an Eagle during the win over Towson (9/10).

High School: Played for The Pennington School under coach Wendy Morris ... Closed her career 28 goals, 23 assists ... Three-time NJ Field Hockey All-Prep First Team (2014-16) ... Two-time Central Jersey Field Hockey Coaches Association Honors selection (2015-16) ... Three-time Trentonian Times First Team All-Prep Center Midfield (2014-16) ... Also played for the Princeton Field Hockey Club under coach Mike Pallister ... Helped lead her club team to the 2016 National Field Hockey Club U19 title ... Two-time JPOL NJ Champion for U19 (2016) and U16 (2015) ... Team was undefeated at the National Field Hockey Festival in 2014 and 2015, and was the U19 Champion in 2016 with a 17-0-1 record ... Also played lacrosse in high school.

Personal: Daughter of Chris and David Arata ... David played soccer and lacrosse for Gettysburg, and Chris played field hockey at Gettysburg ... She has two siblings, Nicole and Gianna ... Nicole plays field hockey at Tufts ... Uncle, Larry, was an All-Ivy center at Princeton, uncle, Paul, played football and was a record-setting sprinter at Princeton ... Great-grandfather also played football for Knute Rockney at Notre Dame in 1926 ... She came to American because "Coach Steve was the only coach who expected total focus at camps, and taught the players instead of babysitting them " ... Biggest sports thrill was winning the club team national championship ... Craziest ambition is to go hiking on every continent ... Sports heroine is Mia Hamm ... Her advice to youngsters is "work on your skills at least five minutes every day" ... Title of her autobiography is "Yes, You Can Compost That!" ... Career plan is to be a self-employed consultant promoting best practices in sustainability for businesses ... Studying Business and Sustainable Management at AU.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Sophomore

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    5'5"
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  • 16

    2019Junior

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    5'5"
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