By Carol Gralia, cgralia@patuxent.com

December 6, 2011 | 9:54 p.m.

The Howard County public school field hockey coaches recently made Glenelg senior Alyssa Parker their unanimous choice for Player of the Year. It is Parker's third consecutive Player of the Year honor. Her freshman year, her older sister, Lauriann, who won the award.

Named to the coaches all-county first team this fall were:

Forwards

Molly Fleming, Marriotts Ridge, senior

Meagan Guthrie, Glenelg, senior

Meghan Milani, Glenelg, senior

Katja Randazzo, Howard, senior

Tianna Wallpher, Mt. Hebron, sophomore

Kat Varga, River Hill, junior

Midfielders

Kelly Jones, Mt. Hebron, senior

Mary Kate Olson, Glenelg, senior

Emily Russo, Glenelg, junior

Pauline Shih, River Hill, senior

Defense

Lindsey Dewey, Mt. Hebron, junior

Alex Stroud, Centennial, senior

Anne Zabel, Marriotts Ridge, senior

Goalkeeper

Maddy Fisher, Mt. Hebron, junior