KRISTI TROSTER

Athlete, North Penn High School, 2003

7 Varsity Letters: 2 Field Hockey, 2 Basketball, 3 Softball

2003 Field Hockey Tri-Captain & NPHS Co-MVP

2003 1st Team SOL All-League Field Hockey

2002 1st Team Inquirer, Southeast PA

2002 Times Herald Field Hockey Player of the Year

2003 SOL 2nd Team All-League Basketball

NPHS Basketball Co-Outstanding Senior, NPHS Outstanding Junior,

NPHS Co-Outstanding Sophomore Award

2003 Softball Captain and NPHS Co-MVP

2002, 2003 SOL 1st Team All-League Shortstop

2001 SOL 2nd Team All-League Designated Hitter

2002 Inquirer 1st Team All Suburban Shortstop

2002 Intelligencer 1st Team All Area Shortstop

2003 Inquirer 1st Team All Southeast PA, Softball

2003 Genuardi’s Most Outstanding Female Athlete Award

UMBC Female Scholar Athlete Award 2007

University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.S. Biology, 2008

Inducted 2013

Kristi was an accomplished tri-athlete at North Penn High School where she participated in field hockey, basketball, and softball. She received multiple varsity letters in field hockey and basketball and three in softball. Kristi was a key contributor on many successful teams, each of the teams she contributed to received District 1 playoff berths with several continuing on to states. She earned all league honors in each of her 7 varsity seasons, All South Eastern PA 1st team in 2 seasons, and 1 Player of the Year award.

Her interest in sports was cultivated at an early age by her supportive and athletic parents. Kristi’s mother, Freddi Troster, was an outstanding high school field hockey player. Her father, Barry Troster, is a past inductee of the NPAAA Hall of Fame after starring in both basketball and baseball at North Penn and Ursinus College. It is no surprise the passion and love her parents share for athletics were instilled in their daughter Kristi.

Upon graduating from North Penn in 2003, she continued to excel in both field hockey and softball at Division I University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and in the classroom. Kristi lettered 4 years in field hockey team where she started all 64 games in her career. She is ranked 4th all-time for both career goals and total points in UMBC history and was named to the America East All Rookie Team in 2003 and to the America East 2nd team All League in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Kristi was named Tri-captain and Co-MVP in both 2005 and 2006 and was named to the National D1 Academic Squad in each of her 4 seasons. She was named to the inaugural America East All Academic Field Hockey Team in 2005. In 2006 Kristi was a repeat honoree. She was a member of the softball team in 2003 and in 2007. In 2007 she named a starting outfield, batted .301 on a team which finished 2nd overall in the America East. In each of her six competitive seasons at UMBC, she earned the America East Honor Roll for a GPA of 3.0 or better and in 4 of those seasons earned the commissioners honor roll with a GPA of 3.5 or better. Kristi was named the 2007 UMBC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and graduated with a BS in Biology.

Kristi resides in Ocean City, NJ and teaches biology at Egg Harbor Township High School in Egg Harbor, NJ. She coaches softball at Egg Harbor Township and is an assistant field hockey coach at Division III Richard Stockton College in Pomona, NJ.