younger Hancock won three Class 6A
state titles at Edmond Memorial High and
was a consensus high school All-Ameri-
can.
All the while, that overpowering serve
kept getting better. Sometimes, when her
toss wasn't quite right, she would adjust
her form to compensate, and the ball
would spin wickedly as it zoomed across
the net. It was an accidental discovery,
but the spin gave opponents ;ts, so she
began doing it intentionally. "I was just
going with the eld ob-
served a?er the match, "We
had no o=ense when she was serving."
Hancock began to develop her serve
while growing up in Edmond, Okla. Her
older sister, Kelsey, was a talented vol-
leyball player who had been blessed with
what Micha called "a heavy arm." From
the start, Micha tried to emulate her sister,
who was three years older than she. Kelsey
would go on to play for the University of
Tulsa, and Micha nearly followed her there
before retracting her verbal
commitment following a
coaching change. The
ALYSON ACKMAN
SWIMMING
Ackman became the ;rst Penn State
swimmer since 2008 to claim ;rst-team
All-America honors when she ;nished
;?h in the 200 freestyle at NCAAs with
a time of 1 minute, 43.81 seconds. (She
was even faster in the prelims, setting a
Big Ten record with a 1:43.59.) The
sophomore from Montreal turned in
three additional All-America ;nishes
during the championship event. In her
two seasons at Penn State, she has been
recognized as an All-American six
times.
MADISON CYR
LACROSSE
The sophomore mid;elder from West-
minster, Md., led Penn State with 41
goals and tied for the team lead in total
points with 48. Cyr was named a third-
team All-American and was a ;rst-team
All-Conference honoree a?er ;nishing
;?h in the American Lacrosse Confer-
ence in goals and ninth in points. She
teamed with older sister Mackenzie Cyr
to help the Nittany Lions advance to the
NCAA tournament for the third consec-
utive season.
MAYA HAYES
SOCCER
Hayes wrapped up a brilliant career by
scoring a team-best 19 goals and adding
six assists. In the process, she moved
into third place on Penn State's career
scoring list with 71 goals and 21 assists
for 163 points. For the third season in a
row, she won All-America notice, as well
as ;rst-team All-Big Ten recognition. In
January, she was chosen sixth overall in
the National Women's Soccer League
dra?, becoming Penn State's second-
highest pick ever. Hayes is suiting up
this summer for Sky Blue FC, which is
based in her home state of New Jersey.
MAGGIE LUCAS
BASKETBALL
The senior shooting guard averaged
21.0 points per game and was named Big
H O N O R R O L L
Ten Player of the Year for the second
season in a row. She was terri;c from the
