Elon University Athletics

Career Honors & Awards:
-2014 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year
-2017 Second Team All-CAA
-2016 Second Team All-CAA
-2014 First Team All-Atlantic Sun
-2014 Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen Team
-2017 Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention
-2016 Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention
-Atlantic Sun Player of the Week | March 3, 2014

2017: One of three team captains…Played in all 20 games on the season, making 19 starts…Finished the season with 25 goals and 24 assists for 49 points…Her 25 goals finished third on the team and her 24 assists led the Phoenix…Her assist total also broke her own single-season program record for most assists in a single season and finished as the fourth-best mark in the CAA in 2017…Also finished with 13 ground balls, three caused turnovers and 14 draw controls…Scored a season high four goals against Vanderbilt…Notched three goals on three occasions against Campbell, No. 9 Notre Dame and Hofstra…Had four assists in games against Winthrop, High Point and Davidson and tallied three helpers against Drexel…Picked up a season high four draw controls in the NCAA Tournament against No. 13 Virginia…Prior to the season, was named a Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention…Earned Second Team All-CAA honors for the second consecutive year after the campaign.

2016: Played in all 17 games and made 16 starts…Led the team with 46 points, ranking sixth in the CAA with 2.71 points/game…Led the team with 20 assists and ranked fourth in the league with 1.18 assists/game…Second on the team with 26 goals…Scored a season-high four goals on two occasions…Tallied a season-high three assists in three games…Matched career-high seven points after four goals and three assists at Davidson…Recorded at least one point in 15 games on the season…Finished 8-of-15 in free position shots/goals…Picked up 18 ground balls…Claimed three draws and three caused turnovers…Recorded a season-high four ground balls at High Point…Ranked third in the conference with three game-winning goals on the season… Earned Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention…Named to the All-CAA Second Team.

2015: Team captain…Played and started all 16 games…Scored 17 goals on the season to finish third on the team…Led the team with 21 assists…Finished third in the CAA and 47^th nationally with 1.31 assists per game…Second on team with 38 points…Finished season with a 56.7 shot and 86.7 shot-on-goal percentage…Recorded an Elon single-game and a new career high with four assists against Kennesaw State…Posted a season-high three goals and set a new career high with seven points against the Owls…Tallied the game winner against William & Mary to give Elon its first CAA victory…Recorded an assist in 11 games…Third on team with 23 ground balls…Set a new career high with six ground balls at Jacksonville…Caused four turnovers and won four draw controls on the season.

2014: Played in all 17 games and made the start 16 times…Led the team with 22 assists and ranked second in the conference with 1.29 assists per game…Second on the team with 45 points on the season, including 23 goals…Seventh in conference with 2.65 points per game…Owned a 53.5 shot percentage and a 93.0 shot-on-goal percentage…Went 6-of-10 in free-position goals…Picked up 23 ground balls…Scored the game-winning goals against St. Francis and Longwood…Posted a career-high five goals against St. Francis in program’s first home game and win…Recorded a career-high three assists on three occasions…Scored the first goal in program history at No. 6 Duke on Feb. 7…Netted a goal in 12 games on the season…Recorded a goal and an assist in nine games…Grabbed a career-high seven ground balls at Coastal Carolina…Named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Week on March 3…Selected First Team All-Atlantic Sun and to the Atlantic Sun Freshmen Team…Named the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year.

High School: Played under Chris Robinson for nationally-ranked McDonogh, which has been ranked as high as first in the country…Helped team to four IAAM A conference championships…Named a 2012 IAAM all-star, senior game all-star and the Unsung Hero in field hockey…Helped field hockey team to a 2011 IAAM A conference runner-up finish…Captain of the 2011-12 JV basketball team…Played club for M&D lacrosse club…Editor-in-chief of the McDonogh yearbook…Representative for the Advisory Student Government…Member of the Alumni Executive council…Named to the honor roll and dean’s list all four years.
 
Personal: Full name is Sloane Amanda Kessler…Daughter of Craig and Jodi Kessler…Born on June 26, 1995…Majoring in strategic communications.