Iowa, Maryland, Rutgers Earn Weekly Field Hockey Honors

ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Field Hockey Offensive, Co-Defensive and Freshman of the Week Award winners for the week of Sept. 12-14.

Offensive Player of the Week
Dionne van Aalsum, Iowa
Jr. – MF – Castricum, Netherlands – Bonhoeffer College

• Compiled three goals and two assists for eight points over the weekend, placing seven of 10 shots on goal (.700)
• Produced the game-winning goal — scored a minute into the game — in Iowa’s 5-1 win at Louisville on Sunday; also converted a penalty stroke for her 14th goal of the season
• Contributed a goal and assist for the 15^th-ranked Hawkeyes in a 3-1 win over No. 20 Miami on Friday
• Earns the Big Ten Offensive Player Award for a second-straight week and for the sixth time in her career
  

Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Alyssa Klebasko, Maryland
Jr. – G – Odenton, Md. – Garrison Forest

• Posted her 13th career shutout as No. 10 Maryland defeated No. 13 Saint Joseph’s, 1-0, Sunday in College Park, Md.
• Made a season-high six saves in a 3-1 victory against Penn on Friday
• Allowed one goal in 120 minutes of action on the weekend, helping Maryland improve its all-time record at the Terrapin Invitational to 22-2
• Is a first-time winner of the Big Ten Defensive Player Award
• Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Josie Hollamon (Oct. 2, 2023)
  

Co-Defensive Player of the Week
Puck Winter, Rutgers
Gr. – B – Deventer, Netherlands – Centre for Sports and Education

• Notched the game-winning goal 5:50 into overtime for No. 18 Rutgers in a 3-2 win over No. 16 UConn
• Anchored a back line that did not allow the Huskies to take a shot for the final 17 minutes of regulation and overtime
• Recorded her 26th career defensive save (second-most by a Big Ten player) on Sunday versus No. 11 Princeton; played every minute of both games on the weekend
• The 2024 All-Big Ten selection collects her third career Defensive Player honor
• Last Rutgers Defensive Player of the Week: Emily Nicholls (Sept. 2, 2025)
  

Freshman of the Week
Emily Nicholls, Rutgers
R-Fr. – G – Haddon Heights, N.J. – Camden Catholic

• Stopped 19 of 22 shots (.864) against two ranked opponents in 132 minutes of action
• Turned aside 13 shots in a double overtime loss to No. 11 Princeton, the most saves by a Scarlet Knight goalkeeper since 2015; also thwarted a penalty stroke attempt
• Made six saves in Rutgers’ 3-2 overtime triumph of No. 16 UConn, handing the Huskies just their sixth loss in 25 games
• Earns her second Big Ten weekly award of the season, having been named Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2
• Last Rutgers Big Ten Freshman Winner: Sophie Kuiper (Oct. 21, 2024)

2025 Big Ten Field Hockey Weekly Awards
Sept. 2
O: Makenna Webster, Gr., F, OSU
D: Emily Nicholls, R-Fr., G, RU
F: Jordyn Hollamon, Fr., M/B, MD
Sept. 8
O: Dionne van Aalsum, Jr., MF, IOWA
D: Juliana Boon, R-Fr., G, NU
F: Felicia Zonnenberg, Fr., MF, IOWA
Sept. 15
O: Dionne van Aalsum, Jr., MF, IOWA
D: Alyssa Klebasko, Jr., G, MD
D: Puck Winter, Gr., B, RU
F: Emily Nicholls, R-Fr., G, RU