Big Ten Presents Field Hockey Players to Watch List

ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2024 Field Hockey Players to Watch List on Wednesday. Preseason honors were bestowed upon 13 student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten honors last season.

The Watch List also features four award winners from last season in Penn State’s Sophia Gladieux (Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year), Puck Winter of Rutgers (Defensive Player of the Year), Northwestern’s Annabel Skubisz (Goalkeeper of the Year) and Iowa’s Dionne van Aalsum (Freshman of the Year).

In addition, the Watch List is highlighted by five Olympians who represented Team USA at the Paris Games last month: Maryland’s Emma Deberdine, Michigan’s Abby Tamer, Ashley Sessa and Maddie Zimmer of Northwestern and Penn State’s Sophia Gladieux.

The 2024 field hockey season begins Friday with all nine schools playing this weekend.

BIG TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH LIST

NAME	SCHOOL	YR	POSITION(S)	HOMETOWN
Inés Garcia Prado ^	Indiana	So.	Midfielder	Madrid, Spain
Sydney Keld ^#	Indiana	Gr.	Back	Middletown, Del.
Yip van Wonderen #	Indiana	Sr.	Back	Heemstede, Netherlands
Mia Magnotta #*	Iowa	Jr.	Goalkeeper	Forty-Fort, Pa.
Milly Short #	Iowa	Jr.	Midfielder/Back	Worcester, England
Dionne van Aalsum +	Iowa	So.	Midfielder	Castricum, Netherlands
Emma Deberdine	Maryland	Gr.	Midfielder	Lancaster, Pa.
Josie Hollamon	Maryland	So.	Back	Delmar, Delaware
Hope Rose +	Maryland	Sr.	Midfielder	Dauphin, Pa.
Abby Burnett ^	Michigan	So.	Back	Zionsville, Pa.
Lora Clarke +#	Michigan	Gr.	Forward/Midfielder	Shaker Heights, Ohio
Abby Tamer	Michigan	Jr.	Forward/Midfielder	Whitmore Lake, Mich.
Maddie Lawlor #	Michigan State	Sr.	Midfielder	Shamong, N.J.
Carmen Pucheta	Michigan State	Fr.	Midfielder	Cordoba, Argentina
Ellie Rutherford ^#	Michigan State	Sr.	Midfielder	Edinburgh, Scotland
Ashley Sessa	Northwestern	So.	Forward	Schwenksville, Pa.
Annabel Skubisz +#*	Northwestern	Gr.	Goalkeeper	Houston, Texas
Maddie Zimmer #	Northwestern	Sr.	Midfielder	Hershey, Pa.
Katie Fichtner #	Ohio State	Jr.	Back	Harwood, Md.
Anne Marie Krebs	Ohio State	So.	Midfielder	Louisville, Ky.
Makenna Webster +#	Ohio State	Gr.	Forward	St. Louis, Mo.
Sophia Gladieux +#*	Penn State	Sr.	Forward	Boyertown, Pa.
Sophia Mannino	Penn State	Sr.	Midfielder	Doylestown, Pa.
Drew Taylor	Penn State	Sr.	Forward/Midfielder	Coatesville, Pa.
Guillermina Causarano +#*	Rutgers	Sr.	Midfielder	Salta, Argentina
Paulina Niklaus ^	Rutgers	Sr.	Midfielder	Mannheim, Germany
Puck Winter +#*	Rutgers	Jr.	Back	Deventer, Netherlands