ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2025 Field Hockey Players to Watch List on Wednesday. Preseason honors were bestowed upon 15 student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten honors last season.

The 27-member Watch List features three Big Ten award winners from last season in Northwestern’s Maddie Zimmer (Player of the Year) and Ashley Sessa (Offensive Player of the Year) and Josie Hollamon of Maryland (Defensive Player of the Year).

Zimmer, Sessa and Hollamon were tabbed All-Americans by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and are joined on the Watch List by returning NFHCA All-Americans in Abby Tamer (Michigan), Ilse Tromp (Northwestern), Makenna Webster (Ohio State) and Paulina Niklaus (Rutgers).

The 2025 field hockey season begins Friday with seven of the conference’s nine teams ranked in the Penn Monto/NFHCA National Coaches Poll. Defending NCAA champion Northwestern enters the season as the nation’s top-ranked team.

BIG TEN PLAYERS TO WATCH LIST

NAME	SCHOOL	YR	POSITION(S)	HOMETOWN
Inés Garcia Prado +	Indiana	Jr.	Midfielder	Madrid, Spain
Mijntje Hagen	Indiana	So.	Forward	Zeist, Netherlands
Emma Thompson	Indiana	Sr.	Back	Auckland, New Zealand
Mia Magnotta	Iowa	Sr.	Goalkeeper	Forty-Fort, Pa.
Milly Short ^	Iowa	Sr.	Midfielder/Back	Worcester, England
Dionne van Aalsum ^	Iowa	Jr.	Midfielder	Castricum, Netherlands
Ella Gaitan ^	Maryland	So.	Forward	Belvidere, N.J.
Josie Hollamon +	Maryland	Jr.	Midfielder/Back	Delmar, Del.
Alyssa Klebasko ^	Maryland	Jr.	Goalkeeper	Odenton, Md.
Abby Burnett	Michigan	Jr.	Midfielder	Zionsville, Pa.
Abby Tamer +	Michigan	Gr.	Forward/Midfielder	Whitmore Lake, Mich.
Claire Taylor	Michigan	Gr.	Back/Midfielder	West Simsbury, Conn.
Tatum Johnson	Michigan State	Gr.	Forward	Downington, Pa.
Lilian Knorr	Michigan State	So.	Midfielder	Berlin, Germany
Maddie Lawlor	Michigan State	Gr.	Midfielder	Shamong, N.J.
Ashley Sessa +	Northwestern	Jr.	Forward	Schwenksville, Pa.
Ilse Tromp +	Northwestern	Jr.	Back/Midfielder	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Maddie Zimmer +	Northwestern	Gr.	Midfielder	Hershey, Pa.
Katie Fichtner +	Ohio State	Sr.	Back	Harwood, Md.
Anne Marie Krebs ^	Ohio State	Jr.	Midfielder	Louisville, Ky.
Makenna Webster +	Ohio State	Gr.	Forward	St. Louis, Mo.
Ella Jennes	Penn State	Sr.	Forward/Midfielder	Aerdenhout, Netherlands
Anouk Knuvers	Penn State	Gr.	Back	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Sophia Mannino	Penn State	Sr.	Midfielder	Doylestown, Pa.
Anna Cogdell	Rutgers	So.	Midfielder	Badingham, England
Paulina Niklaus +	Rutgers	Sr.	Midfielder	Mannheim, Germany
Puck Winter ^	Rutgers	Sr.	Back	Deventer, Netherlands

+2024 All-Big Ten First Team
^2024 All-Big Ten Second Team

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