Iowa, Northwestern and Ohio State Collect Weekly Field Hockey Honors
ROSEMONT, lll. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Offensive, Defensive and Freshman of the Week Award recipients for matches played Sept. 1-4.
Offensive Player of the Week
Makenna Webster, Ohio State
Sr. – F – St. Louis, Mo. – Shattuck St. Mary’s
- Compiled five goals and two assists as Ohio State won both games of the Buckeye Invitational and finished 3-0 on the week
- Factored in seven of OSU’s 11 goals, scoring a pair of game-winners
- Extended goal-scoring streak to four contests while helping Ohio State (5-0) to its best start since 2006
- The two-sport athlete (ice hockey) receives her first Big Ten weekly award
- Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Sarah Charley (Oct. 10, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
Annabel Skubisz, Northwestern
Sr. – GK – Houston, Texas – The Kinkaid School
- Led Northwestern to a pair of wins against ranked opponents at the ACC/Big Ten Cup in College Park, Md.
- Shutout No. 17 Boston College for 70 minutes in Northwestern’s 1-0 overtime win on Sept. 1
- Made six saves against No. 20 Duke in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 3, finishing the week with an .846 save percentage (11-for-13)
- The Academic All-Big Ten recipient earns her third Big Ten weekly award
- Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Annabel Skubisz (Sept. 6, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
Dionne van Aalsum, Iowa
Fr. – M – Castricum, Netherlands – Bonhoeffer College
- Registered two-goal performances in wins over Fairfield (Sept. 1) and No. 19 UAlbany (Sept. 3) in Albany, N.Y.
- Needed just three minutes and 27 seconds to score twice against UAlbany
- Has scored two goals in four-straight games and ranks second nationally in goals (8)
- Honored with the Big Ten Freshman award for the second-straight week
- Last Iowa Freshman of the Week Winner: Dionne van Aalsum (Aug. 29, 2023)
2023 Big Ten Field Hockey Weekly Awards
Aug. 29
O: Emma O’Neill, Sr., MSU
D: Mia Magnotta, So., IOWA
F: Dionne van Aalsum, Fr., IOWA
Sept. 5
O: Makenna Webster, Sr., OSU
D: Annabel Skubisz, Sr., NU
F: Dionne van Aalsum, Fr., IOWA