2017 Michigan Field Hockey Awards and Honors
10/25/2017 2:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
• Michigan Trio Named to NFHCA All-America Teams (12/5/2017)
• Trombetta, Swenson Headline Michigan's Big Ten Accolades (11/1/2017)
Katie Trombetta (Oct. 25)
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior Katie Trombetta earned national Defensive Player of the Week honors for her two-way effort against No. 8 Northwestern, No. 7 Louisville and Central Michigan over a five-day stretch. She anchored a defensive unit that allowed just 10 shots on goal through 210:00 minutes of play and earned a pair of shutouts. She also tallied the only goal in U-M's 1-0 win against Northwestern and added three assists between the Louisville and CMU games. » NFHCA Release
Katie Trombetta (Oct. 23)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior Katie Trombetta posted a goal and two assists in Michigan's wins against two top-10 opponents last weekend. She netted a penalty-corner goal against No. 8 Northwestern with just 9:11 remaining to propel U-M to a 1-0 win and clinch its outright Big Ten title. She followed with two assists in the Wolverines' 6-2 decision at No. 7 Louisville. She also spearheaded a defensive unit that allowed just two goals over 140:00 of play, including a shutout against the Wildcats -- Michigan's 10th shutout win of the season. » Big Ten Release
Meg Dowthwaite (Oct. 9)
Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week -- Sophomore Meg Dowthwaite netted three goals, including a pair of game-winners, for the Wolverines in their home weekend sweep against No. 20 Rutgers and No. 12 Stanford. She notched two goals against the Scarlet Knights -- her second straight multi-goal game and third of the season -- and followed with U-M's first marker against the Cardinal. Dowthwaite, who ranks among the conference's leaders with 13 goals, has scored in all but three games this season. » Big Ten Release
Katie Trombetta (Oct. 9)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior Katie Trombetta, U-M's veteran center back, headlined a defensive effort that allowed no goals, two corners and just four total shots over 140:00 of play in wins against Rutgers and Stanford. U-M held Rutgers without a single shot, while Stanford didn't get a shot off until the final 10 minutes of Sunday's game. Trombetta also posted three assists, including two off penalty corners in the Stanford contest. » Big Ten Release
Kayla Reed (Oct. 9)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Freshman Kayla Reed scored a goal in each of the Wolverines' weekend wins against Rutgers and Stanford. She converted on U-M's first penalty stroke attempt of the season against the Scarlet Knights and added a corner tip in the Stanford contest. She owns four markers in her rookie campaign. » Big Ten Release
Halle O'Neill (Oct. 2)
Big Ten Freshman of the Week -- Freshman Halle O'Neill tallied her first collegiate goal on a corner tip in the first half against No. 15 Maryland and added her first collegiate assist two days later against Ball State. As a defender, she also helped U-M hold its weekend opposition to just two goals and 11 total shots through 169:59 of play. » Big Ten Release
Sam Swenson (Sept. 27)
Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Sam Swenson netted national Defensive Player of the Week honors in recognition of her shutout wins at Ohio State and No. 3 Penn State last weekend. Swenson, who has not allowed a goal in four consecutive games, posted 15 saves over the road weekend, including seven against PSU's potent offense. Through the shutout stretch, Swenson has surged among the nation's statistical leaders; she now ranked third with a .824 save percentage and seventh with a 1.01 goals-against average. With the NFHCA instituting its national weekly honors this season, Swenson is the first Wolverine player to garner such an honor. » NFHCA Release
Sam Swenson (Sept. 25)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Sam Swenson earned a pair of road shutouts against Big Ten rivals last weekend, totaling 15 saves while allowing no goals through 154:40 of play. She tallied eight saves en route to a 1-0 overtime win at Ohio State on Friday (Sept. 22) before posting seven in a 3-0 decision at No. 3 Penn State on Sunday (Sept. 24). Swenson has recorded four straight shutouts and five in the last seven games, and she now leads the Big Ten in goals-against average (1.01) and save percentage (.824). » Big Ten Release
Sam Swenson (Sept. 18)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Sam Swenson posted four saves -- all late in the second half -- to secure a complete-game shutout in Michigan's 6-0 win against in-state rival Michigan State last Friday (Sept. 14). It was the Wolverines' second straight shutout win and third in five games, while the recognition is Swenson's eighth Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor and her second of the season » Big Ten Release
Sam Swenson (Aug. 28)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Sam Swenson posted a conference-best 14 saves en route to wins against a pair of nationally ranked opponents at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge last weekend. She boasted nine stops against No. 1 North Carolina and allowed just two goals -- both with UNC having an extra attacker in the second half. The Tar Heels converted just one of 14 penalty corners. She followed with five saves against No. 15 Wake Forest. All four WF tallies came on the corner attack. » Big Ten Release
Big Ten Preseason Honors List (Aug. 21)
Graduate student Esther de Leijer, senior Sam Swenson and senior Katie Trombetta were selected to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List. Swenson and Trombetta were named to the list for the second straight year, while de Leijer, who is in her second and final year of eligibility as a graduate student transfer, earned her first preseason nod after posting five goals and five assists en route to Big Ten All-Tournament Team and NFHCA All-West Region second team honors last season.
Swenson, the first All-America goalkeeper in program history, has ranked among the nation's top goalkeepers in each of her collegiate seasons. Last year, she finished eighth nationally with a 1.32 goals-against average and ninth with a .750 save percentage and contributed to five shutout wins, including three complete-game efforts. She enters the 2017 campaign with the third highest save percentage (.771) and fourth-best goals-against average (1.13) among the NCAA's active career leaders.
Trombetta, who earned NFHCA All-America third team honors last season, has been the Wolverines' field general and an anchor of the defensive unit -- splitting time at center back and center mid -- over the last three seasons. Over her tenure, Michigan has held opposing teams to just 1.3 goals per game, 8.5 shots per game and 4.9 corners per game. As a primary corner striker, she also owns 11 career goals, including give game-winners, and five career assists.
