Meg Dowthwaite

Class:
Senior
Position:
M/F
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Weybridge, England
High School:
Reed's School

Senior (2019)
• All-Big Ten second team
• NFHCA All-West Region second team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 19 games, starting 17 at forward
• Led the Wolverines with eight goals and 19 points
• Tallied a first-quarter goal in the NCAA first round at No. 4 Louisville (Nov. 15)
• Scored the overtime game-winning goal at 68:02 to push U-M past No. 18 Ohio State (Oct. 11)
• Scored two of U-M's three goals in a 3-0 win vs. No. 10 Wake Forest (Sept. 1)
• Served as one of three Michigan team captains

Junior (2018)
• NFHCA All-Great Lakes Region second team
• Appeared in all 21 games, starting 20, at forward
• Ranked second on the Wolverine team with 10 goals and 24 points
• Scored four game-winning goals, including in Big Ten games against #6 Penn State (Sept. 21), Indiana (Sept. 30) and #10 Iowa (Oct. 5)
• Netted the only goal in a 1-0 win at Penn State on a penalty stroke with just 1:53 remaining in regulation
• Also scored the go-ahead goal in a 2-1 win at Iowa at the 22:00 mark
• Posted two goals less than two minutes apart vs. Central Michigan (Sept. 16)
• Scored the game-tying goal late in regulation (at 63:28) in the regular-season finale vs. #21 Ohio State (Oct. 21), which U-M won in double overtime to clinch a share of the Big Ten title
• Tallied two goals in the postseason, a second-half reverse chip vs. #22 Northwestern (Oct. 28) in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament and the game-winning first-half tally vs. #10 Saint Joseph's (Nov. 9) in the NCAA Tournament first round

Sophomore (2017)
• Longstreth/NFHCA All-America second team
• NFHCA All-West Region first team
• All-Big Ten first team
• Appeared in all 24 games, starting 23 at forward
• Led the Wolverines with 46 points, posting 19 goals and eight assists
• Recorded three multi-goal games and eight game-winning goals
• Netted the overtime game-winner vs. No. 13 Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 11)
• Posted a first-half tally in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals vs. No. 10 Northwestern (Nov. 3)
• Scored two goals apiece against Liberty (Sept. 1), Ball State (Oct. 1) and Rutgers (Oct. 6)
• Scored Michigan's first and game-winning goal four times over a five game stretch, including at No. 3 Penn State (Sept. 24) and at home vs. No. 12 Stanford (Oct. 8)
• Posted a goal and a career-best three assists vs. UC Davis (Sept. 10)
• Opened the season with five goals over the first four games
• Scored the first and game-winning goal at the 35:11 mark in the season opener vs. No. 1 North Carolina (Aug. 26)

Freshman (2016)
• Appeared in all 20 games, starting nine
• Credited with two game-winning goals on the season
• Scored in 3-1 win at Rutgers (Oct. 7)
• Scored overtime game-winners in back-to-back contests against Iowa (Oct. 16) and at Northwestern (Oct. 21)
• Finished season with five goals and five assists

Prep
• Graduated from Reed's School (2016)
• Two-year member of Reed's School U18 first team
• Served as team captain as a senior (2016), leading scorer (24 goals) as a junior (2015)
• Attended St. Georges School for two years (2013-14)
• Contributed to a third-place finish at the 2013 National Schools Championship with St. Georges' U16 team
• Also a member of first team in netball and athletics

Club/Junior Team
• Played with Wimbledon Hockey Club (2013-16) and Surbiton Hockey Club (2006-13)
• Three-time National League Conference East runners-up (2014, '15, '16)
• Reached National Clubs Finals U14, U16 with Surbiton

National/International
• Member of the England Under-18 team
• Contributed to a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships
• Also played with England's Under-16 (2013-15) and Under-15 (2012) national teams
• Served as U16 team captain
• Has played in 34 international games and scored eight goals for England
• Helped the Saxon Tigers win the 2015 Futures Cup

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in general studies
• Born on February 18, 1998
• Daughter of Paul and Fiona Dowthwaite
• Father played soccer at University of Worcester; mother played field hockey at Kingston University
• Has a brother, Matt