Presented by Skillz Machine, this is the only ranking system of Division I field hockey teams and conferences that uses the world-renowned ELO ranking methodology. Rankings are updated daily. BolsterFieldHockey.com's STATS CENTRAL provides team rankings, power rankings, conference strengths, and a look at which teams are performing best (and worst) when playing at home and away. Cover photograph by Jared Anderson / JDA Photography.
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2022 FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
2022 FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
December 16, 2022
Bolster Field Hockey is pleased to announce the NCAA Division I 2022 FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR award winner.
2022 FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SKILLZMACHINE: As an attacker with the University of North Carolina, Ryleigh Heck finished the season with 18 goals, 2 assists, and a national championship. Her goals per game average for the 2022 season was 0.86, tied for 7th among all Division I players. Heck's selection was supported by the fact that the Tar Heels played the third most difficult schedule in Division I field hockey. Other collegiate awards included being named the ACC Freshman of the Year, All-NCAA Tournament Team and All-ACC Tournament Team. During the 2022 regular season, Heck was a two-time National Offensive Player of the Week and was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week once.
Heck is a member of the U.S. National Women's Outdoor and Indoor Teams. She graduated from Eastern High School, Voorhees, NJ, and played club hockey with W.C. Eagles.
The Bolster Field Hockey Player of the Year award is presented by SkillzMachine, SkillzMachine.com, a training platform that helps field hockey and ice hockey athletes improve neural pathways, muscle memory, stick speed, and ball/puck control actions.
2022 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2022 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
December 16, 2022
Bolster Field Hockey is pleased to announce the NCAA Division I 2022 PLAYER OF THE YEAR award winner.
2022 PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SKILLZMACHINE: As an attacker with the University of North Carolina, Erin Matson finished the season with 28 goals, 10 assists, and a national championship. Her goals per game average of 1.33, tied Matson for first in the nation. Underscoring her accomplishments is that her team played the third most difficult schedule in Division I field hockey. Matson is the ACC's all-time career leader in goals and points. This is the second time Bolster Field Hockey has announced this annual award and, thus far, Matson is the only winner.
Matson was also named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year for the fifth year in a row – the only student-athlete in conference history to win a player of the year honor five times. She won the 2022 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award – she scored twice and assisted on the other goal in a 3-0 win over Penn State in the semifinals then scored the game winner in the 2-1 victory vs Northwestern in the championship. During the 2022 regular season, Matson was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week five times and the National Offensive Player of the Week three times.
Matson is a member of the U.S. National Outdoor Team. She graduated from Unionville High School, Chadds Ford, PA, and played club hockey with W.C. Eagles.
The Bolster Field Hockey Player of the Year award is presented by SkillzMachine, SkillzMachine.com, a training platform that helps field hockey and ice hockey athletes improve neural pathways, muscle memory, stick speed, and ball/puck control actions.
PRESENTING SPONSOR NAMED
PRESENTING SPONSOR NAMED
August 26,2022
Bolster Field Hockey is pleased to announce that the ELO rankings for NCAA Division I Field Hockey Teams is presented by Skillz Machine, a neuroadaptive training device for field hockey and ice hockey players. To learn more please visit SkillzMachine.com.
2021 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2021 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
December 11, 2021
Bolster Field Hockey is pleased to announce the NCAA Division I 2021 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR award winner.
2021 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Second in the nation in points per game, 2.71, and third in All-Star balloting, midfielder Beth Yeager, a freshman with Princeton University (#16), is the Bolster Field Hockey Freshman of the Year. Her 2.71 points per game led all NCAA Division I players except for one, Erin Matson, the Bolster Field Hockey Player of the Year award winner. Yeager was third across all players with a goals per game average of 1.14. Yeager hails from Greenwich, CT, where she graduated high school from Sacred Heart Greenwich.
2021 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2021 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
December 10, 2021
Bolster Field Hockey is pleased to announce the NCAA Division I 2021 PLAYER OF THE YEAR award winner.
2021 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: As an attacker with the University of Carolina (#8), Erin Matson led the nation with 27 goals and finished the season with 64 points. The next closest player was 15 points away. A measurably unselfish player, she was fifth in the nation in assists. No other player in the nation ranked in the top 20 in both goals and assists. Her 1.59 goals per game average and her points per game average of 3.76 led all NCAA Division I players. Her points total came despite having played in only 17 games due to an injury that sidelined her for three games. No other player had a points per game average in the threes. In fact, the next closest player had an average of 2.71 points per game. Matson's season goal tally of 27 was 1.59 goals per game. Only three other Division I players had goals per game averages that began with the number one before the decimal. They were 1.21, 1.14, and 1.06.
As if all that wasn't enough, though certainly less important, she received more votes from members of the Field Hockey Discussion Forum than any other player in the Bolster Field Hockey All-Star balloting. Matson graduated from Unionville High School, in Chadds Ford, PA.
Read the write up about Ms Matson winning the PLAYER OF THE YEAR award on the University of North Carolina's "goheels.com" website...
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The Bolster Field Hockey logo was unveiled on December 7, 2021, on the All-Star certificates. The winning design was submitted by Heidi Faith. Ms Faith was an attacker on the field hockey team at Rutgers University when the sport gained varsity status in her sophomore year. In 2002, Heidi was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Fame. In 2007, Heidi's high school followed Rutgers lead and Heidi was named to the Hall of Fame at Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ. Heidi is a graphic designer and ceramic artist.
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