2023 Field Hockey Roster

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17 Amanda Middleman

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Highschool Eastern Regional
  • Hometown Berlin, N.J.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2022: August 29, October 24
2023: August 29
OPA Winning Teams/NFHCA National Academic Squad 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Career: Veteran leader of the Villanova offense who finished second on the team in scoring her junior and senior seasons… Ranks tied for second in school history for career hat tricks (2) … Ranks in the top 20 in school history for career games with 5+ points (3) … Has played in 67 career games with 55 starts during her collegiate career … Her career totals include 27 goals, nine assists and 73 shots, 52 of which were on goal … Owns four career game-winning goals and two hat tricks … Has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor three times in her career… Two-time selection to both the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Three-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Office of Academic Support Student-Athlete of the Month in August of 2022.
 
2023: Started in all 18 games her senior season and was among the nation’s best forwards… Scored 10 goals on the season and recorded four assists… In the opening game win over Ball State she scored two goals and tallied an assist leading the Wildcats to a 4-3 win… Recorded a point in 10 games… Attempted 31 shots, 22 of which on goal for a stellar 0.710 shot on goal percentage.
 
2022: Played in all 17 games on the season and started all but one on the Wildcats front line … Tied for first on the team with two game winners on the season … Ranked second on the team with eight goals scored and third for shooting percentage with 0.364 … Attempted 22 shots on the year with 19 on goal, netting eight with one assist and tallying 17 points (goals + assists) … Also registered a team-high four game-tying goals … Her game-winning goals came in the first two contests of the season versus LIU and Fairfield … In the game versus LIU she recorded her second career hat trick when she tallied three goals on just four shots … Attempted a season-high four shots/shots on goal versus LIU and scoring the go-ahead game winner in the fourth quarter of a 5-1 season-opening victory.
 
2021: Played in all 18 games on the season and started all but one on the Wildcats front line … Ranked third on the team with eight goals scored and tied for third with 19 points (eight goals, three assists) … Attempted 16 shots on the year … Scored on all eight of her shots on goal … Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals for the season … Also registered a team-high four game-tying goals … Her game-winning goals came against Providence and Drexel … Recorded her first career hat trick at Quinnipiac when she tallied three goals on just four shots … Attempted a season-high five shots at Drexel and scored the go-ahead goal in the second quarter of a 3-2 victory.
 
2020*: Made a successful collegiate debut as a freshman and played in all 14 games, including starting each of the final four contests of the season … Tallied one goal, one assist and three points on the year while taking four shots and placing three of them on goal … Registered her first collegiate goal in a 5-0 win over Quinnipiac on March 14 and assisted on a goal in the season finale at Temple on April 11 … Had a season-high two shots in the Quinnipiac game … Started both regular season games against eventual BIG EAST champion Connecticut as well as both ends of a home-and-home series with Temple on the final weekend of the season.
 
* The 2020 season was contested during Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Club Field Hockey: Played for the Uprise Club for three years and was part of a team that won a national indoor championship in 2019.

Eastern Regional High School: Earned four varsity letters in field hockey ... As a senior was a second team all-state selection, a Group 4 first team pick and a first team All-South Jersey honoree ... Totaled 86 goals scored during her scholastic career ... Comes from the same high school program that produced current Villanova senior Ashley Thomas ... Inducted to the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society and the History Honor Society.

Personal: Born 5/28/02 in Berlin, N.J. ... One of two daughters of Richard and Roseanne Middleman ... Has a sister, Marisa ... Enjoys spending time at the shore and being with family and friends in her spare time ... Chose to attend Villanova for its academic reputation as well as the amazing field hockey program ... Noted that she looked forward to the campus culture that Villanova had to offer.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2020Freshman

    Forward
    17
  • 17

    2021Sophomore

    Forward
    17
  • 17

    2022Junior

    Forward
    17
  • 17

    2023Senior

    Forward
    17