Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Career: Veteran performer who has started all 32 games the Wildcats have played during her first two collegiate seasons … Steady midfielder who makes an impact at both ends of the field … Career totals include one goal, six assists and eight points … Has five career shot attempts, including three shots on goal, and has made two defensive saves … 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.
 
2021: Started all 18 games in the Villanova midfield and finished the year with one goal, five assists and seven points while contributing both offensively and defensively … Tied for third on the team with five assists on the year and was the team’s primary inserter on penalty corners … Scored her only goal of the season and attempted both of her shots for the year in a 3-2 win at Drexel … Tallied an assist in a 4-3 win over Lehigh in the season opener … Dished out assists in consecutive wins over Providence and La Salle midway through the year … Made a defensive save against Connecticut and helped a Wildcats defense which gave up two or fewer goals six times during the season.
 
2020*: Started all 14 games during her freshman season … Recorded her first collegiate point with an assist in a 3-2 win over Quinnipiac on March 13 … Was credited with a defensive save against Old Dominion on February 26 … Played in the midfield and on defense for the Wildcats and was part of a 5-0 win over Quinnipiac on March 14 in which Villanova tallied its first shutout since 2017 … Had three shots, one shot on goal and took seven penalty corners on the year.
 
* The 2020 season was contested during Spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Club Field Hockey: Played for Mystx FHC from 2008-20 ... Her team won USA Field Hockey Festival championships in 2014 and 2016 ... Was a National Futures Championship selection and reached USA Field Hockey Futures Level 1.

Neshaminy High School: Earned four varsity letters in field hockey and one in track & field ... Four-year varsity starter ... Three-time all-state honoree, including being an honorable mention pick as a sophomore and a first team selection as a junior and a senior ... Also a three-time first team all-league performer and a three-time selection to the Bucks County Courier Times Golden Team ... Team co-captain as a senior ... Helped lead the team to Suburban One League titles her junior and senior seasons ... As a senior tallied 11 goals and 17 assists to finish the year with 39 points ... Her overall career totals were 24 goals, 48 assists and 96 points ... Was the Philadelphia area assist leader as a senior ... Ranked in the top five percent of her class academically as both a junior and a senior ... Three-time honoree on the Pennsylvania Field Hockey All-State Academic Team ... Achieved Distinguished Honor Roll status all four years ... Inducted to the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born 9/18/01 in Langhorne, Pa. ... Younger of two daughters of Michael and Lisa Pennington ... Has an older sister, Christen (23), who also played field hockey at Villanova and is a 2020 graduate ... Mother played college field hockey at Temple ... Enjoys skiing, shopping and going to the beach in her spare time ... Chose to attend Villanova for its academic and athletic reputations as well as the great atmosphere on campus ... Finance major.