Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Career: Plays a defensive role in the Wildcats’ midfield … Played and started in all 35 games through two seasons … Has logged six assists in her career … Named to the 2023 NFHCA National Academic Squad and the 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic team … Two-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2024: Played and started in all 17 of the Wildcats’ games … Logged an assist vs. Quinnipiac (Sept. 27) … Posted a career-best three shots vs. Mercyhurst (Sept. 9) … Averaged a career-best 45.1 minutes per game … Played a season-high 54 minutes twice: vs. Temple (Oct. 25) and at Providence (Nov. 1).
 
2023: Was a key piece in Villanova’s BIG EAST Tournament berth starting in all 18 games as a freshman… Recorded her first career point with an assist against Lasalle on September 10… Finished the season with five assists and two shots on goal.
 
Club Field Hockey: Played for Horizon Field Hockey Club from 2016-23 … Part of teams that won National Indoor Tournament championships in 2018, 2020 and 2023 … Two-time Nexus National Championship selection in 2022 and 2023.
 
Cardinal O’Hara High School: Four-year varsity starter as a center midfielder on the field hockey team; also was a four-year starting center fielder in softball … Named the Philadelphia Catholic League MVP in field hockey her junior and senior years … Four-time first-team All-Catholic selection and was a second-team honoree in 2019 … Named her team’s Rookie of the Year in 2019 … As a softball player was a third-team All-Catholic choice her junior season … Scholar-Athlete inductee to the Delaware County chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame … Winner of her school’s Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior … Achieved First Honors status academically each year from 2019-23 … Inductee to the National Honor Society … Winner of the Excellence in Science Award and the AP Chemistry Award as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 4/3/05 in Broomall, Pa. … Youngest of three children of Paul and Christina Boston … Siblings are Moire (33), Grace (27) and Conor (26) … Sister, Grace, played college field hockey at Boston University … Hobbies include baking, running, going to the gym and the beach, as well as spending time with family and friends … Chose to attend Villanova for the strong Augustinian and team values of the field hockey program … Noted that Villanova’s strong academic environment would help her achieve her dreams of becoming a Physician’s Assistant … Plans to major in Biology.