Moira Putsch Season 2017

ACADEMICS: Major - Media Studies

CAREER HONORS: First-team All-Big Ten (2017 and 2016)...Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (2017)...First-team NFHCA All-American (2017)...Second Team NFHCA All-American (2016)...NFHCA All-Region (2017, 2016, 2014)...Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2017: Opened season with three points off a goal and an assist in 3-2 win at Old Dominion (8/25)...assist in 4-2 victory at Virginia (8/27)...Goal in Lions’ 5-0 win vs. Temple (9/1)...Six point burst off two goals and two assist in 6-0 win against Wake Forest on 9/3, took season high eight shots...Two assists in 2-0 win at Princeton (9/10)...One goal in 5-1 win at Bucknell (9/12)...Goal and an assist in 3-0 Big Ten win over Iowa (9/15)...Two goals in 4-3 win over Northwestern (9/22)...Scored game’s only goal in 1-0 win at Michigan State (9/29)...Season-high seven points off two goals and three assists in 5-3 victory at Kent State (10/1)...Goal and assist in 3-0 win at Ohio State (10/6)...One goal in 2-1 win vs. California (10/7)...Scored three goals in two straight games, in win over Rutgers (10/20) and win at Indiana (10/22)...Two assists in 5-1 Big Ten tournament win over Iowa (10/29)...Goal and assist in 3-2 Big Ten semifinal victory over Maryland (11/3)...Notched a goal in 2-1 NCAA tournament win over Delaware (11/11)...Had an assist in 4-3 NCAA quarterfinal loss at Connecticut (11/12)...Led Penn State with 57 points off 21 goals and 15 assists (all-team highs) last year...69 shots, 54 on goal, six game winning goals...Had a team-best .304 shot percentage as well.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016: Posted two goals and two assists in the 6-2 win against Old Dominion (8/26)…Posted one assist in the 3-0 win against No. 5 Virginia (8/28)…Two goals and one assist in the 8-1 win against Temple (9/2)...Put up two shots in the 3-1 win against Albany ( 9/4)...Scored one goal in the 4-1 win against Lock Haven...Posted one assist in the 9-1 win against Bucknell (9/13)...Scored two goals and posted two assists in the 4-3 win against Iowa (9/16)...posted three assists and one shot in the 7-0 win against Ball State (9/17)...Scored two goals in the 5-3 loss against No. 11 Northwestern (9/23)...Earned two assists in the 3-1 win over No. 8 Michigan (9/25)...Scored one goal and posted two assists in the 4-1 win against Michigan State ( 9/30)...Scored one goal and posted one shot in the 4-2 win against No. 11 Princeton...Scored one goal and posted seven shots in the 2-0 win against Ohio State (10/06)...Posted one shot and scored one goal in the 5-4 loss against No. 6 Maryland (10/16)...Posted four shots and scored one goal in the 4-1 win against Rutgers (10/21)...Scored one goal and posted one assist in the 3-2 win against Indiana (10/28)...Posted seven shots and earned one assist in the 3-1 win against Indiana to advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament (11/03)...Scored one goal in the 1-0 win against Michigan to advance to the Championships of the Big Ten Tournament (11/04)...Posted four shots and earned one assist in the 2-1 loss to No. 14 Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament  (11/12).

2015 SEASON: Took an injury redshirt.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014 (MARYLAND): Saw action in all 23 games and started in 22...Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and to the NFHCA All-Region First Team…Tied for third on the team in scoring with 33 points on 12 goals and nine assists…Scored first career goal in 63rd minute vs. Northeastern (8/31)...Notched first assist in 22nd minute vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/7)...Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (10/7)...Scored Terps’ seventh goal in 9-0 rout of Pennsylvania off a penalty corner in the 40th minute (10/12)...Added Maryland’s third goal in 4-0 win over Rutgers (10/19)...Scored twice and added an assist in Terps’ 8-1 rout of American (10/29) … Picked up two assists in Terps’ Big Ten Tournament debut win vs. Ohio State (11.6)…Scored Maryland’s second goal and picked up another assist in 5-1 win over Princeton in the NCAA First Round (11/15)…Part of team that won first Big Ten championship in school history.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Named to the USA Field Hockey U21 Team in June 2013, 2014 and 2015 and for the 2015-16 season…named to U.S. U19 Team for 2012-13 and competed with the U.S. in a tour of Holland.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of varsity field hockey at the Academy of Notre Dame … Team went 80-8-1 in her four years … She scored 140 goals and tallied 79 assists in her career … Served as captain her senior year and scored 54 goals and notched 29 assists, both of which set school and Delaware County records …Named an NFHCA All-American as a junior and senior … Made the NFHCA All-America first team as a senior and second team as a junior … Also named first-team Pennsylvania All-Region, Southeastern Pennsylvania Player of the Year and Delaware County Player of the Year in both her junior and senior seasons … Named first-team All-Delaware County, first-team All-Inter-Ac League, and first-team All-Main Line in all four years of her career…Club team won its NIT pool in 2010, 2011 and 2013, NCC championship in 2012 and 2013, Disney championship in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and won Festival title in 2009, 2010, 2011 … Won silver at the Chinese National Youth Championships.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Eric and Judy Putsch...Has three older siblings - Erin, Chris and John...Father played club ice hockey at Penn State … Sister, Erin (2011), and brother, Chris (2013), graduated from Penn State.