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Anneloes Knol

Midfield
Position
5'10''
Height
Junior
Class
Utrecht, Netherlands
Hometown
Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht
High School
Anneloes Knol - Field Hockey - Virginia Cavaliers

Anneloes Knol Pronunciation

2022

  • Appeared in all 21 games, scoring one goal with two assists
  • Scored the game-winning goal against Miami University (10/9)
  • Had assists in the James Madison (9/4) and Liberty (10/18) games
  • Earned All-ACC Academic Team Honors
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad

2021

  • Appeared in 20 games with four starts
  • Scored a goal and an assist for three points
  • Scored a goal in the Drexel game (10/24)
  • Assisted on a goal in the home game against Duke (10/01)
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad

2020-21

  • Started every game in the fall, the only UVA freshman to do so. Appeared in all 18 games with 12 starts
  • Scored her first career goal against North Carolina (10/12), a strike that tied the game
  • Assisted on goals against Syracuse (11/4) and Louisville (10/24)
  • Ranked fourth on the team in points (4) in the fall
  • Finished the year with one goal and three assists
  • NFHCA Scholar of Distinction – recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the current academic year
  • NFHCA National Academic Squad
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB HOCKEY

  • Won the Junior Dutch National Champion Indoor U16 title and the Final Four Dutch U16 National Championships U16 in 2017-18 while playing for the Kampong club teams,
  • Youngest girl selected for DOD 2013, a national tournament for regional teams
  • Played four consecutive years on a regional team with the 15 best players from the region.
  • 2011 Dutch National Champion for Hockey Technique while being named the first runner-up in 2015 and second runner-up at the Dutch championship shoot out in 2017
  • Also ran track, qualifying for the Dutch U18 championship in both the 800 and 1500 meters outdoor track in 2019
  • School speed skating champion of the city of Zwolle in 2013

PERSONAL

  • Parents are Remy Knol and Ellen Hulsman
  • Her younger brother, William, was Dutch national champion of his age bracket in the steeplechase in 2017 and 2019 and runner-up in the 1500 meters in 2019 and 2022. He also represented the Netherlands at the U20 World Athletics Championship in Cali, Colombia in the summer of 2022
  • She was named Young Poet of Noordenveld in 2010 by Bookstore Daan Nijman after writing a poem about the differences between developed and developing countries
  • Commerce major with a minor in history