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Amber Ezechiels
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Position
5'8''
Height
Junior
Class
Niew-Vennep, Netherlands
Hometown
Haarlemmermeer Lyceum
High School
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Amber Ezechiels Pronunciation
2020 Hoos Life Feature: Foster Animals
2021
- NFHCA First Team All-American, her third All-America honor, but first time being named to the first team
- NFHCA All-South Region First Team
- All-ACC First Team, her third conference honor and her second first-team selection
- All-ACC Tournament Team
- NFHCA Senior Game selection
- Synapse Sports First Team All-American
- Led the team in goals (7) and points (19). Ranked sixth in the ACC in points per game (1.00) and ninth in goals per game (0.37)
- Scored a goal (UVA’s first of the season) with an assist in the season-opener against Penn State, adding another assist against Delaware to give her four points in the opening weekend games (8/29)
- Scored the game-winning goal against Towson (9/5)
- Converted a penalty corner to score UVA’s goal in the first meeting of the season against Old Dominion (9/26)
- Scored the first goal of the game against Duke (10/01) and then added the game-winner with 1:42 remaining in the second overtime period
- Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week for her two-goal performance against Duke. She was the first Cavalier this season to earn a weekly accolade from the conference. This is her first time being the Offensive POW after being named a Defensive POW last season (10/05)
- Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week (10/26) after UVA picked up three wins in five days, including Friday’s 2-1 road victory at No. 6 Syracuse that snapped the Orange’s nine-game winning streak. In Virginia’s two non-conference games, Ezechiels led a defensive effort that limited William & Mary to six shots and Drexel to five. Additionally, Ezechiels contributed a pair of goals and an assist during the Cavaliers’ three wins.
- Preseason All-ACC
- VaSID All-State First Team
- Finished her career with 15 goals (five game-winners), 17 assists for 47 points, playing in 75 games
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21
- NFHCA Second Team All-American
- NFHCA All-South Region First Team
- All-ACC First Team
- All-ACC Field Hockey Academic Team
- Started every game this season
- Finished the season with nine assists, which led the conference at the end of the regular season. Ranked fifth at the end of the postseason
- Also scored three goals for 15 points, tied for ninth in the ACC in points per game (0.89)
- Scored two goals in the 3-2 double-overtime victory over Syracuse (10/04), including the game-winner 5:34 into the second OT
- Also assisted on the game-winning goal in the first game against Syracuse, a 1-0 victory (10/02)
- Scored a goal (by converting a penalty stroke) with two assists in the 5-2 win against James Madison (3/21)
- Named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week after helping the UVA defense pick up its third shutout of the season in a 1-0 win against Boston College (4/6)
- VaSID First Team All-State
- Preseason All-ACC
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2019
- Longstreth/NFHCA Second Team All-American
- Longstreth/NFHCA All-South Region First Team
- All-ACC Second Team
- All-ACC Academic Team
- All-NCAA Tournament Team
- VaSID All-State First Team
- Her lone goal of the year was the game-winner in the regular-season meeting against Duke (10/18)
- Had an assist in the NCAA first-round game against Delaware (11/15)
- Member of a backline defense that logged seven shutouts
- Preseason All-ACC
- 2019 ZAG Field Hockey / NFHCA National Academic Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2018
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Finished the season with three goals and three assists for nine points
- Was one of three freshmen in the starting lineup for the season-opening game at Drexel (Aug. 24)
- Scored her first collegiate goal in her first collegiate game, taking one shot at Drexel and scoring (Aug. 24)
- Also scored goals against Old Dominion (Sept. 9) and Wake Forest (Oct. 19)
- Was named the Synapse Sports National Rookie of the Week (Oct. 24) after scoring a goal with two assists in games against Wake Forest and Maryland
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
High School/Club Hockey
- Member of the U16 and U19 Dutch Junior National Teams
- Won two silvers and two golds at the Dutch National Championships
- Helped her U16 squad win gold at the 2016 European Championships
- Won silver in 2015 and gold in 2016 at the Dutch National Indoor Championship
Personal
- Parents are Barend Ezechiels and Marlies Ezechiels-van Balen
- Has an older brother, Thom Ezechiels
- Economics major