Annie McDonough

2023 International

• Named to the US Women’s Indoor National Team roster for the 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (IHWC), being held in Pretoria, South Africa, from February 5 to 11
• Served as the team captain in the tournament, scoring a goal off a penalty stroke

2022

• NFHCA First Team All-American, her first All-America recognition
• NFHCA All-South Region First Team
• All-ACC First Team, her second time earning All-Conference honors and her first on the top team
• All-ACC Tournament Team
• Coach’s Award of Excellence winner at the Hoos Choice Awards
• VaSID Field Hockey State Player of the Year
• Started more games (96) than any player in program history
• Scored three goals with six assists for 12 points
• Finished her career with 15 goals and 21 assists for 51 points, appearing in 97 games, starting 96 of those
• Co-captain, her second season being a team captain
• Had two assists in the win against Syracuse (9/23)
• Had two assists in the road win at Duke (10/07)
• She scored two of her three goals this season in the ACC tournament
• Scored a goal in the ACC Semifinal win against Wake Forest and assisted on the overtime game-winner (11/2)
• Scored the Cavaliers’ first goal in the ACC Championship against UNC (11/4)
• All-ACC Academic Team
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021

• All-ACC Second Team, her first conference postseason honor
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Tied for second on the team in points with 12
• Had four goals and four assists
• Scored two goals with an assist at William & Mary (9/3). Scored her other two goals in the second meeting against the Tribe (10/20)
• Co-captain
• Announced she will return for a fifth year in 2022

2020-21

• All-ACC Field Hockey Academic Team
• VaSID All-State Second Team
• Appeared in 14 games with 13 starts
• Scored four goals, all coming in the spring portion of the schedule
• Scored her first goal of the season at Louisville, tying the game in the fourth quarter (3/13)
• Scored again in the next game, a 5-2 victory over James Madison (3/21)
• Had the game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory against Boston College (4/2)
• Also had the game-winner in the 2-1 win at Syracuse that closed out the season (4/16)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019

• All-ACC Academic Team
• Appeared in 22 games, starting all 22
• Scored three goals with 10 assists for 16 points, ranking second on the team in assists and tied for third in points
• Fourth in the ACC in assists per game at 0.45
• Scored the game-winning goal in the home game against Old Dominion (10/6)
• Scored the game-winning goal against Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinals that sent Virginia to the semifinals for the first time since 2010, redirecting in a shot from Rachel Robinson 5:28 into overtime (11/17)
• Also scored a goal at Drexel (10/20)
• Named to the  U.S. Women’s National Indoor Team roster, playing at the Rohrmax Cup in Vienna, Austria. Won a bronze medal as part of the USA Gold squad (1/2/20)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2018

• Named to the Synapse Sports National All-Rookie Team
• 2018 ZAG Field Hockey / NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Started all 19 games for the Cavaliers
• One of three freshmen in the starting lineup in the season-opener at Drexel (Aug. 24)
• Scored her first collegiate goal against Wake Forest (Oct. 19), which was also a game-winner
• Made a key defensive save in the ACC tournament victory over Boston College (Nov. 1)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

High School/Club Hockey

• Plays for the USA Women’s Indoor National Team, including competing at the 2018 Women’s National World Cup in Berlin, Germany
• Former member of the USA U17 and U19 Indoor Junior National Team
• Member of the 2016 USA U17 Junior National Team
• Member of the 2017 USA U19 Junior National Team
• Also played lacrosse at Unionville High

Personal

• Daughter of Thomas and Marina McDonough
• Played one season alongside her sister, Izzy, on the UVA field hockey team
• Her twin sister, Maddie, is playing field hockey at Michigan State
• Brother, Nick, played ice hockey at Kentucky
• Earned her Bachelor’s degree in cognitive science with a minor in entrepreneurship in May 2022
• Taking postgraduate classes in the Curry School of Education
• Recipient of the Paul B. Barringer Scholarship