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Meghen Hengerer
Midfield
Position
5'9''
Height
Freshman
Class
Bedminster, N.J.
Hometown
Bernards High School
High School
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Meghen Hengerer Pronunciation Guide
2023 – NCAA Semifinals
- NCAA All-Tournament Team
- Played in 15 games with 11 starts
- Assisted on UVA’s first goal in the ACC Quarterfinal victory against Syracuse (10/31)
- Assisted on a goal in the victory against Saint Joseph’s in the NCAA First Round (11/10)
- Co-Captain, her second year serving as a team captain
- All-ACC Academic Team
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll
2022
- Presented the “Teammate of the Year” award for field hockey at the 2023 Hoos Choice Awards
- Appeared in 20 games with 17 starts
- Ranked ninth in the ACC in assists per game (0.35)
- Assisted on the game-winning goal at Delaware (8/28)
- Scored her first goal of the year against William & Mary (10/04)
- Assisted on three goals in the ACC Tournament
- Co-captain
- All-ACC Academic Team
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
Summer of 2022
- Named to the US U21 roster for the Uniphar 5-Nations tournament, but did not compete
- Added to the US U21 Women’s National Team roster (3/9). Named as a non-traveling alternate for the FIH Junior World Cup team
2021
- Had one goal and two assists for four points
- Appeared in 14 games with nine starts
- Scored a goal in the win against Delaware after having an assist in the season-opener against Penn State (8/29)
- Also assisted on a goal in the home game against Old Dominion (9/26)
- NFHCA National Academic Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
Summer 2021
- Invited to US U21 Selection Camp after the US Women’s National Championships (6/24)
2020-21
- Appeared in all 18 games with 14 starts, including starting the final 13 games of the season
- Had her first career assist on a goal against North Carolina (10/11)
- Scored her first goal in the season-finale at Syracuse (4/16)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB HOCKEY
- 2020 U.S. Women’s National Indoor Development Team
- Scored 37 goals with 30 assists in three years at Bernards High School
- Two-time North Jersey Group 2 First Team after being named to the second team her sophomore year
- Three-time All Somerset County first team, first team All-Division and first team All-Skyland Conference
- Earned the Scholar-Athlete distinction three times
- Played on the Irish U16 National Field Hockey team, earning her first national team cap against USA
- As a member of the Irish U16 team, played a three-game series against Scotland in Scotland as well as traveling to Spain to compete in the Six Nations Tournament
- Member of the Irish U15 girls soccer team from 2014-16, scoring a goal in a match against England’s U15 squad
PERSONAL
- Parents are Robin Hengerer and Mark Hengerer
- Twin sister of Lilly
- Older sister, Kelsey, plays field hockey at Richmond, graduated in 2020
- Lived in Galway, Ireland for over five years, moving to the United States for her sophomore year of high school
- Also played Gaelic football while living in Ireland
- Speech Comm Disorders major