Suze Leemans

2024 NFHCA Third Team All-American
2024 All-ACC First Team
2024 NFHCA All-Region First Team

2024

• NFHCA Third Team All-American
• All-ACC First Team
• NFHCA All-South Region First Team
• Was in the starting lineup for her collegiate debut at Penn State (8/30)
• Scored two goals against Temple, including the first of her collegiate career (9/6)
• Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a combined three goals against Temple and Liberty (9/10)
• Scored the game-winning goal in the fourth quarter of the 1-0 road win at No. 5 Maryland (9/13), giving her four goals in the first four games of the season
• Scored her fifth goal of the year and logged her first assist against Stanford (9/22)
• Scored the game-winning goal in the NCAA Championship first round game against Michigan (11/15)
• Scored UVA’s first goal in the NCAA Championship Quarterfinal game at Northwestern (11/17)

Background

• Played two seasons at SCHC (Bilthoven) first ladies team, highest level of field hockey in the Netherlands, after playing two years for the U18-1 team
• Played on the WMHC (Wageningen) U18-1 team for the two years pior (2018-20)
• Two second-place finishes at the Dutch National Championships
• Two-time Gold Cup winner
• 2023-24 Dutch Indoors Champions
• Finished third in the 2024 Euro Hockey LEague
• Played on the U15 and U16 Dutch Junior National Teams, serving as the captain for the U15 squad

Personal

• Parents are Mark Leemans and Etty de Boer
• Has a brother, Jan, and two sisters, Emma and Eva
• Earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Law (with honors), graduating from Utrecht University in three years
• Working on her master’s degree at Virginia at the Batten School of Public Policy