Hawk Items… Member of two Hawkeye NCAA Tournament teams (2008, 2011)… member of 2008 NCAA Final Four team… ISAAC representative… member of Senior California Team at 2011 High Performance National Championships… member of the 2009 HPTC Midwest Region team… started 56 of 67 career games played… four-time NFHCA National Academic Squad member… served as one of three team captains as a senior… three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree… three-time Iowa Field Hockey Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree… earned Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar Award (2011-12).
2011 as a Senior… Named Academic All-Big Ten… started all 20 games… served as one of three team captains… Iowa’s Field Hockey Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for third consecutive year… ranked tied for fifth on the team with five goals… tied for third with four assists… ranked tied for fifth with 14 points… tied for team lead with three game-winning goals (Kent State, Michigan State, at Ball State)… tallied at least one point in seven games… notched season-high three points in two games (Kent State, Missouri State)… named to NFHCA National Academic Squad… one of eight Big Ten field hockey student-athletes to become a four-year recipient of the NFHCA Award in 2011-12.
2010 as a Junior… Saw action in all 17 games, starting 14… recorded two goals and four points… Iowa’s Field Hockey Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for second consecutive year… named Academic All-Big Ten… named to NFHCA National Academic Squad.
2009 as a Sophomore… Academic all-Big Ten… named to NFHCA National Academic Squad… started all 19 games… recorded two total points on one goal… Iowa’s Field Hockey Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree… won the Nancy McLinden Carr Award.
2008 as a Freshman… Played in 11 games, including three starts at midfield… played in two of the three Big Ten Tournament games helping Iowa win its third-straight title… scored first career goal against Indiana in Big Ten Tournament… named to NFHCA National Academic Squad.
High School… first team all-state as a senior… Lancaster Lebanon all-League team and Lancaster Lebanon first team all-Star in 2007… Junior Olympian in 2006… National Futures Championships participant in 2006… co-captain of high school team.
Personal… Born January 15, 1990… daughter of Barry and Georgine Spengler… psychology major.
Season | GP/GS | SH | G | A | Pts | DS |
2008 | 11/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2009 | 19/19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2010 | 17/14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2011 | 20/20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
Career | 67/56 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 1 |