University of Iowa Athletics
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#6 Anthe Nijziel

Class Fifth Year
Hometown Eindhoven, Netherlands
High School Van Maerlantlyceum
Anthe Nijziel - Field Hockey - University of Iowa Athletics

Hawk Item – Two-time Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year… three-time NFHCA first-team All-American… just the second Hawkeye to earn three or more first team honors… started 101 consecutive games to close out her career.

2022 Honors — NFHCA First-Team All-American… just the second Hawkeye all-time to earn three or more first-team honors… NFHCA First-Team All-West Region honoree… first-team All-Big Ten selection… named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team… two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12, Oct. 31)… NFHCA Division I Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 31)… Team Most Valuable Player… Big Ten Preseason Watch List… NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad… CSC Academic All-District selection… Academic All-Big Ten. 2022 — Started all 20 games, recording a team high 1,245 minutes… scored six goals and had five assists… tallied 17 points, ranking third highest on the team… played the duration in all but two games… attempted 38 shots with 20 on goal… found the back of the cage twice in win over Ball State (9/25)… key member of Hawkeye defense that posted six shutouts and allowed 1.1 goals per game… letterwinner.

2021 Honors – NFHCA first-team All-American… NFHCA West Region Player of the Year… third player and fourth Hawkeye to be Regional Player of the Year… NFHCA first-team All-West Region honoree… Big Ten Co-Player of the Year… Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year… second straight Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honor… third player in Big Ten history to earn multiple Big Ten Player of the Year honors… second Hawkeye and eighth Big Ten player to earn multiple Defensive Player of the Year honors… unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection… Big Ten All-Tournament Team honoree… three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20, Sept. 28, Oct. 18)… two-time NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 29, Oct. 20)… Big Ten Preseason Watch List… named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten selection… President’s List honoree during fall semester… Dean’s List honoree during the fall and spring semesters. 2021 – Started all 20 games, logging 1,119 minutes… played the duration of 15 games… anchored a defense that posted an NCAA-best 11 shutouts, including a school-record eight consecutive shutouts in September… scored five goals on 47 shots (20 shots on goal) and had four assists… had one game-winning goal against No. 6 Penn State (9/24)… scored a goal in four straight games – at Michigan State, at Central Michigan, vs. No. 1 Michigan and vs. No. 19 Ohio State… strike over Wolverines forced overtime in an eventual shootout victory.

2020 Honors — Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient… NFHCA first-team All-American… Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year… first Hawkeye to receive both accolades int he same season… NFHCA first-team All-Region… named to the 2021 All-NCAA Tournament team… first-team All-Big Ten… Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honoree on March 8… Academic All-Big Ten selection… NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad honoree… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Dean’s List honoree. 2020 — Started all 18 games, tallying two goals, three assists, and 25 shots.

2019 Honors — NFHCA first-team All-West Regional selection… second-team All-Big Ten honoree. 2019 — Started all 22 games, playing full time in 19 games… recorded six goals and one assist for 13 points on 38 shots… scored Iowa’s game winning goal against Indiana (10/18)… collected two points in six different games during the season.

2018 Honors — NFHCA second-team All-West Regional selection… named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team… Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honoree on Sept. 17… named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad. 2018 — Started all 21 games, playing a full 70 minutes in all but one game… recorded five goals and four assists for 14 points, the most of any freshman… made her Hawkeye debut in the season opener against No. 14 Wake Forest (8/25)… scored her first collegiate goal against New Hampshire (9/9) and recorded her first Hawkeye assist against No. 21 Stanford (10/7)… earned Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors on Sept. 17 after scoring a goal for the third straight game and helping Iowa to its fourth straight shutout victory… registered four points against No. 7 Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, including the game-winning goal.

High School — Placed first at ICC tournament in 2014… played for Coach Mark Dekker… played four years of tennis.

Personal — Born April 16, 2000 — daughter of Tanya and Marten, who both played field hockey in college… majoring in psychology.