Ashley Hoffman (2019) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Ashley Hoffman

Induction:
2019
Class:
2019

2019—Ashley Hoffman: Field Hockey (Mohnton, Pa.)
Hoffman started all 96 games in her Tar Heel career, leading UNC field hockey to three ACC championships and a national title. As a senior in 2018, the Mohnton (MOE-ton) Pa., native captained the Tar Heels to a perfect 23-0 season, including the ACC and NCAA Tournament championships. She won the Honda Sport Award as the country's top player and was a first-team All-America and ACC Defensive Player of the Year and earned Most Valuable Player honors in both the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.

She was the first field hockey player to win National and ACC Player of the Year honors and NCAA and ACC Tournament MVP awards in the same season.

Throughout her career, she was a key player for the Tar Heels on both ends of the field. As a senior, she played center back for a defense that gave up just 16 goals in 23 games and tallied 10 shutouts, including the 2-0 win over Maryland in the NCAA final. She ranked second on the team in scoring with a career-best 16 goals and 39 points, serving as UNC's primary hitter on penalty corners and connecting on a walk-off penalty stroke that ended Carolina's only overtime contest of the season, a 2-1 win over Iowa.

Hoffman earned first-team All-ACC honors three times and was a two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP and first-team All-America. A sociology major with a minor in education, she graduated in December of 2018, earned Academic All-ACC honors three times and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

She joined the U.S. Senior National Team as a sophomore.