2019 Field Hockey Roster
Matson, Erin
Jersey Number 1
Erin Matson
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chadds Ford, Pa.
- High School:
- Unionville
Bio
• Matson's Place in History Secure, but More to Accomplish (GoHeels.com, Sept. 1, 2022)
Majored in advertising and public relations through the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and graduated in December of 2022 ... In March of 2021, was named by the ACC Network as one of the top 10 female athletes in conference history ... Matson was ranked No. 10 on a list that also included Carolina greats Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly ... Member of the U.S. National Team ... The ACC's all-time career leader in goals and points
2022: Winner of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey, becoming just the second player ever to win that honor three times (UNC coach and former West Chester star Karen Shelton was the first) ... All-America for the fifth year in a row ... ACC Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America for the fifth year in a row ... First student-athlete in any sport to earn ACC Player of the Year honors five times ... National Player of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and Bolster Field Hockey ... NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player as the Tar Heels claimed the 2022 crown, the program's fourth in five years and 10th overall ... Scored twice and assisted on the other goal in the semifinals win over Penn State and scored the gamewinner against Northwestern in the final ... Finished the season with 28 goals and 10 assists ... Team co-captain along with Meredith Sholder
2021: ACC Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America for the fourth year in a row ... ACC Tournament MVP after setting a tournament record with 12 points in UNC's three games ... Scored the gamewinner in UNC's 1-0 championship victory against Virginia ... National Player of the Year by Bolster Field Hockey ... Team captain along with Cassie Sumfest ... Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, sharing the honor with Louisville's Alli Bitting ... All-ACC Academic Team and a member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Led the nation in scoring despite missing three games with an injury ...
2020-21: Recipient of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey and the NFHCA National Player of the Year Award for the second year in a row ... First-team All-America and ACC Offensive Player of the Year, both for the third year in a row ... MVP in both the NCAA and ACC tournaments, both won by UNC ... Six-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week and three-time NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week ... South Region Player of the Year ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Served as one of the team's vice captains, along with Amanda Hendry
2019: As a sophomore, recipient of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey ... Is the fifth Tar Heel on the sixth occasion, and second in as many years, to win the honor ... Recipient of the Mary Garber Award as the ACC's Female Athlete of the Year ... Named First Point USA/NFHCA Division I National Player of the Year ... Is the second Tar Heel to win the NFHCA honor, which dates back to 2010 ... Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second year ... First Point USA/NFHCA South Region Player of the Year ... Led the nation in points and goals per game in 2019 ... Finished her sophomore season with 33 goals, 15 assists, and 81 points, helping the Tar Heels to their second-consecutive undefeated season ... NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... All-America first team for the second year in a row ... All-ACC and All-ACC Tournament ... Three-time National Offensive Player of the Week and five-time ACC Player of the Week ... Missed the last three games of the regular season while competing in India as part of the U.S. National Team
2018: As a freshman, started all 23 games and led UNC in goals (20) and assists (19) ... Her season total of 59 points ranks fourth on UNC's single-season list ... Named first-team All-America, just the second UNC freshman to earn that honor ... Voted ACC Offensive Player of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year ... All-South Region and a member of the NCAA and ACC All-Tournament teams ... Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week ... Honored for the first time on Aug. 28, after her first weekend as a collegiate player ... Also recognized on Oct. 1 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Recipient of the team's Ken and Cheryl Williams Rookie of the Year Award ... Won the Rammy Award as Outstanding Newcomer ... Also won the Strength & Conditioning Newcomer Award
Before UNC: Graduate of Unionville High School ... Played field hockey only her freshman and sophomore years, earning All-America and All-Region honors as a sophomore ... Also Ches-Mont League Player of the Year as a sophomore ... All-state, all area and all-league her freshman and sophomore years ... National Honors Society member and youth field hockey coach ... Recipient of 2018 Senior Principal's Spirit Award
National/International: Current member of the U.S. Women's National Team … At the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, in August, had a hat trick in the bronze medal win over Chile ... Earned her 50th cap in a FIH Pro League matchup with Argentina in May of 2019 ... Played in the 2018 Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup in London … Earned her first cap at the Hawke's Bay Cup in New Zealand in the spring of 2017 ... Went on to help the U.S. to a championship at the FIH Hockey World League Semifinal that July and a bronze at the Pan American Cup in August ... With the U21 team, won a silver medal at the 2016 Junior Pan Am Games in Trinidad & Tobago ... Before that, played for the U.S. U-19 team … Also a member of the U.S. Women’s National Indoor Team 2013-15 … Club team is WC Eagles
More on Matson: Daughter of Brian and Jill Matson ... Her mother played softball and field hockey at Yale and her father played baseball at Delaware ... Her younger brother plays baseball at Harvard ... Favorite pastimes are going to the beach, listening to music, doing yoga, shopping, spending time with family and friends, and watching sports ... Started wearing jersey No. 1 because she was usually the youngest or smallest on the team and that was the smallest-sized jersey ... Athlete she admires most is Luciana Aymar
Majored in advertising and public relations through the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and graduated in December of 2022 ... In March of 2021, was named by the ACC Network as one of the top 10 female athletes in conference history ... Matson was ranked No. 10 on a list that also included Carolina greats Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly ... Member of the U.S. National Team ... The ACC's all-time career leader in goals and points
2022: Winner of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey, becoming just the second player ever to win that honor three times (UNC coach and former West Chester star Karen Shelton was the first) ... All-America for the fifth year in a row ... ACC Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America for the fifth year in a row ... First student-athlete in any sport to earn ACC Player of the Year honors five times ... National Player of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and Bolster Field Hockey ... NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player as the Tar Heels claimed the 2022 crown, the program's fourth in five years and 10th overall ... Scored twice and assisted on the other goal in the semifinals win over Penn State and scored the gamewinner against Northwestern in the final ... Finished the season with 28 goals and 10 assists ... Team co-captain along with Meredith Sholder
2021: ACC Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America for the fourth year in a row ... ACC Tournament MVP after setting a tournament record with 12 points in UNC's three games ... Scored the gamewinner in UNC's 1-0 championship victory against Virginia ... National Player of the Year by Bolster Field Hockey ... Team captain along with Cassie Sumfest ... Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, sharing the honor with Louisville's Alli Bitting ... All-ACC Academic Team and a member of the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Led the nation in scoring despite missing three games with an injury ...
2020-21: Recipient of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey and the NFHCA National Player of the Year Award for the second year in a row ... First-team All-America and ACC Offensive Player of the Year, both for the third year in a row ... MVP in both the NCAA and ACC tournaments, both won by UNC ... Six-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week and three-time NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week ... South Region Player of the Year ... All-ACC Academic Team ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Served as one of the team's vice captains, along with Amanda Hendry
2019: As a sophomore, recipient of the Honda Sport Award for field hockey ... Is the fifth Tar Heel on the sixth occasion, and second in as many years, to win the honor ... Recipient of the Mary Garber Award as the ACC's Female Athlete of the Year ... Named First Point USA/NFHCA Division I National Player of the Year ... Is the second Tar Heel to win the NFHCA honor, which dates back to 2010 ... Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second year ... First Point USA/NFHCA South Region Player of the Year ... Led the nation in points and goals per game in 2019 ... Finished her sophomore season with 33 goals, 15 assists, and 81 points, helping the Tar Heels to their second-consecutive undefeated season ... NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... All-America first team for the second year in a row ... All-ACC and All-ACC Tournament ... Three-time National Offensive Player of the Week and five-time ACC Player of the Week ... Missed the last three games of the regular season while competing in India as part of the U.S. National Team
2018: As a freshman, started all 23 games and led UNC in goals (20) and assists (19) ... Her season total of 59 points ranks fourth on UNC's single-season list ... Named first-team All-America, just the second UNC freshman to earn that honor ... Voted ACC Offensive Player of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year ... All-South Region and a member of the NCAA and ACC All-Tournament teams ... Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week ... Honored for the first time on Aug. 28, after her first weekend as a collegiate player ... Also recognized on Oct. 1 ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Recipient of the team's Ken and Cheryl Williams Rookie of the Year Award ... Won the Rammy Award as Outstanding Newcomer ... Also won the Strength & Conditioning Newcomer Award
Before UNC: Graduate of Unionville High School ... Played field hockey only her freshman and sophomore years, earning All-America and All-Region honors as a sophomore ... Also Ches-Mont League Player of the Year as a sophomore ... All-state, all area and all-league her freshman and sophomore years ... National Honors Society member and youth field hockey coach ... Recipient of 2018 Senior Principal's Spirit Award
National/International: Current member of the U.S. Women's National Team … At the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, in August, had a hat trick in the bronze medal win over Chile ... Earned her 50th cap in a FIH Pro League matchup with Argentina in May of 2019 ... Played in the 2018 Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup in London … Earned her first cap at the Hawke's Bay Cup in New Zealand in the spring of 2017 ... Went on to help the U.S. to a championship at the FIH Hockey World League Semifinal that July and a bronze at the Pan American Cup in August ... With the U21 team, won a silver medal at the 2016 Junior Pan Am Games in Trinidad & Tobago ... Before that, played for the U.S. U-19 team … Also a member of the U.S. Women’s National Indoor Team 2013-15 … Club team is WC Eagles
More on Matson: Daughter of Brian and Jill Matson ... Her mother played softball and field hockey at Yale and her father played baseball at Delaware ... Her younger brother plays baseball at Harvard ... Favorite pastimes are going to the beach, listening to music, doing yoga, shopping, spending time with family and friends, and watching sports ... Started wearing jersey No. 1 because she was usually the youngest or smallest on the team and that was the smallest-sized jersey ... Athlete she admires most is Luciana Aymar
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