Sarah Hawkshaw

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Position:
Forward/Midfield
Class:
Senior
Height:
5-7
High School:
Mount Sackville
Hometown:
Dublin, Ireland

Photo Gallery: Sarah Hawkshaw

2017 – Senior: NFHCA All-America Second Team ... NFHCA All-Northeast Region First Team ... NFHCA Division I Senior Game ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... Started all 21 matches during her senior season, recording 21 points on nine goals and three assists ... Five of her goals ultimately stood as game-winners ... Scored twice in the season-opening 8-3 win over Holy Cross (8/25) ... Had another score in the 2-1 win over Vermont (8/27) ... Assisted on one goal at No. 13 Stanford (9/3) ... Had at least one point in four consecutive games with back-to-back goals against Sacred Heart (9/8) and No. 16 Boston University (9/10), an assist in the win over Davidson (9/15) and one score against UMass Lowell (9/17) ... Collected her seventh goal of the season, and third game-winner, at Lock Haven (9/24) ... Took a perfectly-timed centering feed from Lucy Cooper to bury the game-winning score at Providence (10/8) ... Assisted on Cooper’s late goal against No. 17 Saint Joseph’s in the Atlantic 10 Championship Game (11/4), starting a rally that would ultimately force double overtime.

2016 - Junior: NFHCA All-America Second Team ... NFHCA All-Northeast Region First Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team ... Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference ... Starter in the midfield and at forward during all 22 games played ... Provided a team-best 36 points and 16 goals with four assists dished out ... At least one point in 15 games, with multiple in 12 ... First goal of the year came against Columbia (9/2) ... Scored again in the next game, at UMass Lowell (9/4) ... Earned three points via a tally and one assist against Saint Louis (9/16) ... Converted one shot against Harvard (9/18), the eventual game-winner ... Helped the Minutewomen upset No. 9 Boston College on the road, 3-2, in overtime with one goal (9/25) ... Scored the game-winner over Saint Francis (10/2) and totaled three points (one goal, one assist) at VCU (10/7) ... Helped out on one goal at Richmond (10/9) ... Provided two tallies in the 3-2 win over Davidson (10/14) ... Posted conversions in back-to-back games at Saint Joseph's (10/21) and La Salle (10/23) ... Notched her first collegiate hat trick in the Atlantic 10 Semifinal Round victory over Richmond, 3-1 on Nov. 3 ... Assisted on one goal during the Atlantic 10 Championship triumph over No. 20 nationally ranked and No. 1 seed Saint Joseph's (11/5) ... Scored once in the NCAA Tournament Play-In Game at Monmouth, a 4-3 win on Nov. 9 ... Final of 16 goals came at No. 2 Maryland (11/12) in the NCAA Tournament First Round overtime loss, 2-1, after penalty shots.

2015 - Sophomore: NFHCA All-Northeast Region Second Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team ... UMass Field Hockey Practice Player of the Year Award ... Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team ... Provided 20 points to the offense with nine goals and a pair of assists in 21 starts at midfielder ... Scored twice during the season-opener against New Hampshire (8/29), including a conversion with 1.6 seconds remaining in the opening half ... Notched the eventual game-winning goal in the 66th minute against UMass Lowell during the 2015 Kennedy Cup (9/11) ... Also scored in the next two UMass games with a goal each against Dartmouth (9/13) and Saint Joseph's (9/18) ... The tally against Saint Joseph's went as the game-winner ... Earned a defensive save against No. T9 Stanford (9/27) ... Had three points through a goal and assist at Saint Louis (10/2) ... Assisted on one conversion against VCU (10/16) ... Scored in the win over La Salle (10/23) ... Totaled one goal during the 5-2 comeback win over Saint Joseph's (11/6) in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal round ... Scored once at No. 2 Syracuse during the NCAA Tournament First Round game on Nov. 14.

2014 - Freshman: Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team ... Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (11/3) ... Provided 15 points, tied for the fourth-most among Minutewomen, through six goals and three assists ... Tied for the third-most goals on the squad ... Had a pair of game-winning goals, one each against Lock Haven (10/3) and Saint Louis (11/7) ... Finished the year 10th in the Atlantic 10 for goals ... Improved her play during A-10 competition and ended tied for sixth in goals scored (4) and goals per game (0.50) ... Was also tied for fourth during league play with her two game-winning goals ... Made one defensive save and started in the midfield in her first collegiate game when UMass opened its season against No. 1 Maryland (8/29) at the Nook in Lancaster, Pa ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime on Sept. 5 when UMass defeated Maine, 3-2 ... Earned her first collegiate goal during competition against California (9/12) ... Tallied another goal as the Minutewomen defeated UMass-Lowell, 3-1 on Sept. 13 ... Earned the game-winner over Lock Haven (10/3) ... Notched one goal, the game-tying score, at Saint Joseph's (10/10) ... Helped out on one UMass tally at Columbia (10/12) ... Assisted on one goal during the game against No. 7 Syracuse (11/1) ... Scored twice in the victory over Saint Louis (11/2), her first career multi-goal game.

Before UMass: Won the Topflight International Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, with Mount Sackville in 2013 ... Member of Railway Union squad that competed in the top division of the 2014 Club European Championships ... Claimed a bronze medal in the Second Division European Club Championships in 2013 ... Competed with the Irish U16 program during 2011 before joining the U18 squad for 2012-13 ... Was a member of the Leinster U16 team in 2009-10 and played for the U18 side in 2011-12 ... Elevated to Leinster U21 for 2013-14 ... Was the captain of Leinster U18 in 2012 ... Also represented Ireland in track and cross country events.

Personal: Daughter of Sean and Anne Hawkshaw ... Has three brothers, Daniel, Davis and James.

Career Highs & Miscellaneous Statistics
Goals: 3, vs. Richmond (Nov. 3, 2016)
Assists: 1, 12x, last vs. #17 Saint Joseph's (Nov. 4, 2017)
Points: 6, vs. Richmond (Nov. 3, 2016)
Defensive Saves: 1, twice, last vs. #T9 Stanford (Sept. 27, 2015)
Multi-Point Games: 34, last vs. Richmond (Oct. 27, 2017)
Multi-Goal Games: 5, last vs. Holy Cross (Aug. 25, 2017)
Game-Winning Goals: 12, last vs. Richmond (Oct. 27, 2017)