Senior Audra Heilman was named the Big Ten Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
The honor is Heilman’s third of her career.
The forward led IU to a 3-2 comeback win over New Hampshire on Friday. Heilman scored all three of the Hoosiers’ goals in the second period.
She recorded her second hat trick of the weekend and added an assist in the team’s 6-0 win over St. Louis on Saturday.
“For opening weekend, Audra put together an amazing goal-scoring campaign for her team,” IU Coach Amy Robertson said in a Aug. 2 release. “She’s also a very selfless player and makes everyone around her better. This is a great honor for the team. We’re really proud of Audra, and we’re really proud of the effort that went into this weekend.”
Heilman’s back-to-back hat tricks are a program first. She is just the third player to do so more than once in a single season.
Heilman and former IU player Lydia Schrott are the only two to record a total of three hat tricks in their careers
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