Alvernia field hockey player Michael makes program history as national offensive player of the week

Alvernia University Field Hockey Junior Ava Michael was named the Division III National Offensive Player of the Week for her performance during the week of October 27 - November 2, 2025.

Michael is the first-ever Alvernia Field Hockey student-athlete to earn National Player of the Week honors. Margaret Wentzel was named an honorable mention National Player of the Week in October of 2016.

Ava Michael accounted for all six of Alvernia's goals scored in a 2-0 week for the Golden Wolves. In a 4-0 win over Albright on Wednesday, Michael scored four goals in three quarters to lead Alvernia to the 4-0 lead. In a 2-0 double-overtime win at Hood on Saturday, Michael scored the equalizer for Alvernia in the 50th minute after Alvernia trailed 1-0. She then scored the game-winner on a penalty stroke in the fifth minute of the second overtime period to lead Alvernia to the season-finale 2-1 win.

With her six goal performance last week to cap off the final week of the regular season, Michael propelled herself to 18 total goals on the 19-game season, marking the most goals scored by an Alvernia field hockey player since Wentzel scored 19 goals in 21-game season.

Read more about Ava's field hockey career here.