2025 Big Ten Conference: Playing Time for First-Year Athletes

In our previous article, “Freshman Realities: What to Expect in Your First Year of College Field Hockey”—published on October 22, 2024 and available here: https://www.fhcollegepath.com/fhcp-blog/freshman-realities-what-to-expect-in-your-first-year-of-college-field-hockey —we promised a deeper look into how much playing time true freshmen are earning across NCAA Division I conferences.

Today, we continue that commitment by turning our attention to the Big Ten Conference for the 2025 season.

The Big Ten remains one of the most physically demanding and tactically sophisticated conferences in the nation, where competition for minutes is as intense as the conference rivalries themselves. For first-year athletes, playing time is more than a statistic—it’s a window into development, team needs, coaching philosophies, and the transition from high-school or international play to the elite Division I level.

Across the Big Ten, programs differ significantly in how they integrate freshmen into their lineups. Some rely heavily on incoming players to fill immediate gaps, while others lean on experienced upperclassmen, easing freshmen into the rotation over time. Additionally, roster composition—including the presence of international student-athletes—also shapes opportunities for new players.

Using the most recent data available on each program’s official website, we have compiled the latest playing-time information for Big Ten freshmen during the 2025 season. The results highlight notable variations not only between programs but also within the broader national landscape when compared to other conferences.

Below is the full table and collected data for this year’s analysis.

BIG TEN CONFERENCE – FIRST-YEAR ATHLETES PLAYING TIME (2025)
College	Freshman	Position	Minutes	Hometown
Indiana	Molly Stutte	Fwd-Mid	1184	St Louis, MO
Indiana	Kai Killian	GK	650	Hummelstown, PA
Indiana	Ella Davis	Fwd	0	Louisville, KY
Indiana	Lily Freeman	Def	1269	Barnet, England
Indiana	Georgia Rottinghaus	Mid	357	Pittsburgh, PA
Indiana	Rylee Brooks-Booth	Mid-Fwd	12	Virginia Beach, VA
Indiana	Kiki Oomens	Fwd-Mid	1087	Breda, Netherlands
Indiana	Celia Arroyo Cabezudo	Fwd	515	Santander, Spain
Indiana	Sydney Meltzer	Mid	276	San Diego, CA
Indiana	Morgan Qualls (RS)	Def	311	Randallstown, MD
Iowa	Kaia Beaudoin	Def-Mid	110	Fairfax, VA
Iowa	Peyton Shellaway	Def-Mid	397	Gilbertsville, PA
Iowa	Jordan Byers	Mid	988	Landisburg, PA
Iowa	Anya Woods	Mid	0	Suffolk, VA
Iowa	Niamh de Jong	Mid	687	Brisbane, Australia
Iowa	Alexa Knott	Mid-Def	70	Cape Town, South Africa
Iowa	Felicia Zonnenberg	Mid	724	Maarn, Netherlands
Iowa	Téa Fortpied	Def	1108	Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium
Maryland	Faith Everett	Mid	49	Arnold, MD
Maryland	Skylar Gilman	Fwd	0	Edgewater, MD
Maryland	Ryleigh Osborne	GK	20	Crofton, MD
Maryland	Jordyn Hollamon	Mid-Fwd	659	Delmar, MD
Maryland	Erin Callahan	Def	579	Woolwich Township, NJ
Maryland	Sarah Walker	Def	0	Woodbine, MD
Maryland	Brinkley Eyre	Mid	251	Glenelg, MD
Maryland	Maia Adamson	Mid	769	New South Wales, Australia
Maryland	Feliz Kuhne	Mid	577	The Hague, Netherlands
Maryland	Djuna Eikelboom	Mid	450	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Michigan	Lexi Patterson	Mid	218	Malvern, PA
Michigan	Beatrice Ottsen	Def	2	Kenilworth, IL
Michigan	Sofia Ghanbari	Fwd	0	Novi, MI
Michigan	Adair Patterson	Def	0	Houston, TX
Michigan	Grace Hunter	Fwd	269	Mickleton, NJ
Michigan	Brooke Alexander	Def	0	Saline, MI
Michigan	Maxine Rogge	Def	969	Ghent, Belgium
Michigan	Manouk Saal	Mid	96	Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Michigan	Maddie Grand (RS)	GK	0	Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan	Aurora Gery (RS)	Mid	43	Allentown, PA
Michigan	Sofia Abraham (RS)	Def	41	San Diego, CA
Michigan	Zoe Martin (RS)	Fwd	0	Denver, CO
Michigan State	Catherine Wolf	GK	0	Sinking Spring, PA
Michigan State	Caroline Horace	Fwd	646	Sinking Spring, PA
Michigan State	Ella Tambroni	Mid	75	State College, PA
Michigan State	Rilyn Lehman	Def	773	Harbeson, DE
Michigan State	Ella McKernan	Fwd	206	Falls, PA
Michigan State	Emerson Wellejus	Mid	81	Worthington, OH
Michigan State	Grace Grabowski	Mid	122	Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan State	Hannah Simms	Mid	Injured	Timperley, England
Michigan State	Sarah Connolly	Mid	95	Ballina County Mayo, Ireland
Michigan State	Ellie Kendall	Mid	307	Brisbane, Australia
Michigan State	Josefina Abdala	Mid	0	Mendoza, Argentina
Michigan State	Nina Angeli (RS)	Fwd	0	West Pittston, PA
Michigan State	Mia Corbo (RS)	Mid	Injured	Miami, FL
Northwestern	Lindsey Brown	Def-Mid	50	Boylston, MA
Northwestern	Kayla Joyce	GK	0	Baden, PA
Northwestern	Julia Soriano	Def-Mid	0	Wilmette, IL
Northwestern	Annika de Haan	Mid	5	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Northwestern	Juliana Boon (RS)	GK	1383	Houston, TX
Ohio State	Lucy Curtis	GK	0	Charlotte, NC
Ohio State	Raleigh Kerst	Fwd	376	Arnold, MD
Ohio State	Katie Crump	Mid	0	St Louis, MO
Ohio State	Cece Tomaszewski	Def-Mid	0	Leesburg, VA
Ohio State	Autum Kernechel	Mid-Def	625	Emmaus, PA
Ohio State	Carmela Maro	Fwd	238	Collegeville, PA
Penn State	Mia Clarkson	GK	0	Virginia Beach, VA
Penn State	Brooke Weaver	Mid	666	Lancaster, PA
Penn State	Cooper Cutchins	Mid-Def	905	Virginia Beach, VA
Penn State	Maren Brady	Mid	0	Ann Arbor, MI
Penn State	Hadley Hoffsmith	Mid	147	Palmyra, PA
Penn State	Josephine Purdy	Fwd-Mid	498	Virginia Beach, VA
Penn State	Olivia Marthins	Fwd-Mid	425	Haddonfield, NJ
Penn State	Hope Russo	Fwd-Mid	0	Summit, NJ
Penn State	Lara Pyle	Mid	599	Brisbane, Australia
Rutgers	Lyla Rehill	Mid-Fwd	226	West Wyoming, PA
Rutgers	Camryn Johnson	Mid-Def	0	Point Pleasant, NJ
Rutgers	Samantha Arnold	Mid-Def	314	East Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers	Shivya Desai	Def-Mid	0	Washington, NJ
Rutgers	Krista Lilienthal	Mid	0	Riverdale, NJ
Rutgers	Martha Goodridge	Mid	888	Marlow, England
Rutgers	Olivia de Zwaan	Mid-Fwd	752	Baarn, Netherlands
Rutgers	Julia Viñas Nieto	Mid	540	Matadepera, Spain
Rutgers	Emily Nichols (RS)	GK	1080	Haddon Heights, NJ
Rutgers	Olivia Stazi (RS)	Def-Mid	47	Sewell, NJ
Rutgers	Caroline DeKenipp (RS)	Fwd-Mid	142	Point Pleasant, NJ

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