GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina senior forward Erin Matson earned Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors for a record-setting fifth time, and three other Tar Heels are recipients of 2022 ACC Field Hockey season awards announced Monday.
Tar Heel senior midfielder Meredith Sholder was recognized as the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, while forward Rylie Heck was selected as the conference's Freshman of the Year. UNC's Karen Shelton and Wake Forest's Jennifer Averill, whose teams are seeded No. 1 and No. 2 in this week's ACC Field Hockey Championship, were selected as the league's Co-Coaches of the Year.