CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Following an extremely competitive and exciting regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference unveiled its 2025 Field Hockey season honors and All-ACC Team on Monday. The honors were selected by a vote of the league’s nine head coaches.
Wake Forest junior midfielder Mia Schoenbeck was tabbed as the 2025 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, while Demon Deacons’ sophomore back Mia Montag was named the 2025 ACC Defensive Player of the Year. Virginia junior goalkeeper Nilou Lempers earned 2025 ACC Goalkeeper of the Year honors, while Wake Forest back Reabetswe Phume notched 2025 ACC Freshman of the Year laurels. Wake Forest’s Jennifer Averill was selected as the 2025 ACC Coach of the Year.
Schoenbeck led the ACC throughout the regular season with 22 goals, which ranks second nationally. The midfielder added five assists throughout the season and is averaging 2.72 points per game, which leads the ACC and is fifth-best in the country. She has logged seven game-winning goals and was a key figure in the Demon Deacons posting a 7-1 record in ACC play. Throughout the regular season, Schoenbeck was twice named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week.
Montag anchored the Demon Deacons’ back line throughout the season and helped lead Wake Forest to its first ACC regular-season championship since 2006. She has started 17 of the 18 matches for Wake Forest this season. In addition to her defensive efforts, Montag added five goals, including a pair of multi-goal matches and 18 assists. Her 18 helpers rank fourth nationally and her 1.06 assists per game is the third-best mark in the country.
Phume has started all 18 games for the Demon Deacons this season, serving as an integral piece of the Wake Forest back line. After competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Phume arrived to Winston-Salem and has contributed over 1,000 minutes of action in her debut campaign. She notched her first collegiate assist on September 7 in a win over Longwood. Throughout the season, Phume led the steady back line for the Demon Deacons, allowing the team to post an average scoring margin of 2.23 goals.
Averill earns the ninth ACC Coach of the Year honor of her career after leading the Demon Deacons to become ACC regular-season co-champions. After dropping the first two games of the season, Averill and the Demon Deacons went on a 15-game winning streak and finished the regular season with a 15-3 record, including a 7-1 mark in ACC play. The regular-season title is the Demon Deacons’ first since 2006. Averill’s nine ACC Coach of the Year honors are the second-most in league history.
Lempers anchored Virginia in the cage and paved the way for the Cavaliers to be ACC regular-season co-champions. The season began on a strong note for Lempers, who posted a pair of shutouts against No. 13 Ohio State and No. 16 Rutgers on the opening weekend. She has been named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week three times this season. Throughout the 2025 campaign, Lempers has recorded eight shutouts, including seven against ranked opponents. Lempers ranks second nationally in save percentage (86.4%), third in goals against average (0.64) and fourth in goalie win-loss percentage (92.3%).
All nine ACC teams had at least one All-ACC honoree. North Carolina and Wake Forest led all schools with five players apiece on the All-ACC Team. Virginia finished third with four honorees, while Syracuse had three selections.
The 2025 ACC Field Hockey Championship will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at Louisville’s Trager Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. The eight-time reigning conference champion is the No. 1 seed and will meet host Louisville, the No. 8 seed, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The winner of the Tar Heels and Cardinals match will meet the winner of the No. 4 Duke and No. 5 California, which will meet in the quarterfinals at 12:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Wednesday’s semifinal will be played at 1 p.m. ET.
In the second set of quarterfinals on Tuesday, No. 2 Virginia will play No. 7 Stanford at 3:30 p.m. ET. Tuesday’s nightcap will feature No. 3 Wake Forest and No. 6 Syracuse. The winners of each quarterfinal match will meet in Wednesday’s second semifinal, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The championship game is slated for 3 p.m. ET on Friday. ACC Network will show all tournament action live, with Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush on the call.
Offensive Player of the Year: Mia Schoenbeck, Wake Forest
Defensive Player of the Year: Mia Montag, Wake Forest
Goalkeeper of the Year: Nilou Lempers, Virginia
Freshman of the Year: Reabetswe Phume, Wake Forest
Coach of the Year: Jen Averill, Wake Forest
All-ACC First Team
Liz Klompmaker, F, So., California
Alaina McVeigh, F, Sr., Duke
Ryleigh Heck, F, Sr., North Carolina
Charly Bruder, F, Jr., North Carolina
Bo van Kempen, D, Gr., Syracuse
Lieke Leeggangers, M, Sr., Syracuse
Mia Abello, D, Jr., Virginia
Suze Leemans, M, Gr., Virginia
Nilou Lempers, GK, Jr., Virginia
Mia Montag, B, So., Wake Forest
Ava Moore, M, Jr., Wake Forest
Mia Schoenbeck, M, Jr., Wake Forest
All-ACC Second Team
Eva Kluskens, M, Sr., Boston College
Julia Boehringer, M, So., Duke
Annabel Sep, B, Jr., Louisville
Isabel Boere, B, Fr., North Carolina
Sietske Brüning, M, Sr., North Carolina
Dani Mendez, F, Sr., North Carolina
Cara Sambethm, D, R-Sr., Stanford
Aiden Drabick, M, R-Sr., Syracuse
Lauren Kenah, M, Sr., Virginia
Ellie Todd, GK, Sr., Wake Forest
Lauren Storey, F, So., Wake Forest