Van Aalsum Earns 2nd Straight Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Honor

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September 15th, 2025 by Jack McGonigal

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa field hockey junior Dionne van Aalsum has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, the conference office announced Monday.

This marks her sixth career Offensive Player of the Week honor, tying Barb Weinberg and Anthe Nijziel for the most offensive or defensive weekly awards by a Hawkeye.

Her 10 total weekly honors (six offensive, four freshman) are the most in Iowa field hockey history and are tied for third-most all-time among Big Ten players — trailing Northwestern’s Chelsea Armstrong (13) and Bente Baekers (11), and she is tied with Michigan’s Sam Swenson (10).

Van Aalsum scored three goals and added two assists, totaling eight points across two games as Iowa defeated No. 20 Miami (Ohio) and Louisville. She now has 14 goals on the season, tied for the most in the nation.

The Castricum, Netherlands, native leads all active Division I players with 51 career goals in 43 games. She is the only player in the top 10 with fewer than 45 games played.

Iowa (5-1) travels to Bloomington, Indiana, this weekend to face Indiana on Friday at 3 p.m. (CT) in its Big Ten opener and Sunday at 11 a.m. in a nonconference competition.